1. Building Better Lives Policy 2014-2024 Stakeholder Event 19 April 2016

2. What is Building Better Lives?
Statement of policy, proposed for 10 years
An opportunity to re-think and bring new voices to the table
Joining of our values, principles and delivery
Peer-led support and delivery
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3. The seven Building Better Lives principles
Early Help
Inclusion
Shared responsibility
Contribution
Whole life approach
Personalisation
Independence
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4. Co-production
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5. Building Better Lives film

6. How the work will be delivered:
GCC Cabinet
Building Better Lives (BBL) policy
Building Better Lives Programme Board. Chair: Linda Uren
4 Reference Groups: People with Disabilities, Carers, Children & Young People, BAME
Outcome Based Commissioning
Reshaping
Services
Employment/ Enablement name
Challenging Behaviour
Making sure each service has a clear set of outcomes that meet the principles of BBL
To reshape disability services to become all age, all disability and able to meet the principles set out in the Building Better Lives policy
New ways of working with some of the most vulnerable service users that lead to improved services and better outcomes
Making employment a real option and presenting solutions at the front door
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7. What is the role of the Building Better Lives Board?
Meet quarterly – over 50% non-GCC membership.
Check that all of the Building Better Lives work is happening in the spirit of coproduction
Make sure that the workstreams are doing what they need to do in order to meet the actions of their Activity Cards.
Make sure that the outcomes which we want to see are really happening and to take action when they are not.
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8. What are some of the major areas of work this year?
Pilot having drop-in services run by the VCS / user-led organisations
Additional focus on employment
Outcomes-based commissioning
Hate Crime strategy
‘Culture change’ training
Supporting BBL Development Fund initiatives to extent to other disability groups
Transforming Care: reducing the use of inpatient services for people with a learning disability and challenging behaviour
Building an all age and all disability service
Mapping pathways to housing
More joined-up enablement
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9. Progress? Building Better Lives Policy 2014-2024 8
Challenging Behaviour Strategy and Building Better lives:
NDTi – National Development Team for Inclusion evaluation:
“Gloucestershire…are miles ahead of the rest of the country. “
“It has brought services together and now people have a better understanding of the landscape.”
“we need to celebrate the fact that there has been a commitment to providing one intervention packing across the services and that training is readily accessible.”
Steve Campbell, Gloucestershire Learning Disability Intensive Support Service
We are in the process of bringing children’s and adult services together – to make transition smoother, starting with LD.
Drop in services and User led committees set up.
Developing pilot VCS drop ins from May/June 2016 – all age, all disability.
Employment:
Approx 60 people helped to find work since April ‘15
New internship opportunities
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10. More information:
GCC website: Team Contact: Jane Gibney, Building Better Lives Support Officer Agy Pasek, Strategy and Transformation Manager