Aiming High for Disabled Children A Participatory Model for commissioning services for Disabled Chil

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Aiming High for Disabled Children A
Participatory Model for commissioning services
for Disabled Children and Young People By Ann
RoliCommissioner for Disabled ChildrenBradford
Aiming High ?
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• Briefly
• Bradfords Commissioning Strategy
• Service User Readiness
• The Challenge
• Service Specifications
• Process
• Core Group
• What we Learned
• Messages from Parents
• What Next?

I want to be able to do more fun things in
life. Matthew, 13
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Commissioning Strategy

• In house provision
• Gaps analysis Messages from families
• What works CVS engagement
• Sustainability

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Service User Readiness

• Over 80 parents engaged
• 12 DCYP half way through Peer Mentor Training
• 18 DCYP engaged in specific developments

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The Challenges

• No More Black Shoes
• Timescales
• Specifications (Managing the Difference)
• The Market
• Maximising user involvement

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Service Specifications

• 1.Specialist Activity Breaks
• Examples
• Weekly youth group providing rebound therapy for
  children with autistic spectrum disorder
• Day trips for families of children with manual
  handling needs in an adapted barge
• Monthly Saturday morning guided tandem bike rides
  for children with a visual impairment

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Service Specifications (Continued)

• 2. Residential Activity Holidays
• Examples
• Guided walking trips and stay away overnight in a
  Youth Hostel
• Trips to an adapted cottage on the coast during
  school holidays
• Activity weekend away at Outdoor Centres

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Service Specifications (Continued)

• 3. Community Based Short Breaks
• Examples
• Arts and Craft activity clubs pottery,
  painting, photography
• Hobby activity clubs chess, computer games,
  dance, drama
• Sports Clubs football, basketball, boccia,
  swimming, horse riding
• Adventure environmental and outdoor activities,
  hiking, cycling, skateboarding

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Process 1

• Specifications determined by parents/carers
  Disabled Children and Young People
• Negotiated methodology with procurement,
  including
• Agreed parent/carers involvement
• Parent/carers access to tender documents
• Weighting given to parents/carers input
• Process would pilot new working arrangements
• System open and accountable

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Process 2

• Negotiated methodology with parents/carers
  including
• Parallel systems
• Delivering the Training presentation/group
  discussion
• Use of trusted workers
• Scoring the bids (Feedback)
• Parents/carers interview panel

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Core Group (parents/carers)
When I come here I feel that I dont have a
disability. I feel like one of the gang. Darius

• Representation
• Male Female
• 30 70
• South East Asian White
• 30 70
• Disabled None Disabled
• 10 90

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What We Learned

• Time/ planning, ..
• Good quality support
• Flexibility TRUE participation
• Get the practicalities right
• Real interest at strategic level

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Messages from Parents/Carers

• felt like Id done something valuable
• gave me confidence and new skills
• really felt part of the process
• not treated as parents
• was hard work but felt like my views were
  important

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What Next?

• Rolling out the learning
• Developing a system for Disabled Children and
  Young People (DCYP) to make decisions on small
  grants
• Launch new services
• Capital funds