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Transition into Adult Life
When people in services for people with learning disabilities talk about transition they usually mean what happens when a young person with learning disabilities leaves school. |
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What does Valuing People say?
That as young people grow up, getting the support they and their family need should be smooth and easy. Young people should have the same chances in their lives as everyone else.
Objective : As young people with learning disabilities move into adulthood, to ensure continuity of care and support for the young person and their family; and to provide equality of opportunity in order to enable as many disabled young people as possible to participate in education, training and employment.
Growing up is an exciting time, with new chances and choices.
But it is stressful and difficult for many young people with disabilities.
This is because the organisations in their lives do not talk to each other well enough, and they do not involve the young person and their family enough in planning for their future.
Also if they don't have good health plans, they can't use the adult services they want to. |
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What does Valuing People say will happen?
- The 'Connexions' service gives advice and support to young people, about what they want to do in the future.
- They will have personal advisers for young people with learning disabilities.
- They will help the young person use the adult services and opportunities
- It will be their job to organise a review when the person is in their last year at school.
- This will include people who know about college (Learning and Skills Councils) and jobs (Employment Service). Social Services might be there too.
- The Connexions personal advisers can work with the young person until they are 25.
- There will be Person Centred Planning for young people growing up
- Each Partnership Board will have a transition champion, who will make sure things get better for young people growing up.
- Health Action Plans will make sure that young people get the right support to stay healthly, so they can use the adult services, or take up the opportunities, they want to.
- Directors of Social Services have the job of making sure there are good links between children's and adult's services for people with learning disabilities. This is part of the Social Care Quality Framework.
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