This resource, created in partnership with Havering Borough Council sets out the key learning and recommendations from the East London Transforming Care Project. The Project was designed to deliver better family and community-based support for a small group of children and young people who are autistic, some with intellectual disabilities, and/or mental health support needs.
The project worked in depth with three young people; two of whom were placed in hospital/residential institutions and one living at home, deemed at risk of being placed away from their family home. It aimed to develop and deliver improved family and community-based support services for children and young people and identify early intervention activities to prevent family separation and institutionalisation.
You have listened to me. No-one else listens like you do.
– Participating Young Person, June 2020.
This resource provides simple and actionable recommendations, it is for local areas wanting to transform the future lives of children and young people with very complicated lives and support needs.