Work Themes

Much of our work is organised around the following priority themes. For more information click on the underlined text to go to the following pages:

* Community Inclusion or for more information contact Peter Bates or for inclusion training contact Jo Seddon

* Personalisation and Person Centred Approaches to public services or for more information contact Bill Love or Helen Bowers

* Employment and paid work or for more information contact Bill Love

* Housing and home or for more information contact Rob Greig

* Transitions and life chances or for more information contact Rob Greig or Helen Bowers

 

The NDTi also have a number of other work-themes, including:

* Families We believe that families are essential partners in taking forward change. Our work includes:

  • A major project funded by ‘Dimensions’ to explore how families can be effective partners in the personalisation agenda
  • A range of initiatives around ‘Circles of Support’

For more information contact Bill Love

* Commissioning Better commissioning is at the heart of most of our work themes. Specific projects on commissioning include:

  • The Commissioner Development programme – a six-module personal development opportunity (insert link)
  • The production of on-line commissioner learning materials for the National Skills Academy of Social Care (insert link when the work is finished in a few moths time)
  • A methodology for reviewing whether commissioner actions are helping to promote and achieve social inclusion for health and social care service users

For more information contact Rob Greig

* People’s Voice The voice of disabled and older people is central to all our work, examples of work we are doing includes:

  • Guidance on how to make coproduction a reality. Click here to read more
  • A toolkit to support the actions to deliver age equality within the NHS and Social Services
  • Support across the eastern Region to promote the voice of people and families in local Partnership Boards

For more information contact Helen Bowers

* Health Health services need to be personalised and support people’s community inclusion as much as any other element of public services. Two particular areas of interest for NDTi are:

  • We are a partner in Improving Health and Lives (IHaL) - the Public Health Observatory for people with learning disabilities. Click here to read more
  • The implementation of personal health budgets

For more information contact Sue Turner

* Leadership Having effective leaders at all places across the system is a key factor for change. NDTi offer a range of leadership development initiatives. Click on the link below for more information.

Leadership Development Flyer

For more information contact Rob Greig