New model for our External Day Opportunities for adults with Learning Disabilities, Mental

Health and Autism. This has been co-designed with our residents, practitioners, providers

and carers and includes both Building Based and Community Based provision with a focus on

progression and independence.

Our strength-based model focuses on achieving improved outcomes for our residents

through the prevention of their residents needs escalating, whilst supporting people to

maximise their independence. The approach enables providers to work closely with

individuals who are referred into their services and to create a bespoke offer for each

individual through addresses what is important to them, while delivering services which the

Council, providers and people themselves will be able to measure. The model aims to

increase peoples independence by developing their life skills with access to employment and

increasing social inclusion within their local community and supporting carers.

Key outcomes for these services include:

• Ensuring quality of life for people with care and support needs

• Delaying and reducing the need for care and support

• Ensuring that people have a positive experience of care and support

• Safeguarding adults whose circumstances make them vulnerable and protect them from

avoidable harm.

The External Day Opportunities aims to offer a variety of exciting and interesting activities.

This includes life skills such as self-care, cooking, budgeting and physical activities. Activities

will help people with learning disabilities to build their confidence, within day centres and

using local community and leisure facilities to promote health, independence and

progression. People with learning disabilities will be supported with employment and

volunteer skills, including interview and CV skills and travel training. This will enable them to

gain paid employment, volunteering opportunities and working with local businesses.

Providers will support our vulnerable residents and communities to reduce social isolation and maximise opportunities for community inclusion and wellbeing.

Employment Skills

• Undertake job searches, prepare CV’s, develop interview skills, liaise with Work Redbridge

job seeking and volunteering service.

• Obtain Employment support including any services that are working to support Service

users in line with the Employment pathway including those that prepare Service users for

work, offer work experience, supported employment and volunteering opportunities.

Life & Personal Care Skills

• Learn how to budget, cook, and prepare meals, learn and gain confidence on travel training,

cleaning and personal care skills.

• Independent travel training will provide tailored and practical help which supports a person

to develop the skills and confidence to travel more independently via public transport, taxis,

on foot or by bike.

Transitions

• Support Service users and their Carers and families to understand and move through

adulthood and Transition into Adult Social Care services.

Progression

• Support service users achieve their goals and outcomes and where appropriate, to be

stepped down as part of their Progression journey.

• This service should be viewed as a steppingstone for promoting and supporting greater independence and skills building, rather than as a service for life.

Social Inclusion & Overcoming Barriers

• Promoting inclusion through access to mainstream and universal activities in the

community based on individual interests, skills, and hobbies.

• Having a key role in helping service users to overcome barriers, lack of understanding or

prejudice existing within their own locality or community.

Active in the Local Community

Offering activities that will support services users to:

• Confidently participate and be active and visible citizens in their local community and

neighbourhoods.

• Make best use of community facilities and resources and enable people to access group

and individually based social opportunities. This may also include working collaboratively

with partners and mainstream services to ensure mainstream services are as accessible as

possible and that they make any reasonable adjustments that maybe required.

Flexibility

• The Authority has not defined where these services should take place and providers will

have the flexibility and choice to decide where they deliver their services from. This may be a

designated place or different venues that may change depending on the activity.

Promoting Inclusion

• Promoting inclusion through supporting service users to access participate in meaningful

activities in a safe environment and socialise with other service users.

Physical Health

• Operate from venues that are adapted and easily accessible for wheelchair users and

people who need to make use of other specialist equipment. The service will provide a

designated place in the community that can meet the complex health and social care needs

of a person, enables them to engage in meaningful activities that enhances their quality of

life.

Sensory & Communication Skills

• Providing appropriate activities that provide stimulating sensory experiences, develop communication skills and improve wellbeing of service users.