Buckinghamshire County Council Physical & Sensory Disability Partnership Board Wed 18 th May Natalie Fleming Brokerage and Direct Payments Service Manager
Buckinghamshire County Council Agenda • Services within the Community • Direct Payment data • Good news stories • Questions
Buckinghamshire County Council Services within the Community For the blind & partially sighted • Calibre Audio Library – audio books W. Turville • Chesham Pioneers Bowling Club – indoors & outdoors • Halton Inclusive Tennis – 1 st session free, £5 thereafter • Macular Society Support Group – High Wycombe • Rock Choir – £25/month (Buckingham Park) • Soundlinks Ltd – specialise in audio production for music and speech (Chesham) • Poetry Club – Aylesbury Library • Pottery Club - Aylesbury 3
Buckinghamshire County Council Services within the Community For the deaf & hard of hearing • Deaf Coffee morning club – Aylesbury • Action on Hearing Loss – Aylesbury fund-raising events • Amersham and Chesham Hard of Hearing Club 4
Buckinghamshire County Council Direct Payment Data • Total amount of PSD clients in receipt of a DP = 897 • Average age of PSD client in receipt of a DP = 41 5
Buckinghamshire County Council Direct Payment Data (cont’d) We arranged numerous workshops to promote DPs & Brokerage: • Service User & Carer Conferences in Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham, Great Missenden and High Wycombe • Carers Bucks Support Groups in Amersham, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Chesham, Denham, High Wycombe, Iver 6
Buckinghamshire County Council Direct Payment Data (cont’d) Provider Workshops Staff training has been undertaken to Care Management staff, Call Centre staff, Contracts and Commissioners. 7
Buckinghamshire County Council Good news stories A 30 year old man who is blind & has a mild learning disability. He was moving to an ategi shared lives home in Aylesbury and wished to do a number of community activities. With support from a Personal Assistant – this client will attend the Halton Tennis club, Rock Choir and the Pottery club. 8
Buckinghamshire County Council Good news stories A 33 year old lady with a dual sensory loss. Has recently moved into the County with her 3 children aged 10, 8 and 6. A Personal Assistant was found to help her carry out tasks within the home & accompany her to the shops each week. Support was required to become more aware of her local area, to attend a social club, and support to accompany the client and her children to their various evening clubs. 9
Buckinghamshire County Council Good news stories A young carer aged 21 with dyslexia was struggling to find employment. He cares for his Father who has MS. Carers Bucks support Young Carers and referred this client to Brokerage who supported him to find a full-time paid role at a Sound & Lighting company based in Milton Keynes. 10
Buckinghamshire County Council Good news stories A 55year old profoundly deaf man has been supported by Brokerage to secure a part-time job at Bucks Care Day Centre in Chesham. He’s not had a job for 7 years and at that time his pay was £3/hour. 11
Buckinghamshire County Council Good news stories A 39 year old lady with usher’s syndrome is married and has 2 young children. Her condition has deteriorated. Post-operative complications has led to significant sight loss and poor balance. A Personal Assistant provides support with household tasks, personal care, meal preparation and enables the client to safely use the gym equipment to improve balance, fitness and general well-being. 12
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