Autistic Spectrum Disorder Updated Delivery plan 2018-2021
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Autistic Spectrum Disorder Updated Delivery plan 2018-2021 Mae’r ddogfen yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. This document is also available in Welsh. © Crown Copyright 2018 WG35919 ISBN 978-1-78964-102-8
Autistic Spectrum Disorder Strategic Action Plan – Delivery Plan updated September 2018
1. The updated ASD Strategic Action Plan was published in November 2016. It was developed in response to priorities for acti on
identified by autistic people and their families and carers. An accompanying delivery plan was also published in 2016. This
updated delivery plan explains what will be done to improve autism services, reflecting the ongoing feedback have received from
autistic people, their families and carers and other stakeholders. New commitments are highlighted in red.
2. The first annual report of the Strategic Action Plan was published in June 2018 and we will continue to monitor the progress
being made in delivering existing and new policy commitments through publishing annual updates.
Assessment and Diagnosis
What do we want to What we will do How will we know? Who is involved?
achieve?
Children, young people and Deliver improvements to Care pathways developed by Welsh Government – Together
adults, with autism have children’s assessment and health boards for for Children and Young People
access to timely referral diagnostic services. This will neurodevelopmental conditions Programme
assessment and post include the implementation of are implemented across Wales
diagnostic services, which the national standardised from November 2016. Local Health Boards
meets their needs diagnostic assessment
pathway to ensure
consistency.
Improve timeliness for access, Pilot introduced, health boards Local Health Boards
for children and young people, report delivery of 26 week
a new 26 week waiting time waiting time target from
target from referral to first November 2017
assessment appointmentEnsure ongoing monitoring of Waiting time data updated on a Welsh Government
progress and timeliness of quarterly basis indicate waiting
assessment and diagnosis. time targets are being met Local Health Boards
This will be incorporated within
the formal planning and Family and carers report Independent evaluation of the
performance management access to the standardised Strategic Action Plan and
mechanisms of health boards pathway within 26 weeks of Integrated Autism Service
referral
Continue to deliver Regional Partnership Boards Regional Partnership Boards
improvements to adult reporting progress in the roll
diagnostic services through the out of the diagnostic service for Local Health Boards
National Integrated Autism adults from April 2016
Service. This will include: Local Authorities
The development of a Regional Partnership Boards
national model that will report that adults diagnostic Welsh Local Government
be implemented across assessment meets agreed Association
Wales service standards
On-going monitoring
and reporting of Autistic people reporting
progress against the satisfaction in accessing the
agreed standards of the new adult assessment and
service diagnostic service
Regional Partnership
Boards will be required
to report on progressMeeting Support Needs
What do we want to achieve? What will we do? How will we know? Who is involved?
Children, young people and To complete our programme of The draft ALNET Code of Welsh Government
adults with autism and their reform for additional learning Practice is published for
family and carers can access needs as set out in the consultation during 2018, the
advice and preventative Additional Learning Needs and final Code to be published in
services to address unmet Education Tribunal Act 2017 2019
need in education, and associated Code.
employment and health and The new ALN system is rolled
social care Deliver ALNET Code of out across Wales from 2020, it
Practice by 2019 will wholly replace the existing
Special Educational Needs
Commence roll out of new ALN system by 2023
system in 2020
Develop and Publish a Code of A public consultation on the Welsh Government
Practice on the Delivery of draft Code of Practice is
Autism Services under the published ASD Implementation Advisory
Social Services and Well-being Group
Wales Act 2014 and NHS Act The draft Code is published
in partnership with before the end of the current
stakeholders including autistic Assembly term in 2021.
people and their parents and
carers.
Continue to develop and roll Primary schools programme is Welsh Government
out our ‘Learning with Autism’ rolled out across all local
programmes to improve authority areas from 2016 Welsh Local Government
support available to children Association
and young people across early Early years and secondary
years, primary, secondary and school from 2017 and further ASD Implementation Advisory
further education and work education and work based Groupbased learning sectors learning programmes delivered
and rolled out across Wales
from 2019
Improve opportunities for The Getting Ahead Two project Getting Ahead Two project
Autistic people. This includes reports good progress in
monitoring the delivery of the relation to agreed project
Getting Ahead Two outcomes
programme to support long
term youth employment for
people with learning difficulties
or disabilities including ASD
Welsh Government to take Welsh Government seeks to Welsh Government
action to become an autism achieve accreditation in the
friendly employer by Positive About Autism Charter, Welsh Local Government
participating in Positive About we are working with the WLGA Association
Working with Autism team to develop a programme
Programme on working with autism and to
achieve accreditation to the
Positive About Autism Charter.
Work with organisations across Number of Welsh Local Government
Wales to raise awareness and organisations/employers Association
for them to become autism- across Wales participating in
friendly working environments. Positive About Working with Employers
This will include promoting the Autism Programme and
Positive About Working with achieving the Charter
Autism Programme
Delivery of the National The integrated service will be Regional Partnership Boards
Integrated Autism Service. delivered and operating in all
This will be implemented from regions in Wales by March Local Health Boards
April 2016 over a three year 2019
period and will include: Local Authorities
The implementation of a Adults with autism reportingstandard diagnostic satisfaction in accessing Welsh Local Government
assessment service for diagnostic services Association
adults
Provision of advice and Autistic people and their family Independent evaluation of the
support for all Autistic and carers reporting Strategic Action Plan and the
people including their satisfaction with the services Integrated Autism Service
family and carers available from the integrated
Development of training service
packages for
professionals Professionals reporting take up
and satisfaction with the
training support packages
availableAwareness Raising, Information and Training
What do we want to What will we do? How will we Know? Who is involved?
achieve?
Autistic people and their Ensure Autistic people and The communications strategy Welsh Government
families and their family and their family and carers, as well is completed by January 2017
carers and professionals report as professionals are made and implemented Welsh Local Government
they have access to good aware of the resources Association
quality information, advice and available on the ASDinfoWales Autistic people and their family
training on autism which meets website and carers and professionals
their needs report increased awareness of
Develop a communications the resources available on the
strategy setting out specific ASDinfoWales website
actions by January 2017
Awareness raising campaign Autistic people and their family Autistic people and their
and carers and professionals families/carers
Work with the partners, report increased awareness of
including autistic people and autism support services Welsh Government
their families and carers to available in their area and the
develop a joint approach to resources available on the Welsh Local Government
rolling out an autism ASDinfoWales website Association
awareness raising campaign,
including increased awareness Integrated Autism Services
of available support services
and resources including those Communities
on the ASDinfoWales website
Continue to develop Annual update report by the Welsh Government
information and resources for ASD National Lead
identified priority areas, to be Welsh Local Government
freely available through the Autistic people, their family and Association
ASDinfoWales website. Priority carers report satisfaction withareas will be reviewed and the information and resources Independent evaluation of the
updated on an annual basis available Strategic Action Plan and
Integrated Autism Service
Develop and deliver training Annual update report by the Welsh Government
resources and material to raise ASD National Leads
awareness of autism and Welsh Local Government
provide support for Professionals report Association
professionals and others satisfaction with the training
working with children or adults materials and resources Independent evaluation of the
with autism. available Strategic Action Plan and
Integrated Autism Service
Work collaboratively with other Non-devolved organisations Welsh Government
organisations dealing with non- engage with Welsh
devolved matters to raise Government activities and Welsh Local Government
awareness of autism. This will training to raise awareness of Association
include the police, fire service, the needs of autistic people
courts and Her Majesty’s receiving their support Non-devolved organisations
Crime and Probation service
Update and expand guidance Develop and publish new Welsh Government
for housing services on Housing Guidance by 2019
supporting autistic people Welsh Local Government
Association
Continue to support the ASD Annual update report by the Welsh Government
National Leads and ASD National Leads
Development team to provide Welsh Local Government
expert advice and guidance on Association
autism to the Welsh
Government, professional
groups and stakeholdersDelivering the Priorities for the Act
What do we want to What will we do? How will we know? Who is involved?
achieve?
Children, young people and Continue to support the ASD The ASD Implementation Welsh Government
adults with autism and their Implementation Advisory Advisory Group:
families and carers are Group to monitor progress and meets at least twice Welsh Local Government
involved and consulted in the delivery of the specific actions yearly Association
delivery of the ASD SAP in the Strategic Action Plan The group engages and
and Delivery Plan. consults widely with Third sector organisations and
stakeholders stakeholder groups
The advisory group
agrees a work plan to
support the delivery of
the ASD SAP
Publish an annual report Welsh Government publishes Welsh Government
setting out the progress in annual report on the Delivery
relation to the specific actions Plan each year
within the Strategic Action Plan
and Delivery Plan. This will
include performance
information and timeliness of
assessment and diagnosis
Ensure Regional Partnership Regional Partnership Boards Welsh Government
Boards report on progress in progress reports indicate
relation to the specific actions progress in relation to Regional Partnership Boards
within the Strategic Action Plan achieving specific actions
and Delivery Plan. This will including timeliness of ASD Implementation Advisory
include performance assessments and diagnosis Group
information and timeliness of
assessment and diagnosis
Welsh Government to consider The new data will be available Welsh Government
ways in which disability data by 20-21will be incorporated into the The ASD Advisory
new social services data Implementation Advisory
collection Group
Working with partners to look Develop pilot of data collection Welsh Government
at how we collect data on system by March 2019
meaningful outcomes to inform Welsh Local Government
about the quality and Association
effectiveness of the services
provided and to identify where Local Health Boards
there may be continuing gaps
in support
Establish a GP register for The register is developed this Welsh Government
autism Assembly term. Royal College of GPs
Consult on changes to the Following feedback, code of Welsh Government
Social Services and Well-being practice will be amended to
Wales Act Part 2, Code of require autism as a stand Regional Partnership Boards
Practice in relation Population alone core theme will be
Needs Assessment and Area updated in advance of the next
Plans, mandating core themes round of assessments in plans
in three years’ time.
Undertake an evaluation of the The Welsh Government will Welsh Government
refreshed Strategic Action Plan publish the final evaluation
National Integrated Autism report by March 2019 The ASD Implementation
Service Advisory Group
Extend evaluation to consider Additional findings to be
alignment between children’s published by summer 2019
neurodevelopmental servicesand adult autism services. Also to investigate barriers to reducing diagnostic waiting times for children and adults Monitor the implementation of Monitoring information on the Welsh Government legislative requirements under implementation of legislative the Social Services and Well- requirements to be included in being (Wales) Act and keep the annual update report on the need for future autism the Strategic Action Plan related legislation under review
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