Think tank

A place to share stuff,
somethink for everyone!

Think tank

A place to share stuff
somethink for everyone!

Think local!

Think local!

The Rock Directory

ROCK directory is a wellbeing toolkit for developing and supporting social inclusion, recovery and involvement within the community in areas where Sussex Partnership work. It is designed to offer people a bridge to community groups and services, allowing for choice and control in all aspects of life and the recovery journey.

Sussex Transforming Care partnership plan for people with Learning Disability and/or Autism

This Plan details how Sussex will Transform Care Partnerships for people with a learning disability and/or autism, implement the New Service Model by March 2019 and reduce the number of in‐patient beds for people with a learning disability in line with national targets set in ‘Building the Right Support’

Think national!

Think national!

Think BIGGER!

The Think Ahead programme is a new route into social work, for graduates and career-changers remarkable enough to make a real difference to people with mental health problems.

“Think Ahead’s mixture of practical and academic work, and the mental health focus, is perfect for me.”
Laura, 2016 Programme participant

Click here to find out about the programme

Think BIGGER!

The Think Ahead programme is a new route into social work, for graduates and career-changers remarkable enough to make a real difference to people with mental health problems.

“Think Ahead’s mixture of practical and academic work, and the mental health focus, is perfect for me.”
Laura, 2016 Programme participant

Click here to find out about the programme

Think SPINC!

Think SPINC!

Department of Health, Transforming care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital, 2012.
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Department of Health, DH Winterbourne View Review: Concordat: Programme of Action, 2012.
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Department of Health, Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century. 2001.
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Transforming Care and Commissioning Steering Group, Winterbourne View – Time for Change: Transforming the commissioning of services for people with learning disabilities and/or autism, 2014.
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NHS England/LGA/ADASS, Building the Right Support: A national plan to develop community services and close inpatient facilities for people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition. 2015.
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NHS England/LGA/ADASS, Supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition: Service model for commissioners of health and social care services, October 2015.
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NHS England/LGA/ADASS, Building the Right Home: Guidance for commissioners of health and care services for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges. 2016.
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Care Quality Commission, A fresh start for registration: Improving how we register providers of all health and adult social care services, 2015.
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Care Quality Commission, Guidance for providers on meeting the regulations, March 2015. Department of Health, Transforming care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital, 2012, page 3, paragraph 3.7.
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Care Quality Commission, Guidance for providers on meeting the regulations, March 2015.
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Care Quality Commission, The state of health care and adult social care in England 2015/16. October 2016.
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Department of Health, Transforming care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital, 2012, paragraph 3.7.
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NHS England/LGA/ADASS Building the Right Support: A national plan to develop community services and close inpatient facilities for people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition. 2015.
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Paradigm, REACH support for living an ordinary life, 2013.
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Care Quality Commission, Guidance for providers on meeting the regulations, March 2015.
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NHS England/LGA/ADASS, Service model for commissioners of health and social care services, 2015.
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Challenging Behaviour Charter Download PDF >

Positive Behaviour Academy Link >

Making it Real Link >

Planning your House Info Pack Link >

Apps for Wellbeing and Mental Health  Link >

“SPINC believes that, for services to be effective, they should be based on sound values and principles and an understanding of the fundamental and individual needs of Service Users”.

More to think about …

More to think about

Mansell J, Knapp M, Beadle-Brown J and Beecham, J, Deinstitutionalisation and community living – outcomes and costs: report of a European Study. Volume 2: Main Report. Canterbury: Tizard Centre, University of Kent, 2007.

Working Group on Congregated Settings, Health Service Executive, Time to Move on from Congregated Settings: A Strategy for Community Inclusion, 2011.

Department of Health, Services for People with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour or Mental Health Needs. Report of a Project Group (Chair Prof J Mansell), 1993

Department of Health, Services for People with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour or Mental Health Needs (Revised Edition), 2007

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