The purpose of this report is to present to the Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee the findings and recommendations for greater alignment of All Age Disability Service.

The scoping, initiation, planning and engagement phase is complete. The recommendations within this report support the delivery of the Wirral Plan - ‘Equity for People and Place 2021-2026’ with particular focus to the key theme of ‘Active and Healthy Lifestyle’, with the right care, at the right time with the best possible outcomes for adults with care and support needs. They also underpin the Wirral Health and Well-being Strategy 2022-2027 for people to live and age well.

Resolved – that the priorities and indicative timeframe for the All Age Disability Review, as listed in Appendix 4 to this report be approved.

There is a greater reliance in Wirral on more traditional care services, which leads to Wirral being a higher spend Council on disability services. This can also mean that outcomes achieved for people with disabilities do not always help them to achieve aspirational targets or to be as independent as they could be. This can be improved through better alignment, joining up planning, and collaboration between services. The experiences of people supported across the life course would be greatly improved by focussing upon their aspirations and life goals in a more effective and clear manner.

Wirral is a high spend Council on adults with a disability and there are opportunities to optimise outcomes for people.

Effectively supporting young people and their families through transition from Children’s to Adult’s Services will reduce reliance on more traditional and intensive accommodation-based services. It will enable effective planning to meet housing and employment needs alongside education and training opportunities. This should contribute to improving outcomes for individuals and families.

Four main themes have emerged from engagement with those who have lived experience either as people supported, carers or practitioners of the system. A summary of these engagements and graphic visualisations of engagement sessions can be found in Appendix 1 of this report. The four emerging themes are: a. Starting Earlier from 14 and better joined up planning; b. Housing Options; c. Training, Volunteering and Employment; and d. Better, Accessible & Relevant Information for people, parents and carers.

The deliverables and milestone plan set out in this report are aligned with these themes in appendix 4.

Not to review All Age Disability Service. This would not deliver the best outcome for people with disabilities and their families/carers.

Not to review All Age Disability Service. This would not deliver cost avoidance opportunities and will impact on the delivery of efficiencies identified for this service area set for 2023/24.