- Continued delivery of the Disability Strategy
- Understanding of the demand across the county for PI.
- Completion of the scoping and service planning for the new day opportunities provision and inclusive employment models
- Commencement of Autism Strategy refresh
- Progression to completion of the accommodation strategy in 2025
The aim for adults with disabilities is aligned to the four focus areas within the Disability Strategy. We will support development of services and opportunities that deliver these aims including increasing access to employment opportunities for those who want a job or to develop their career, to have meaningful things to do with their life, to have suitable accommodation options and to have connections into their community. We will do this across all disabilities as required, including developing services for those with more complex needs.
- To have continued with de registration and right-sizing provision where appropriate
- To have embedded the new accommodation strategies and to progress
- To have developed additional PSI accommodation as required
- To have sufficient capacity in the market for residential demand
- Development of further complex services if required
- To ensure services continue to embed into local communities
- To have commenced the delivery of new day opportunities and inclusive employment models
- To be delivering the Autism Strategy
- To have right sized the provision for residential in Essex for AWD, following the delivery of the accommodation strategies
- To ensure that the necessary provision is robust and good quality delivering individual objectives and services are embedded in the community
- To have delivered and evolved the day opportunities and inclusive employment services county wide
- To have additional complex accommodation provision to address demand.
- To have more local connections and opportunities for people to be supported in their own communities
- Adults feel empowered to find their own solutions via local communities
- Work closely with the day opportunities pathway and education to get people job ready
- Adults choose how they are supported in terms of social contact and feel more independent as a result
- For jobs to be meaningful and meet individual ambitions, not just in traditional areas
- Develop specialist skills across disabilities as needed – not all people with disabilities need the same support
- Supporting the skills needed to move to employment
- Development of a pathway people can move through for development via different service offers