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Subject:

Guidance for Director of Adult Social Services on ASD's/Neurodiversity

From:

Colin REvell <[log in to unmask]>

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Colin REvell <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:41:20 +0100

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13/9/06

This guidance was sent by NAS to Jane Sochovsky, ASPECT who has kindly 
emailed a copy to me to send to all those professionals and public bodies 
and the Court within my case and my wider networks of support, friends and 
allies

Yours

Colin Revell

Guidance for Director of Adult Social Services

The new guidance for the (new post of) Director of Adult Social Services 
should help to address the difficulty of people with an ASD falling between 
the gap of mental health and learning disability, as it requires the 
Director of Adult Social Services (DASS) to make it clear which team or 
manager should be assessing and meeting the eligible needs of a range of 
client groups- and ASD is specifically mentioned as one of the client 
groups.


In the statutory guidance it says:
(under Accountability) " Para 15: Local authorities shall take steps to 
ensure that the DASS delivers the local authority’s responsibilities for 
assessing, planning and commissioning adult social care and wellbeing 
services to meet the needs of all adults with social care needs in the 
authority’s area (including the specific needs of carers, people from ethnic 
minority backgrounds and people living in rural communities). This 
responsibility shall include ensuring that services comply with statutory 
requirements, including requirements in respect of carers and equality and 
anti-discrimination legislation. The local authority shall ensure that the 
DASS is responsible for the efficiency, effectiveness and value for money of 
the services provided or commissioned by the local authority. The local 
authority’s responsibilities, to be delivered by the DASS extend to 
residents receiving services out of the council area.
"Para 16: Local authorities shall ensure that the DASS draws up clear lines 
of responsibility, within his or her staff team for managing the needs of 
all adult client groups. Further details of responsibilities that local 
authorities are recommended to include within the DASS’s remit in respect of 
drawing up clear lines of accountability are set out in more detail at 
paragraphs 15 to 19 of the accompanying Best Practice Guidance on the Role 
of the Director of Adult Social Services."
and:
(under Professional Leadership) : Para 19 "Local authorities shall make the 
DASS responsible for undertaking a strategic needs assessment for adults and 
families with actual or potential social care needs across the local 
authority area. The process will involve responsibility and authority for 
assessing the needs of all client groups, the range of services required and 
the balance between different services to be provided by the local 
authority, now and in the future. Among other things, the DASS shall be 
enabled by the Local Authority to use the results of this exercise to 
improve the council’s performance in strategic commissioningand market 
development.
In the Best practice guidance it says:
"The DASS should take an active role in ensuring that there are robust 
arrangements for supervising contracts, where services have been outsourced, 
and in monitoring those services in respect of quality standards and timely 
delivery. The DASS should ensure that all people with social care needs are 
assessed by the local authority, that all people who meet eligibility 
criteria are provided with suitable services and that there is appropriate 
provision of low-level and preventative services. The DASS should also 
ensure that targeted case-finding takes place to identify people at risk 
from social exclusion, who are often among the least likely to approach 
social services themselves.
17. The DASS should ensure that amongst those of his/her staff, who are 
responsible for assessing and meeting the needs of people with a range of 
long-term conditions and disabilities in their area, there is clarity about 
the remit of each individual. This is to ensure that individuals do not fall 
between services. The DASS should ensure that a named manager is responsible 
for assessing and (where appropriate) meeting the needs of individuals from 
the client groups listed at Annex A, in addition to other groups that he or 
she considers to be at risk of falling between services. It is also 
important to recognise that service users are individuals and that services 
should be provided on the basis of individual need, rather than on the basis 
of assumptions about the general needs of clients with specific conditions 
or disabilities.
18. In the case of low-incidence conditions and disabilities there may not 
always be capacity to meet these needs locally and the DASS should ensure 
that his or her staff work with neighbouring local authorities and relevant 
specialist national service providers to meet such specialist, low-incidence 
need.
Annex A:
The DASS should ensure that it is clear which team, or manager, within his 
or her staff, has responsibility for assessing and meeting the eligible 
needs of a range of named client groups. A list of groups of individuals who 
are likely to be users of social care services, and who should be included 
is given below (NB this list is not exhaustive and may be added to in 
future). In addition, clear arrangements should be in place for other client 
groups, particularly where the DASS believes that there is the risk of an 
individual falling between services.
(list includes) .........People with autism spectrum disorder;
The bp guidance also says:

(para 32): It is the Government’s intention to promote a shift towards more 
pro-active services. In implementing this cultural shift, the DASS should 
ensure that there is an appropriate balance between low-level and 
preventative services and services designed to meet the needs of people at 
the higher needs end of the care spectrum and that this is reflected in the 
organisation’s values.

Here are links to both pieces of guidance:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidanceArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4134800&chk=3ri7eW 
(statutory)
http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/13/49/44/04134944.pdf (best practice)

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