SSRG Consultations - Performance Assessment Framework (PAF)

Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century

Proposed Performance Indicators: Paper by Department of Health

The Department of Health intends to issue ten performance indicators for use in preparing the updated JIP that is due to be submitted by 31 January 2002. The Department of Health invites comments on these PIs by 31 August.

SSRG is working with the Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) in order to present a reasoned critique of the proposals to the Department of Health. Bill Robbins DSS at South Gloucestershire is ADSS lead on learning disability and is collating a policy response from his network.

Please send your views and we will use these to collate an SSRG/ADSS response to government. ontact: Terry Davies tdavies@worcestershire.gov.uk

Responses will be added to this website (with your agreement) so that other visitors can view them, and later be collated to prepare and submit a joint SSRG/ADSS response.

Click here to view the PIs and comments received so far (updated 6.8.01)

You can also send comments to Catherine Baines Room 235 Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road London SE1 8UG or Catherine.Baines@doh.gsi.gov.uk by 31 August 2001.

• Full text of the Department of Health letter (Word File)
• Proposals for the Performance Indicators (word 2000 doc)

Summary

The proposed PIs relate to social services for adults with learning disabilities. They do not cover services for children and young people with learning disabilities. For each PI, the DH

• quotes the text of proposed PI as set out in Valuing People;
• quotes the relevant sub-objective from Annex A of Valuing People;
• sets out the policy aim;
• defines the terms used where necessary;
• identifies the information sources;
• lists issues on which DH welcomes comments.

The proposed PIs cover 8 topics:

1. Advocacy PI 'The amount spent on advocacy expressed as the amount per head of people with learning disabilities known to the council'.

2. Direct Payments PI 'Percentage of people with learning disabilities receiving community based services who are receiving direct payments.'

3. Carers: The two proposed PIs are

• 'Percentage of adults with learning disabilities receiving community based services who are receiving short term breaks' and
• 'Percentage of carers aged 70 or over for whom a plan has been agreed.'

4. Day Services The two proposed PIs are

• 'Gross expenditure on day care as a percentage of expenditure on all non-residential services' and
• 'ratio of expenditure on day and domiciliary services for people with learning disabilities to expenditure on residential provision for people with learning disabilities.'

5. Employment PI 'Number of people with learning disabilities in work as a proportion of those with learning disabilities known to the council'.

6. Minority Ethnic Communities PI

• 'The proportion of people with learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities who are receiving services divided by the proportion of all people in the local population from minority ethnic communities'.
  Or:
• 'The proportion of people with learning disabilities receiving services that are from minority ethnic groups divided by the proportion of people in the local population that are from minority ethnic communities.' This wording is closer to the wording of the indicators in the PSS Performance Assessment Framework.

7. Best value PI 'Number of people with learning disabilities known to the local council per head of general population'.

8. Workforce PI 'Percentage of staff working in learning disability services achieving at least NVQ level 2'.