1. @cheshirecil

2. Who are we?
Cheshire Centre for Independent Living has been established since 1992, providing a range of support services, driven by the needs and aspirations of disabled people.
Our Vision
To eradicate inequality for local disabled people.
Our Mission
To empower local disabled people to have independence, choice and control over their lives and to remove the barriers that exist within society.

3. Personalisation
“every person who receives support, whether provided by statutory services or funded by themselves, have choice and control over the shape of their support to ensure that services are tailored to the needs of each individual, rather than delivered in a one-size-fits-all fashion, regardless of the care setting”.

4. Get Yourself Active project
Started in February 2015, funded by Sport England, managed nationally by Disability Rights UK
Project objective;
To create an environment where sport and physical activity is seen as a legitimate way to meet a person’s health and well being outcomes, which are highlighted in a support plan.

5. We are working towards more choice and control over being active for disabled people
The challenge
How we want to solve it
Disabled people do not have the right knowledge and information about being active
Engaging disabled people in a new way through disabled people’s user led organisations
Social care and health colleagues often do not talk to disabled people about being active and/or wellbeing
Evidence based approaches to support frontline colleagues
Sport sector colleagues want to find new ways to engage with disabled people
DPULOs can work with the sport sector to get the right messages out there

6. Internal referral methods
CCIL receive referral from social worker
CCIL Independent Living Advisors conduct home visit to create support plan
CCIL GYA coordinator conducts home visit to discuss sport/physical activity opportunities
Opportunities embedded into support plan
Support plan signed off and client accesses opportunities
Social Care Assessment
Opportunities embedded into support plan – usually through agreeing PA hours to be spent on taking client to indentified sport/ physical activity opportunities.
Highlight that it can also work with support plans CCIL don’t write or support – Use example of when conducting dual visits with CWAC social workers.
Get Yourself Active

7. External referrals Social worker or external partner Dual home visit
Phone call
Visit conducted at community session
Social worker or
external partner
Focusing solely on DP referrals
When capacity is an issue.
Information shared with original referrer to be implemented in support plan
Get Yourself Active

8. What are Social Workers saying......
It’s become part of my toolkit- it’s made a difference to all my cases really.
‘’I think it’s about young people being more part of the community, not behind closed doors. It’s about them being seen, part of the community, involved, accepted and having the same opportunities as everyone else. At the minute things are very much behind closed doors.’’
Focusing solely on DP referrals
When capacity is an issue.
Get Yourself Active

9. https://youtu.be/EL3ySRXPeNk
Focusing solely on DP referrals
When capacity is an issue.
Get Yourself Active

10. Direct Payment and GYA Direct Payment pays for activity
Direct Payment pays for increase in PA hours to access activities
Focusing solely on DP referrals
When capacity is an issue.
Get Yourself Active

11. Year 4 partners Focusing solely on DP referrals
When capacity is an issue.
Get Yourself Active

12. Thank you for listening
Any questions?
Focusing solely on DP referrals
When capacity is an issue.
Get Yourself Active