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REACH – Reflections on Supported Living today

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REACH Standards – constantly aspire for better Reflections on Supported Living today.

The Radio 4 programme, File on 4 on 12 February 2019 looked at supported living and what the increases in unexplained deaths and serious injuries mean for those living in supported living environments. At LDE we believe that institutionalisation can happen in any setting if strong values and principles are not driving how the support is designed and delivered. Good care and support cannot be achieved when economic factors rather than the people supported have come to dominate the shape of available care models…

To read more follow this link: REACH – Reflections on Supported Living today

Personal Budget Cuts: Call for Evidence

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We have been contacted by a number of families who have been through reviews of their relative’s support packages and have had their budgets cut.

If this has happened to you please get in touch with OxFSN and tell us what happened. We are trying to compile evidence so we can get a clearer picture of what is happening and if necessary challenge.

If you have recently had a review for your relative or have one booked in the coming months, please could you get in touch with OxFSN so we can advise.

Follow this link to read more: Personal budget cuts – Call for Evidence

Better Together Event Report

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OxFSN’s Better Together event was held on the 8th of November 2018 at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford and attended by 117 people.

53 professionals from Health, Social Care, Education and the voluntary sector attended along with 60 family carers of children or adults with learning disabilities and/or autism and seven people with learning disabilities and their supporters.

Follow the link to read the full report: Better Together Event Report

OxFSN: Older Carers Report

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The Embolden project aims to give a strong voice to family carers and to influence and hold decision makers to account within health and social care services.

This report sets out the current knowledge on the numbers of older family carers in Oxfordshire, caring for an adult relative or friend with a learning disability (LD).

It aims to make the case for increasing current knowledge in health and social care services – both statutory and independent of the numbers and profiles of older carers of people with learning disabilities in Oxfordshire, in order to meet their needs and plan support for their futures.

To read the full report follow the link to:

The number of older family carers of people with a learning disability in Oxfordshire

The Embolden Project

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This year Oxfordshire Family Support Network (OxFSN) ran a series of workshops around the county to explore, debate and create solutions for families supporting adults with learning disabilities, especially older families.

Read the first Embolden Newsletter December 2016

The Embolden Project (funded by Comic Relief) asked carers:

  • What are health and social care services planning for the immediate future – and how will it affect you?
  • How do we protect and plan for the long-term future of our loved ones when public services face hard times?
  • Do we need older family policies?
  • How do we change services to meet the needs of older people with learning disabilities?

The aim of the project is to give a strong voice to family carers and to influence and hold decision makers to account within health and social care services.

OxFSN will schedule more Embolden events and workshops in 2017.

 Family carers at the “Meet the Decision Makers” event in November 2016

A Local Experience of National Concern – Report

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26/06/2014

A new report commissioned by Healthwatch Oxfordshire and delivered by the Oxfordshire Family Support Network (OxFSN) sheds light on the difficulties faced by families seeking appropriate care and support for loved ones with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder and mental health needs or challenging behaviours.

The report highlights the failures in respect of the current system in Oxfordshire and calls on local commissioners to work with families and service users to create services which meet their needs by working with them as ‘experts by experience’.

To read the full report please click on the link here,

A Local Experience of National Concern

Further information is also available by following the link to Healthwatch Oxfordshire.

WikiMe Training

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OxFSN are pleased to be working in partnership with MultiMe on this exciting new course, funded by The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation.

This 5 session course is for family carers of people with learning disabilities, children or adults. By the end of the course you will have started to develop and build a live and digital Person Centred Plan that can be accessed anywhere. This will enable individuals, their families and professionals to work together using a single, cloud-based platform. Helping people build stronger Circles of Support and connecting them better to their communities. See flyer for more information.

Person Centred Thinking and Planning 2 day course

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Person Centred Thinking & Planning 2 day course for parents/carers of children or adults with learning disabilities

When: 19th & 29th March 2019 – from 10am -2pm

Where: Abell House, Horspath Driftway, Headington, OX3 7JH

Cost: £30 per person (concessions may be available, please get in touch to discuss)

Follow link to: Person Centred Thinking and Planning Course Flyer

Download (PDF, Person_Centred_Thinking_Planning_Course_Flyer.pdf)

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