Service Standards for Communities for People with Learning Disabilities

• In 2006 the Community of Communities was awarded a grant from the Big Lottery Fund to develop three new sets of Service Standards including the Service Standards for Communities for People with Learning Disability

• The Service Standards were developed by an advisory group who identified and described the values that guide the work of Learning Disability Communities

• The advisory group used the Camphill Standards, the Service Standards for Therapeutic Communities 5th Edition and other key documents referenced in the appendix

• The first draft of the Service Standards for Communities for People with Learning Disabilities was sent to 70 communities, including client members and other experts in the field, for a broad consultation 

• There was generally a good consensus with most standards being rated as either "very important" or "important" to the quality of the community

• The Service Standards are being pilotted in a first annual cycle by 6 Communities for People with Learning Disabilities with the results set to be published in a National Report

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