Our Vision

Leicestershire County Council Adult Social Care Services offer lots of different services. Some services are provided by our staff, some are provided by different organisations who we pay for them to provide the service. We aim to make all our services the best and to make sure that they are right for the person using them, no matter what their needs are.

Our Vision for the Learning Disability Services tells people what we will provide now and in the future. We also have to make sure we spend our money well.

	The Learning Disability Service says people with Learning Disabilities have a right to choose what is best for them and should have a say about how they want to live their lives. We think that the Government’s Plan “Valuing People”, which was written in March 2001, is very important in helping to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities, their parents, carers and families Valuing People says that services for people with learning disabilities should work in a Person Centred way to: promote people's rights support their independence respect choice support their inclusion in their own community. The Government has also published a new paper called Valuing People Now. Valuing People Now. tells us about more, important things that we need to do for people with Learning Disabilities. The Learning Disability Service is also looking at Personalisation. This means increasing the choice of services available, and giving people more control over the money available to support them Anyone who needs support to live in the community should have more choice and control over their support. Words like Direct Payments and Individual Budgets describe ways that people can have the money to buy the services that they need.
	Valuing People says that people with learning disabilities should:- have exactly the same rights as everyone else be given a real chance to be independent if that is what they want have a real say about what they need and be given a choice be part of their local communities. This is called integration
	We try to make sure that adults with learning disabilities have:- Choice and control about how they want to live their life and be able to do what they want to do Good Lives and be able to get a job and go to college or do meaningful activities during the day, evenings and at weekends Better Health The National Health Service (The NHS) must get better at including people with learning disabilities in everything that they do Better housing to live in, with a choice of where they want to live

We will work with people with learning disabilities, their families, local communities and other agencies to:

	get better at communicating and listening to all people with learning disabilities.
	give clear and easy to understand information to people about what we can and can't do.
	help people with learning disabilities to have as much choice and control as possible over their lives.
	work with others to look at the problems people with learning disabilities have, when using ordinary services like health, housing, leisure and work.
	work to make the services we offer are the best they can be.
	listen to what people say, and be open to new ideas and provide services that are there when people need them.
	listen to what carers say, finding out what they need.

We believe that staff are the best way of making sure that our services are good. We will help other organisations that give services for us. We will work towards trying to:

	help our staff to work in a person centred way with individuals.
	treat everybody as equals, with respect and kindness, and value people that are different.
	listen and communicate with others in the organisation, and value peoples ideas.
	help our staff to do their job, making sure they have the chance to build their skills and knowledge.
	encourage new ideas and welcome challenge.
	get value for money, work efficiently and challenge any rules that aren't needed.
	welcome feedback , listen to complaints and try to make things better.
	know how important it is to check the quality of services and always try to improve them.

Our Vision

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