This is a short document from United Response with a few simple tips to help you think about transitions for your young person.
This is a link to the application form for the disabled Person’s Freedom Pass if you are a resident of LB Richmond.
A booklet from Skills for Care about what a personal assistant (PA) actually is. The term, as well as carer, befriender, etc often gets used interchangeably with other terms and it can lead to some confusion. Especially as the term personal assistant is used in the commercial world to mean something like a secretary – which it very much is NOT in our world.
Produced by Richmond and Wandsworth local authorities these documents have information about the protocol and pathways Richmond and Wandsworth follow with regard to the transition of young people in the following services: Education, Social Care, Health, Children Looked After and Transport.
This document is a planning tool for disabled young people who are at a residential college to support their return to home when their course finishes. It looks at preparing for employment, supported living, health and accessing the community.
It is written for those professionals who might be involved with your young person’s move from college to home – so that includes the college itself, social care, etc.
This document was written as a reflection at a time when Ruils had to report back to their funders about the FriendBee service (Sitting & Befriending service as was). Many of the questions were around how well a young person was managing in accessing mainstream activities. It got me thinking about why integration with neuro-typical peers is always seen as the main – and best – goal.