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Department of Health Wellington House Email: valuing.people.info@doh.gsi.gov.uk |
The Valuing People Support Team help to improve services and achieve better outcomes for children and families, adults and older people including those with mental health problems, physical or learning disabilities or people in the criminal justice system. They do this by working with:
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Hft 5/6 Brook Office Park Tel: 0117 930 2600 |
Hft is a national charity for people with learning disabilities and creative thinking is our speciality. People with learning disabilities approach us because of our clever ideas, experience and relevant advice. Our inventive and often ground breaking support enable people with learning disabilities to live the lives they want. Our wide ranging services are available through the local Hft support teams around the country. The teams work in partnership with people with learning disabilities, their families and local authorities to discover the choices on offer that will bring personal goals and ambitions closer to reality - no matter how big or small. Hft provides support on anything a person with learning disabilities and their families might experience such as developing relationships, finding a job, improving their social life, or advice about money eg individual budgets, paying household bills etc. Our expertise is recognised by the health and social care sectors. We work closely with them on healthcare, housing, work and educational issues and comment on draft legislation regarding adult learning disabilities. Visit the LDT Technology Zone to see how we champion new ways of using assistive technology and Information Communication Technology (ICT) to enhance the everyday lives of those we support and their families. Also, come and see us on Stand 100 |
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CareTech Community Services Leighton House Email: info@caretech.co.uk |
Through our unique listing on AIM at the London Stock Exchange we have become the most regulated specialist provider of learning disability services in the UK. We have the scrutiny of city regulators, in addition to the Commission for Social Care Inspection and local authorities. We welcome the additional regulation together with the extra level of corporate governance that must be satisfied to obtain stock market floatation. We feel confident that this regulation and our own philosophy of care and support enable us to offer the highest quality services in the UK. CareTech provides high-quality specialist support and residential care to people with physical disability, challenging behaviours, mental health problems and autistic spectrum disorder using an ‘ordinary' model of care. The services comprise 61 residential care homes (435 beds) and two day centres (55 places) located primarily in the south of England and the West Midlands. The properties are of outstanding quality, located in pleasant areas. |
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Society Guardian Kings Place Tel: 020 3353 2000 |
The Guardian has a long term standing commitment to all public services and the charity sector. This has been delivered through its editorial, offering comprehensive recruitment sections and its support of key events. The Guardian continues it’s longstanding support of Mental Health Today. SocietyGuardian is published every Wednesday with the Guardian and has news and editorial features on a range of public services including health, housing, employment and social care. SocietyGuardian also offers a breadth of job opportunities, carrying public services and social care appointments. Furthermore, the Guardian jobs website, with its unique functionality and its sector specific sections, attracts a large user profile of professionals drawn from a range of public services. The Guardian now also offers a unique social care job match service, which hand picks and matches the right candidates to the right jobs. The Guardian, with its unique editorial and effective recruitment offering, has become an invaluable resource for all public services and charity sector professionals. For further details on the Guardian's recruitment solutions, contact your Guardian representative on 0207 611 9111 or at www.guardian.co.uk/jobs |
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Craegmoor Craegmoor House Tel: 01905 459 800 |
Craegmoor is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist care for adults and younger people with a range of needs. These include learning disabilities, mental health problems, physical disabilities, dementia and nursing care for older people, as well as neurological illnesses and acquired brain injuries. They operate over 250 care homes, supported living units and independent hospitals as well as specialist educational colleges, caring for and supporting over 5,000 people and employing 6,500 members of staff. |
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Advance Housing and Support 2 Witan Way Tel: 01993 772885 |
Advance exists to enable people with either a learning disability or mental health problem to realise their individual potential as valued citizens. They want to provide the best housing, support and employment options available to people with learning disabilities or mental health problems in order to make their lives better. People are at the centre of our work, and we consider their needs from a holistic point of view; we aim to make sure they are involved in the way their services are run, where they live, who they live with and who supports them. |
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Mencap Tel: 020 7454 0454 |
Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity. We work with people with a learning disability, their families and carers. People with a learning disability don't get an equal chance in life. Mencap fights to change laws and services and to provide better access to education, employment and leisure facilities, supporting thousands of people with a learning disability to live their lives the way they want. |
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Dimensions 9 - 10 Commerce Park Tel: 0800 884 0820 |
There’s a stage in every young person’s life when they face several options. It’s the same for people with learning disabilities and autism. However, more support is needed to ensure their future path runs smoothly. And that’s where we come in… Dimensions provides support to young people with learning disabilities and autism as they move into adulthood. |
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Lifeways The Fisher Building Tel: 0208 874 8254 |
Lifeways Community Care is one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist services for people with diverse and often complex needs. We support more than 1,150 people throughout England, Scotland and Wales, and have more than 2,500 staff, who offer a high level of in-house expertise and experience. Lifeways offers a wide range of high quality, personally tailored services for people who need ongoing social care support. These services have been developed in accordance with the aims of the Government’s Valuing People Now strategy. These place great emphasis on better housing, better health and further support for people who use social care services, to enable them to live an ordinary life, in the community, alongside their fellow citizens. |
Badge and lanyard sponsors | |
Consensus Aldeburgh House Tel: 0808 1661420 |
Consensus is a leading national provider of services for people with a learning disability who may have additional complex needs. Through our national network of services, we work collaboratively with individuals, families and service commissioners to support people to live within the community either in a specialist residential service or supported living. Our goal is to design services around individuals and to create an environment where dreams and aspirations can be achieved. Consensus is quality accredited and has implemented the British Institute of Learning Disabilities "Quality Network" forum to engage the people using our services in the service development. |
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Turning Point Standon House Tel: 020 7481 7600 |
Turning Point is the UK’s leading social care organisation. We provide services for people with complex needs, including those affected by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems and those with a learning disability. People with a learning disability should have the same opportunities as anyone else to live the lives they want, with the support they choose, whether through their care manager or through their individual budget. Turning Point's flexible services provide a range of support options that offer real choice. |
