Case studies
The following case studies show examples of
good practice that local areas have been developing through the
Transition Support Programme.
Case Studies 2011
Central Bedfordshire
Council (Senior Transitions Officer)
This
case study focuses on Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) and how it
decided to move to the creation and funding of a Senior Transitions
Officer (STO) post from June 2010.
West Berkshire
(joint assessment)
This case study looks at
setting up a joint assessment process for young people in
transition in West Berkshire.
West
Berkshire Council (school research project)
This
case study describes a research project investigating whether there
are growing numbers of young people with a range of complex
learning and physical disabilities coming through the school
system.
Bristol (acute
health pathway)
This case study describes the
approach taken in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
to develop and improve transition planning for young people
receiving secondary acute health care services.
Cambridgeshire County
Council (young people with complex needs)
This
case study describes how Cambridgeshire County Council is
supporting young people with the most complex needs through
transition and into adult life.
Cornwall Council (young
people consultation)
This case study discusses
the findings from a consultation with 16 to 25 year olds with
physical disabilities in Cornwall.
Coventry City Council
(person centred planning)
This case study
described an innovative ‘Try Before You Buy’ scheme informing
person centred planning.
Dorset (person centred
planning and social networking)
This case study
looks at a person centred planning tool that is web based and
can be used to support young people through transition. The tool is
designed to also support social networking in a safe way.
Essex County Council (looked
after young people in out of county
placements)
This case study tells the story of
agencies working together to support one young person to remain in
family based care into their adult life.
Gateshead Council
(young people DVD)
This case study describes a
project which utilised DVD technology to record the views and
experiences of disabled young people.
Halton Borough
Council (community bridge builders)
This case
study discusses using community bridge builders to support disabled
people to access their local community.
Hampshire County Council
(participation: young people and family)
This
case study outlines the work undertaken in Hampshire to develop
greater participation for disabled young people and their families
in transition.
Kirklees Council (Cool2Care
- personal assistants and befrienders)
A project
using the Innovations and Outcomes fund to provide personal
assistants to disabled young people over 18 years of age using a
national provider Cool2Care.
Leicester City Council
(Gateway College)
This case study describes how
Gateway Sixth Form College is preparing students for greater
independence during adulthood through adopting a holistic
approach.
North
East Lincolnshire (Person centred planning)
This
case study describes how person centred planning is shaping
services in North East Lincolnshire.
London Borough of Bromley
(health care plans)
This case study describes how
LB Bromley is supporting young people from children’s to adult
health provision.
London Borough of Havering
(Clickstart - accessible information
website)
Click start – an accessible information
website providing information on transition for disabled young
people, their families and professionals.
Royal Borough of
Kingston upon Thames (service users)
This case
study describes a three year programme which aimed to improve
communication and participation for disabled young people in their
service provision.
London Borough of
Redbridge (Multi-agency transition planning
workshop)
This case study describes a
Multi-agency training day that brought together professionals from
Children and Adult’s Social Care, Health and Education to plan a
way forward for improved joint working.
London
Borough of Tower Hamlets (employment
opportunities)
This case study looks at how
employment opportunities were developed specifically to support
disabled young people with sensory impairments by developing a
range of support that could lead to meaningful
employment.
Luton Borough Council
(learning for living and work framework)
This
case study focuses on providing support to young people who may not
be eligible for adult services and draws on the case of one young
person’s pathway.
Nottinghamshire
(person centred approaches)
This case study
describes Nottinghamshire County Council using person centred
approaches in schools to support transition.
Nottinghamshire
County Council (Dawn House School)
This case
study discusses Dawn House School and its link with an FE college
to provide a supported pathway for young people post 16.
Salford City
Council (person centred transition)
This case
study describes how Salford City Council is providing a transition
service that has a person centred ethos throughout.
Sheffield
(transition task group)
This case study describes
a multi-agency transition planning group that meet on a regular
basis to support operational and strategic transition planning.
Appendices 1,2,3,4,
5
and 6.
Shropshire
(multi-agency working and joint assessment)
This
case study concerns multi-agency working, participation and joint
assessment in Shropshire.
South West Region
(travel training)
This case study looks at how a
number of local areas within a region have developed travel
training schemes to support disabled young people to access
transport where they live.
Southampton City Council
(multi-agency working)
This case study describes
a project which sees the beginning of the development of transition
processes for vulnerable young people in Southampton.
Sunderland (futures
team)
This case study describes the work of the
Sunderland Futures Team and their use of person centred
planning.
East Sussex
(transition service)
This case study is about
establishing a dedicated 16 to 25 transition service in East
Sussex.
West Sussex
(transition information)
This case study
describes a project which aims to develop information on transition
that makes sense to parents and carers.
Swindon Borough
Council (transition database)
This case study
describes how Swindon Borough Council and NHS Swindon are working
together to develop an integrated multi-agency database for
disabled children and young people.
Thurrock Council (work
experience)
This case study looks at providing an
opportunity for disabled young people in Thurrock to experience
opportunities to take steps into employment.
Warwickshire County
Council (brokerage model)
This case study
describes using a brokerage model to support young people who will
not meet FACS criteria for adult services.
Warwickshire
County Council (multi-agency transition steering
group)
This case study describes how a strategic
multi-agency transition steering group draws from forums and
transition meetings, and feeds into decision making.
Case Studies 2010
City of York Council (post
16 opportunities)
This case study describes how
City of York Council is supporting disabled young people through
its York Independent Living and Travel Skills Initiative
(YILTS).
City of York Council (post 16
opportunities)
This case study describes how City
of York Council set up an Opportunities Fair to provide better
information about what disabled young peope could do after leaving
school.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
(multi-agency working)
This case study describes
how Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is using multi-agency
working to improve local services and reduce out of borough
placements.
Hertfordshire County
Council (joint assessments)
This case study
describes how Hertfordshire is using the Learning for Living and
Work Framework as the basis for joint planning.
Lincolnshire County
Council (participation)
The case study describes how the creation of a shadow transition
board has ensured that the voice of disabled young people is
central to and informs the developing work of the transition
service in Lincolnshire.
Nottingham City Council
(multi-agency working)
This case study describes
how Nottingham City Council has set up a multi-agency transition
team with Connexions at the hub of the transition process, overseen
by a multi-agency transitions steering group.
Oldham Borough Council
(employment)
This case study looks at the development of employment and work
experience opportunities for disabled young people in Oldham.
Oldham Borough Council
(housing)
This case study describes two different
schemes which are helping disabled young people in Oldham to
achieve their goals of having their own home, accessing mainstream
facilities and living in the community with varying levels of
support.
Richmond upon Thames
(personalisation)
This case study looks at
how a group of young college leavers with learning
disabilities in Richmond upon Thames have piloted an innovative way
of getting more from their direct payment care package.
Richmond upon Thames
(participation)
This case study describes how a voluntary organisation in Richmond
upon Thames is helping young disabled people develop training on
disability awareness for a range of organisations in the
borough.
Suffolk County Council (person
centred planning)
This case study describes how
Suffolk is embedding person centred approaches in all special
schools with the long term goal that person centred planning will
be universal for disabled children in the authority.
Thurrock Council
(participation)
This case study describes how
Thurrock Council have used drama workshops to support students with
complex needs learn about transition and how they can make choices
about their lives.
Thurrock Council
(personalisation)
This case study shows how
Beacon Hill School in Thurrock is using a whole school approach to
personalisation that includes person centred planning, work
experience, personalised curriculums and support into mainstream
college settings.
Warwickshire County Council
(muti-agency working)
This case study describes
how Warwickshire County Council developed a support brokerage model
to support young people with autistic spectrum conditions who do
not meet FACS criteria.
West Berkshire Council
(multi agency working and joint assessments)
This
case study describes the progress that West Berkshire Council has
made in developing their transition services over the past 3
years.
Emerging good practice
TransMap Case
Studies
These case studies are taken from the
Council for Disabled Children’s TransMap project in 2008/09. This
project set out to identify areas of effective practice in
transition and to provide evidence of current practice and
developments.
Emerging Evidence from
Local Areas
Emerging good practice from local areas is set out in this
document under the five overarching themes that are the focus
of the Transition Support Programme in Year 2. (13/05/09)
Advocacy Project
for Transition
North Tyneside, with funding from the Transition Support Programme,
have commissioned 2 years of advocacy to support young
disabled people with their Transition Plans.
(July
2009)