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Coventry Learning Disabilities Partnership Board
Report on structure, links and work groups July
2005
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• Representation on
• Local Authority Cabinet
• Scrutiny Board
• Professional Executive
• Committee (TPCT)
• Themed Group Leaders
• /Advisors of Coventry
• Partnership

• Links to
• Partnership Boards
• - Older people
• - Children and Young Peoples
• - Mental Health
• - Physical Disabilities

Coventry Learning Disabilities Partnership Board

• Representation by
• People with learning
• disabilities
• Family carers
• Voluntary sector
• Statutory sector
• Elected members

11 sub groups
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Coventry Learning Disabilities Partnership Board
and sub groups
communication
employment
modernising day opportunities
person centred planning
health
transport
quality
housing
workforce development
minority ethnic communities
family carers
transition
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• Coventry Learning Disabilities Partnership Board
• Membership
• Responsible for
• influencing plans for people with learning
  disabilities in Coventry
• checking we have the right services and support
  available and that they are working properly
• making sure that we have plans for change and
  that change can happen
• passing information to everyone about the
  development of services

• ? 4 representatives of people with learning
  disabilities
• ? 2 representatives of informal/family carers
• ? 2 representatives of Local Authority
• ? 2 representatives from Teaching Primary Care
  Trust (TPCT)
• ? 2 representatives voluntary sector
• 2 Elected members
• Valuing People Co-ordinator

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How do we do this The Board in consultation
with people with learning disabilities, family
carers, the voluntary sector and staff who work
with people have developed a three year
strategy. This Strategy follows the themes in
the Governments White Paper Valuing People 2001
and shows our priorities and actions to deliver
change. The key areas are Partnership
Working More choice and control for people
with learning disabilities Supporting
carers Improving health Disabled children and
young people Housing, fulfilling lives and
employment Quality services We have 11 sub
groups who each have responsibility to develop
plans for change and work towards making change
happen. Regularity of meetings The
Partnership Board meets on the last Thursday of
every month (except December)
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Sub
groups Membership The membership of the sub
groups has the same representation sectors as the
Partnership Board together with people who have
an interest (either as part of their work or
personal) in making change happen. Frequency of
meetings This varies according to individual
groups but is usually 4 6 weekly Accountable
to The sub groups are accountable to the
Partnership Board and their work is supported by
the Valuing People Co-ordinator. Each chair
produces a monthly update of sub group work and a
monthly update newsletter is produced that is
distributed with Partnership Board
minutes. Communication The sub group looks at how
we communicate and also making communication
accessible. It has produced an accessible
information checklist and acts as an approval
group where people with learning disabilities
will give a kite mark to accessible
documents and information. The groups is part of
looking at how we can develop an accessible web
site for the Partnership board and for learning
disability information. Chairperson Janita
Wesson 024 7646 7222 Employment The sub group is
looking at how we can support more people with
learning disabilities to have the opportunity of
work. Developing opportunities means both in
paid and unpaid work such as work placements and
volunteering. The group also looks at developing
training for work. The sub group have produced an
employment plan, including an action plan for the
next 3 years. Chairperson Sandra Durkin (LSC)
024 7644 6065
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Family carers This sub group is looking at the
needs of family carers. The group has some
funding from the Carers Special Grant to begin to
develop a good carer network for learning
disabilities in Coventry. Part of this work will
be to hold some information sharing events and to
establish a good database of carer information to
enable services to plan and develop better
support services for carers. Chairperson
Janita Wesson 024 7646 7222 Health Group has
written a plan to improve the health and access
to health care for people with learning
disabilities. This involves ensuring that people
have good accessible information and access to
health checks. The group have facilitated
workshops and conferences and are also looking at
staff education on needs of people with learning
disabilities. Chairpersons Raj Auchoybur 024
7624 6238 /Pim Mission 024 7660 4608
Housing This sub group has been developing a
housing plan for people with learning
disabilities in Coventry. It has recently
completed a research questionnaire to find out
what people want for housing choices now and in
the future. The work of this sub group links to
Coventry City Council Housing Policy and to the
Housing Theme Group via Ayaz Maqsood. A
commissioning plan for purchasing new housing
options has been developed and new local
initiatives are at the first stage of
development. The sub group are now developing an
action plan to move forwards with the
recommendations in the housing plan. Chairpersons
Karen James/Pete Mattu 024 7646 7222
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Minority Ethnic Communities This is a new sub
group who will be establishing research
information into the needs of Coventrys minority
ethnic communities with learning disabilities and
how we can develop culturally sensitive
services. Chair Mandy Sanghera 024 7646
7222 Modernising Day Opportunities The sub group
has recently led an external review of the day
opportunities available to people with learning
disabilities in Coventry. The review report has
made recommendations on how we can modernise our
services to provide people with more person
centred community based opportunities as an
alternative to existing centre based activities.
The group are now working on an action plan to
deliver the changes required. Chair persons
Karen James/Darren Robbins 024 7646 7222 Person
Centred Planning The PCP sub group has developed
a plan the purpose of which is to ensure that a
person centred approach is taken to planning,
developing and delivering individual services. A
person centred approach means that the person and
their family are at the centre of this planning
and that services are developed to meet the needs
of people and not the services. Chair Clare
Wightman 024 7663 1041
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Transition The transition sub group has
established an inter-agency transition protocol
to ensure that young people with special needs
and their families are at the centre of the
planning process as they move from childhood to
adulthood. This planning is particularly
relevant to young people as they move from
childrens to adult services and to ensuring that
young people have options to enable independence
rather than dependency on services. Chair
Debbie Brake 024 7683 2634 Transport The new sub
group for transport aims to look at some of the
issues and problems that people with learning
disabilities experience with transport. The
group is planning to engage all relevant partners
to look at how we can provide affordable, safe
and flexible transport to meet peoples needs.
Chair Dilip Chauhan 024 7683 2194 Workforce
Development The group have completed a research
project which looked at the skill base of staff
working in learning disability services and their
training needs. The group has just produced a
workforce development plan to work towards
ensuring that staff have access to and are able
to receive the right training to enable them to
provide quality services. Chair Gary Bye
(LifePath) 024 7665 0530
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If you would like more information please
contact Janita Wesson Valuing People
Co-ordinator 024 76785481