Reach Review

The Worcestershire Comprehensive Reach Review is a peer review programme, where services for the learning disabled are reviewed from the perspective of the service users themselves.

A team of trained service users are now out there - Doing It For Themselves!

This is a national pilot programme being run by the Learning Disability Service at Worcestershire County Council in association with Paradigm.

Reach Review Information

The Learning Disability Service and Supporting People want to know if people using supported living services are:

• Getting good support
• Like where they are living
• Like who they live with
• Enjoying their lives

We are checking supported living in Worcestershire - this is called a Reach Review.

We will be using 11 standards called Reach Standards.

We want you to help us with the review. We need help from:

• People who use support services
• Friends and relatives of people who use support services
• People who provide support services
• Other people involved in the lives of people who use support services

You can help by:

Talking to the review team
Two of the REACH team  will meet with you and ask you simple questions about what you think about where you live. You can choose the time and place that they come to, and your support worker can be there if you want them.

All learning disabled services commissioned by Worcestershire County Council will now need to be REACH compliant.

Reviews/Best Practice

Self-Directed Support is for everyone who uses social care support – disabled and older people. in Control worked out its system of Self-Directed Support with people who have a learning disability.

Visit the In Control website to find more information on self directed support and individualised budgets.

Reach Boards  

All meetings take place at County Hall in Worcester. The Reach Team are represented on the board by Greg Mann and Ronnie Perry, their contact details can be found in the Team portal.

Partnership Board

Worcestershire Learning Disability Partnership Board oversees the ten sub-groups which have been established since 2001 and the publication the of Valuing People White Paper. The Partnership Boards' websites can be viewed by going to http://worcestershire.ldpb.info/index.php

Information Download

Download the Reach Review information. (102 KB)

  Large print version of the Reach Review information.  (104KB)

Find out more  

If you would like to know more about the reach review or would like to get involved please contact:

Laura Westwood
Supporting People Team
County Hall,
Worcester
WR5 2NP

Telephone:  01905 728826

Email lwestwood2@worcestershire.gov.uk

If you can help please let us have your contact details by completing the Reach Review feedback form   (1.3 MB) and returning it to Laura Westwood at the details above