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Preparing for Adulthood
Pathways to Employment
Julie Hicklin, Manchester City Council
Julie Hicklin, Manchester Pathfinder
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The Journey
Getting a LifeA cross-government programme and part
of the Governments Valuing People
Nowstrategy. This strategy aimed to
improve the lives of people with learning
disabilities. Employment was one of thetop three priorities (along with housing
and health).
Getting a Life showed how people in
local areas can work together so thatyoung people move from school or
college into paid employment.
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Head start for Pathfinder
Young people and families keen tocontinue
Raised expectations and aspirations
Good links with other services and agencies
especially supported employment
Broader awareness of person centred thinking
and approaches person centred reviews
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Manchester pathfinder vision
The Manchester Pathfinder focused initially onyoung people in transition aged 14-25.
Our vision is to create a single, person
centred, aspirational Education, Health and
Care plan for all eligible young people, with
flexible funding to deliver the plan.
The plan is holistic, based on choices from the
whole range of options, including employment,leisure and independent living.
Manchester Pathfinder vision
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Preparing for Adulthood 5 Key Messages
1. Develop a shared vision of improving life chances withyoung people, families and all key partners.
2. Raise aspirations for a fulfilling adult life by sharing clear
information about what has already worked for others.
3. Develop a personalised approach to all aspects of
support using person centred practices, personal budgetsand building strong communities.
4. Develop post 16 options and support that lead to
employment, independent living, good health, friends,
relationships and community inclusion.5. Develop outcome focussed multi-agency commissioning
strategies that are informed by the voice of young people
and families.
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Pathways to employment
Manchesters Groupincludes:
Supported employment
Jobcentreplus
Parents
Connexions
Colleges
Schools
Health
Adult social care
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Developing the Preparing for Adulthood
Local Offer
Our approach:
Emphasis on joint working.
Working closely with young people and parents from
the outsetDevelopment of shared goals
All agencies to have a sense of ownership and
champion the local offer
Local Offer hubs.
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What have we learned?
The power of stories and showing
what's positive and possible
Remploy within schools
High needs funding planning rather than
reacting
Supported Internships work
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Objectives related
to
Provision to meet
objectives
Expected
outcome (at the
end of the year)
Local Offer
support
Additional
Support
required
Education & Learning
Work Skills
Communication
Personal, Social &
Emotional
Skills for Independent
Living
Other
Greater Manchester Post 16 High Needs Funding application
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What we have learned
Join up panels and people Having people who make decisions together speeds
things up
Don't just think about individuals but what could be done
for people as groups
Person centred review develop the bulk of the content
for Single 0 25 Plans invest in training people well
Person centred reviews help parents to see the positiveand possible let people talk about friends, where they
want to live, how they want to spend their time
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What we have learned
People need the right informationat the right time The Local Offer wont work if no-one looks
at it
The role of the key worker / plancoordinator in empowering families to useinformation
Understand the training needs of teams,
parents, young people Offer training but model things too
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Resources:
Preparing for Adulthood - resources/videos - eg
on supported internships, free training.
http://www.preparingforadulthood.org.uk/
Official pathfinder site - including information packshttp://www.sendpathfinder.co.uk/infopacks/
Person Centred Planning tools and morehttp://www.personalisingeducation.org/
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Julie Hicklin
Pathfinder Lead
Manchester City Councilj.hicklin@ manchester.gov.uk