4. Living Well
Outcome: Autistic Adults living in Rotherham will get the right support when needed
| Action | By When |
|---|---|
| 4a: Review Of current adult diagnostic service, to include local and national indicators of volume and waiting lists | Completed |
| 4b New adult diagnostic pathway developed that demonstrates improvement to accessing specialist assessments with an investment of £300k . To ensure specialist assessments are available closer to home | 31st December 2020 |
| Phase 1: E Awareness campaign for 2020 to be developed which target key organisations (all RMBC social care staff, RDaSH and TRFT). | 30th Nov 2020 |
| Phase 2: Wider Awareness campaign (phase 2) to extend to partners and universal community services | 30th November 2021 |
| Neighbourhood Teams and Voluntary Action Rotherham will map all the voluntary groups who work with autistic people - Rotherham’s Gizmo and connect to support webpage is reviewed and is designed to be as accessible as possible and easier to navigate. | 30th Nov 2021 |
| All public bodies to ensure that the needs of autistic young people and adults are considered and captured in Equality Impact Assessments (EIA). | 30th October 2021 |
| Ensure that carers who support autistic people needs are better met through the carers assessment. | 30th November 2022 |
| Hate crime awareness training sessions (dealing with hate crime, being radicalised, controlling and coercive behaviour, being groomed or abused in other ways.) | To be completed by: 30th Sept 2022 |
| To increase awareness raising sessions in relation to autism awareness and hate crime/safeguarding. | 31st December 2023 |
| Autism awareness training sessions for all South Yorkshire Police officers | 30th March 2021 |
| Autism Alert Card available across the South Yorkshire Police Force | 30th September 2022 |
| Development of easy read materials for victims and witnesses to help reduce anxiety | 31st January 2022 |
| Promoting healthy Lifestyles and better mental health for autistic adults Ensuring we Identify health inequalities and address areas adding to future implementation plan for the autism strategy – Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) does capture this data. | 31st November 2022 |
| Scope opportunities to deliver autism awareness training for cabinet members and seek Cllr champion | 31st July 2020 |
| Housing: Work will be done with RMBC Housing to look at developing housing related support options – shared lives, key ring to support people with autism | 30th September 2022 |