Co-Chair Lancashire Autism Partnership Board. Thursday 12 th November 2015, 9.30 am pm Henry Bolingbroke Room, County Hall Preston

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1 Lancashire Autism Partnership Board Thursday 12 th November 2015, 9.30 am pm Henry Bolingbroke Room, County Hall Preston MINUT Present Name Job Title/Organisation Ali Wilson (AW) Bhaveni Parmar (Minutes) (BP) Commissioning Support Officer Lancashire County Council Bill Nightingale Community Engagement Officer Live Well Lancashire County Council Dawn Clarke (DC) Chorley & South Ribble Clinical Commissioning Group Equality and Diversity Lead Denise Edwards (DE) Ideas CIC, Director, Trainer & Parent Ellen Smith () Commissioning Manager Live Well Lancashire County Council Gill Collins (GC) Employment Support Service Manager Lancashire County Council Jo Treasure (JT) Independent Autistic Advocate & Parent Julia Pilkington (JP) Co-Chair Lancashire Autism Partnership Board Julie Richmond (JR) Autism Advocate Kate Silver (KS) Autism Initiatives Kevin O'Hara (KO'H) Community Connector Lancashire County Council Kizzy Felstead (KF) Lesley Kennedy (LK) Clinical Psychologist Lancashire Care Foundation Trust Michelle Crane (MC) Action for Autism Spectrum Disorder Nick Donkin (ND) Integrate Rakiya Lawler (RL) Integrate Terry Keely (TK) N.B. Those with initials in brackets next to their name denote their names included in the discussions below. (Please also see apologies list below) Page 1 of 8

2 1. Welcome and Introduction welcomed everyone to the Board. Please note that embedded documents will also be ed separately when the Board minutes are circulated to the group. 2. Conflict of Interests None 3. Apologies for Absence Name Helen Hughes (HH) Jo Bebbington (JB) Liz Monks (LM) Mark Bleasdale (MB) Neil Willcocks (NW) Rosemary Cowell (RC) Sue Austen (SA) Job Title/Organisation Work Psychologist Department of Work & Pensions Jobcentre Plus Co-Chair Lancashire Autism Partnership Board Advanced Practitioner Lancashire County Council Chorley & South Ribble Clinical Commissioning Group Commissioner Clinical Psychologist Lancashire Care Foundation Trust 4. Approval of Minutes from Meeting held on 16 September 2015 FINAL Lancashire Autism Partnership Bo Autism Partnership Board Minutes 16 September 2015 Minutes were agreed as an accurate record. 5. Matters Arising from the Minutes (not on Agenda) Support to Board BP will continue to provide minute-taking support to the Board for the foreseeable future. Criminal Justice Subgroup Page 2 of 8

3 A commissioners meeting has been convened between, Stuart Sheridan (Blackburn with Darwen Council and CCG) and Adam Bowater (Blackpool Council) on the 24 th November to discuss responses to the SAF and key areas of work we may need help to progress collectively. This invite has been extended to JP and MB. Terms of Reference The ToR were circulated to the Board following discussion at the last meeting. 3 comments were received and amendments have been made to reflect this. The ToR were agreed and signed off. stated that the ToR will remain a live document and will be amended as and when required. They will now be forwarded to Meirion at WebEnable to appear on the APB website. BP Learning Disabilities TK has drafted a letter to communicate to Learning Disability Providers who Lancashire County Council contract with to benchmark how they are progressing with implementing the Strategy, e.g. training of front-line staff. The Board agreed that letters would be sent on behalf of the Board and not Lancashire County Council. As lead for the Board, agreed that she was happy to sign letters in her name as a co-chair. For Providers who do not respond to communications, the letter could be resent out from a senior manager. Autism SAF has requested a copy of LCC's generic reasonable adjustments policy but is still awaiting a response. She will circulate this to the Board once she has received it. continues to seek a Lancashire County Council BME rep to attend the Board. Communication and Engagement Amendment to initials on minutes from JT to JP under this item. Capital Project JP continues to seek clarification from Michael Swaffield about whether the 18,500 is solely to be used for capital funding and the timeframe for spend. to chase a response as Michael has not yet replied to JP. Meeting to arrange a meeting with JT around reasonable adjustments. BP Parked Items: A suggestion from the Family/Carers group was put forward to 'park items' that came up in discussion at these meetings that were not on the agenda to be discussed at the end of the meeting under any other business or at a subsequent Board meeting. Page 3 of 8

4 JP made note of 'parked items' throughout the duration of the meeting to keep a track of discussions that will be addressed at the next Board meeting. Lancashire Autism Partnership Board Pa 6. Bill Nightingale Presentation on Lancashire Initiatives and Learning Disability Updates BN delivered the following presentation about the Safety in Towns initiative: Easy Read Explanation Safety in Safety in Town Card Flyer.pdf Safety in Town Flyer Final.pdf Safety in Town poster.pdf - People are able to sign up to this initiative through Libraries A Facebook page has now been set up to the Safety in Towns initiative click following click: - The Police no longer issue e-cards. BN to seek clarification about the status of the current e-card and whether it is still being used even though they are no longer being issued - For anyone who would like to sign up to this initiative, or for further information please contact bill.nightingale@lancashire.gov.uk - The Board agreed that this was a fantastic initiative and members were keen to sign up BN Other initiatives discussed / mentioned: - Travel Training this is to help people with learning disabilities who can't travel independently to provide training on specific routes so in the future they can make these new journeys themselves - My Life / My Support - Friends and Relationship Group - Other initiatives relevant to the Autism Board Travel training good Practice.pdf Dept for Transport Autistic Society review of Travel TrainGreater Manchester At the last Board meeting, it was agreed that we would communicate with Providers that we not engaging well and to reinforce their obligations to address Autism within Learning Disabilities services under the Autism Act. TK and KF drafted the following letters as a starting point, which were discussed (please refer also to 'Learning Disabilities' item under item 5 in these minutes): Letter for APB plus notes.docx Page 4 of 8

5 The Communication and Engagement subgroup are due to meet on the 26 th November and will pull together a list of organisations they would like to send these letters too. and BN will take copies of the draft letters to the LD Provider Forum on the 17 th November and will pull together a template for Providers to feedback any comments on. BN will consider how the LD framework could be amended to mention/reference Autism. COMMS GROUP /BN BN 7. Autism SAF Discussion presented the following update: Autism SAF udpate ppt /2015 SAF will be published online before the end of the calendar year. - For the Learning Disabilities SAF, NHS and ADASS will be making arrangements to visit local authority SAF leads personally to talk to them individually to make the SAF more meaningful and to identify local priorities and subsequent implementation plans. anticipates and hopes that a similar process is followed for Autism. - to keep the Board informed about any announcements made by the Department of Health. - A themed session around the SAF will be scheduled in May 2016 (not February as previously discussed). BP to send out a revised 2016 APB meeting scheduler. - Blackpool does not have an Autism Board so links are being established to work with Blackpool and Blackburn around linking in with the SAF; this will be progressed through the commissioners meeting on 24 th November. BP Tea & Coffee Break 8. Transition for Young People Themed Discussion presented the following Powerpoint presentation which allowed the Board to have discussions and prepare some questions ready for Jeannette Hollingdrake's attendance at the next Board meeting in January 2016 for the themed session around transitions, with a focus on education, employment and social care. Transitions ppt Page 5 of 8

6 and BP summarised the questions/themes taken from Board members, alongside other information has pulled together - which will be put to Jeanette in January: Lancashire Autism Partnership Board Tr 9. Communication and Engagement a. Capital funding ( 18,500) b. Peer Mentor Bid ( 30,000) JP shared the following update: Lancashire Autism Partnership Board-Co Unfortunately we were unable to watch the two films for the APB website at today's meeting, so it was agreed that the links to the two films would be circulated by to Board members. Board members were asked not to share the video links / films wider than the Board and subgroups prior to the launch of the website. JP agreed to circulate the information proposed to Meirion as the final website content. BP JP This group maintain regular contact to keep dialogue ongoing, without necessarily having to meet. Board members agreed this was a good way to keep communication/work going, but also felt that face-to-face meetings were important/required to discuss issues and come to a mutual agreement, which cannot always be done via Family/Carers KF shared the following update, which also include comments from :- comments APB - Family Carers Sub Gr asked that subgroup leads think about the key people/decision makers still needed in their subgroups and identify specific roles that will assist with their groups (this does not necessarily have to be a Commissioner). Feedback should be sent to, JP, MB and BP by 18 th January. This will be discussed as an agenda item at the March 2016 Board meeting and via in the interim. SUBGROUP LEADS 11. Learning and Development Page 6 of 8

7 The subgroup has not met since the last Board meeting therefore no updates were available. KS advised that she is currently linking in with John Phillips from the Autism Alliance regarding Autism funding and is hoping to meet in the near future. 12. Education, Training & Employment Gill Collins provided an update. The subgroup are struggling to meet on a regular basis. A questionnaire was circulated to 120 employees with a deadline date of the 16 th October. However no responses were received. Currently no one from Education is sitting on this subgroup. The subgroup are currently trying to link in with Myerscough College and a meeting has been arranged for next week. 13. Diagnosis, Assessment and Support Planning The subgroup has not met since the last Board meeting., KF, TK, ND and DC have arranged to meet following today's Board meeting to discuss how progress can be made with this group. acknowledged an received from Jo Bebbington around FACS eligibility and agreed that the Action for ASD pathway information needs to be updated to reflect the implementation of the recent Care Act (as the original pathway document was drawn up prior to the Care Act coming into existence). will link in/feedback to Hanna Ingleby at Action for ASD. /KF/ TK/ND/ DC 14. Any Other Business Julia announced that she will be stepping down as Co-Chair of the Lancashire Autism Partnership Board at the 22 nd March Board meeting. Julia advised that she will still continue to play an active role as a Board member, but is hoping to lead on peer and mentor work and promoting the work of the Board. and Board members thanked JP for formally giving notice and thanked her for being an asset to the Board and for her continued support and input. The Board's current co-chairs will have discussions around appointing a new cochair and will inform the Board along the way. The Board will work together to establish a remit of the new co-chair. /JP/ MB thanked the Board for their on-going support and patience with all the recent changes to the Board. Page 7 of 8

8 15. Date & Time of Next Meeting: Tuesday 26 th January :30-12:30 Henry Bolingbroke Room (Cabinet Room D), County Hall, Preston PR1 0LD Page 8 of 8