ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-2013
Curriculum related actions
Action
Identified
issue
C1) ACLS to review
uneven LLDD
provision in County,
analysing district day
centre distribution to
see if it reflects ACLS
learner distribution.
This will include any
centres where ACLS
are not currently
delivering
Far more ACLS
LLDD courses
in Ashfield and
Mansfield than
elsewhere
which may be
due to uneven
day centre
distribution
Progress
C2) ACLS to review
distances travelled by
LLDD learners to
centres and to out of
County provision
Lead
HG/JD
Timescale Resources
May 2012
onwards
Course lists.
Information
from Adult
Social Care
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Intended Outcome
LLDD courses
spread more
evenly over
County or
persuasive
evidence that
situation need
not be
changed
SG –
Contract
Meetings
AA/HG – QIG
Group
JD –
Curriculum
Review
ACLS shares this
information with
providers and LLDD
courses are delivered
appropriately and fairly
cross county
LLDD courses SG –
ACLS shares this
spread more
Contract
information with
evenly over
Meetings
providers and LLDD
County or
AA HG – QIG learners receive
persuasive
Group
information based on
evidence that
JD –
closest facilities as apt
situation need Curriculum
not be
Review
changed
Progress HG and JD reviewed travel distances. No evidence that travel distance to LLDD provision is greater than other courses. Out of 16
SSAs, area 14 is 10th, 1st being the greatest learner distance travelled to an SSA (across all provision and all districts). There is no evidence that
there are any unacceptable distances travelled to any centre or provider. (JD 03.05.12)
Possible issue
of impractical
distances
travelled by
learners if
closer facilities
available
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-13
HG/JD
May 2012
Course lists.
Information
from Adult
Social Care
V3
April 2012
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-2013
Curriculum related actions
Action
Identified
issue
Lead
Timescale Resources
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Intended Outcome
Groups
HG/JD
May 2012
ACLS
ACLS learner
SG –
ACLS shares this
mentioned left
onwards
statistics
profiles reflect Contract
information with
are under
centre profiles Meetings
providers and LLDD
represented in
AA HG – QIG clients in day centres
ACLS/ LLDD
Group
are given appropriate
classes but this
JD –
access to courses
may be a
Curriculum
reflection of day
Review
centre client
groups from
which ACLS
recruits
Progress: On examination, BME statistics include older learners in old person’s centres. HG to get back to Wendy and ask if they can be
separated so we have more comparable stats to cross check them with ACLS LLDD stats.
C3) ACLS to review
day centre client
profiles to see if they
match ACLS learner
profiles, including
people with
severe/complex
needs, BMEs and over
60 populations
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-13
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ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-2013
Curriculum related actions
Action
Identified
issue
Lead
C4) Widen subjects
offered in LLDD
curriculum (idea: to
have a ‘Choices
Week’ on LLDD
programmes so
learners can have a
go and choose what
subjects they want to
do)
Curriculum
subjects tend to
be clustered
around
historically
‘safe’ subjects
such as arts
and crafts. Does
this lead to lack
of choice or
ambition?
The only LLDD
language class
in county –
Spanish, goes
well
PCDL/LLDD
Managers in
ACLS
programmes
cross county
Timescale Resources
September
2012
Tutor email
group can
contact wide
range of
tutors with
subject
/LLDD
knowledge
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Intended Outcome
Increase in
course
variation, with
examples of
new or
innovative
subjects
having viable
groups; or
sound
evidence that
curriculum
reflects
informed
learner
choices as
evidenced
from Personal
Plans
SG –
Contract
Meetings
AA HG – QIG
Group
JD –
Curriculum
Review
Learners on LLDD
courses will be given
greater choice on
subjects they can learn
Progress:
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-13
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Curriculum related actions
Action
C5) Contact ACLS
contacts in Rushcliffe,
Gedling, Broxtowe to
find out levels of
LLDD provision that
are non-ACLS funded
Identified
issue
Some missing
data at LLDD
Curriculum
Review
Lead
JD
Timescale Resources
May 2012
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Intended Outcome
Data collected
on LLDD
programmes
from these FE
Colleges
complete the
Review data
AA HG – QIG
Group
JD –
Curriculum
Review
To complete the picture
of LLDD provision in
Nottinghamshire ACLS and other SFA
programmes - to inform
planning
AA
To widen LLDD
curriculum and give
tutors confidence to
move between that and
non-LLDD teaching
Progress: JD 9/5/12: Limited information from attempts to email providers. Will review with AA.
C6) Set up staff
Wish to widen
ACLS: AA
2012-2013
CPD Budget
Number of
development to widen subjects on
PCDL Tutors
subject specialists
offer for LLDD
Providers:
work in LLDD
who teach LLDD
learners. Some
PCDL/LLDD
and LLDD
subject
Managers in
tutors expand
specialists
ACLS
subject base
could train to
programmes
to offer new
work with
cross county
subjects in
LLDD. Some
LLDD
tutors who work
with LLDD can
train to widen
subject base at
beginner level
Progress: JD to propose CPD ideas with AA for Tutor Conference and 2012/13
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Curriculum related actions
Action
C7) Establish some
courses where
learners and their
carers can learn
together, as
appropriate
Identified
issue
Suggestion
expressed to
encourage
greater
understanding
between
learners and
carers
Lead
PCDL/LLDD
Managers in
ACLS
programmes
cross county
who wish to
pursue this
programme
idea
Timescale Resources
September
2012- 13
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Intended Outcome
Number of
viable courses
where
learners and
carers work
together have
positive
outcomes
SG –
Contract
Meetings
AA HG – QIG
Group
Courses produce
positive outcomes in
pertinent areas such as
independence for
learners
Progress:
C8) Record impact
and added value so
ACLS classes are not
merely replicating day
centre outcomes with
LLDD, especially
those with complex
needs
Encouraging
PCDL/LLDD
September
Day Centre
Learners or
SG –
It will be worth people
learners to
Managers in
2012
outcomes
their
Contract
coming to ACLS
attend classes
ACLS
and
advocates
Meetings
classes because of the
has to be
programmes
Personal
report and
AA HG – QIG increased services and
accompanied
cross county
Plans
record good
Group
experiences we can
by positive
experiences
give them that are not
additional
over and
provided at their
outcomes that
above what
centres
ACLS can offer
they get
further to those
elsewhere.
achieved in
their day
centres
Progress: A2E completed a 3 day course with people with more complex needs who attend Whitewater day service at Ollerton The course was as a direct
result from the discussions at the curriculum review meeting and the need to widen the range of people with whom we work. JD 9/ 5/ 12
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-13
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Curriculum related actions
Action
C9) Support LLDD
learners to join PCDL
classes /college
training etc and form
independent groups
after courses are
finished, using
Learning Champions,
mentors etc
Identified
issue
Progression
can be more
complex for
LDD learners
Lead
AA (IAG,
progression
etc)
HG –
Learning
Champs
Timescale Resources
2012-2013
Learning
Champions,
Tutor
progression
sessions,
Careers
Services etc
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Intended Outcome
Evidence
/examples of
impact in this
area
SG –
Contract
Meetings
AA HG – QIG
Group
To encourage
progression and
ambition for this group
who have additional
progression barriers
PCDL/LLDD
Managers in
ACLS
programmes
cross county
Progress:
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-13
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ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-2013
Quality related actions
Action
Identified
issue
Lead
Timescale
Resources
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Intended Outcome
Providers
HG/JD
May 2012
Course lists.
LLDD courses
SG – Contract Sharing of good
suggest
Information
spread more
Meetings
practice and addressing
retention and
from Adult
evenly over
AA HG – QIG
any
attendance are
Social Care
County or
Group
attendance/retention
harder to
persuasive
JD –
issues leads to
manage on LLDD
evidence that
Curriculum
improved results on
courses due to
situation need
Review
LLDD courses and/or
learner needs
not be changed
providers with ideas to
and
improve
circumstances
Progress JD 9.5.12: Providers can feel reassured that attendance, retention and success on courses in SSA area 14 are as good if not better in
some cases than other SSA areas. No evidence that there is an overall lack in these quality categories. Informed partners who were concerned
about this
Q2) ACLS to
ACLS documents AA
From April
Organisations
SG – Contract Organisations can
convey message inapt for some
2012
feel able to
Meetings
generate data that is
of flexible
learners to
mediate
AA HG – QIG
meaningful and
approach to
complete and
between the
Group
appropriate to learners’
paperwork as per read
paperwork and
levels/communication
learners’
learner to
preferences
communication
produce best
styles and needs
quality /
appropriate
data
Progress See A2E report above C8
Q1) ACLS to
review
attendance and
retention on
LLDD courses to
see if they are
lower than on
other PCDL
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-13
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Quality related actions
Action
Q3) Review
expectations of
support worker
role in LLDD
classes
Identified
issue
Lead
Support worker
effectiveness is
patchy and too
often learning
support is
inadequately
pitched i.e. no
support at all or
tendency to ‘do it
for learners’
PCDL/LLDD
Managers in
ACLS
programmes
cross county
Timescale
Resources
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
From
September
2012
Current
support
worker
charters
developed by
providers can
be shared
Reporting of
increased
quality in
support work
through OTLs
and
provider/learner
feedback
SG – Contract
Meetings
AA HG – QIG
Group
OTL s
Intended Outcome
Support workers add
value to the class,
supporting the
tutor/learner and
enhancing experience
and learning
Progress
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-13
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ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-2013
Quality related actions
Action
Identified
issue
Lead
Q4) Providers
make use of
Personal Plans
and other
information kept
by centres as
part of initial
assessment of
learner. Any
information such
as interests,
health issues,
etc that may
affect learning
and help the
tutor to give
learners a better
service to be
requested. –
Personal Plans
have not been
used as
effectively as
they could be in
some cases.
Tutors often
report missing
vital information
about learners
which would
have helped
them cater to
learners’ needs.
It has sometimes
been denied on
the grounds of
data protection
Managers of
LLDD
programmes
or classes
with LLDD
learners from
centres
Timescale
Resources
From May
2012
onwards
Personal
Plans
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Intended Outcome
Tutors report
increased
information has
enabled
improved
teaching,
learning and
safeguarding
SG – Contract
Meetings
AA HG – QIG
Group
Personal Plans and
other data is used to
improve quality of
learner assessment and
tutor
knowledge/safeguarding
of learners
Providers to
contact ACLS to
address any
issues that arise
asking centres
for this
information
Progress:
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Management related actions
Action
Identified
issue
M1) Improve
communication
between ACLS,
providers, day
services and the
Disability Partnership
Board -
Quality and
equality issues
will be
improved by
greater
communication
and
partnership.
This has been
requested by
Providers.
Need to explore
the main issues
and address
them
Lead
HG
Timescale Resources
From
summer
2012
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Intended Outcome
Evidence of
increased
effectiveness
and outcomes
for learners as
a result of
partnerships
and
information
share
AA HG – QIG
Group
Partners all working for
people with LDD
communicate to
increase quality
outcomes for learners
Progress
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-13
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ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-2013
Management related actions
Action
M2) ACLS to liaise
with NCC Adult Social
Care to review
systems and
information e.g.
standardising support
worker expectations
in classes; low
representation of BME
people, over 60s and
people with complex
or severe disabilities
Progress
Identified
issue
As above. This
has been
requested by
Providers
ACLS LLDD Curriculum Review 2012-13
Lead
HG
Timescale Resources
From
summer
2012
V3
Success
criteria
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Evidence of
increased
effectiveness
and outcomes
for learners as
a result of
partnerships
and
information
share
AA HG – QIG
Group
Intended Outcome
As above
April 2012