Over the last few years, United Response has supported a number of people with complex disabilities to move back to their local communities following long term placement in Assessment & Treatment Units and/or long stay institutions around country. Their Practice Development Team has drawn on these experiences, looking at what works and what doesn’t work to create a new checklist.
The resource brings together learning from staff, people supported by the organisation, family members and a range of professionals into a single detailed checklist.
The checklist details the eight phases needed to successfully move someone back into their community. This includes:
This resource provides an overview of United Response’s approach to supporting people to move on from long stay institutions and to live happily in their local community. It includes case studies about people we have supported to move back from out of area.
They say that they have learned a lot; from our their own staff, the people they support, families of the people they support and other professionals about what works and doesn’t work and how important it is to get the planning and transition right.
As part of the Transforming Care agenda, they hope that this resource will help a wide range of people, including families, commissioners, service providers and staff to successfully support people to move back to their local communities an
