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Sense Cymru Assembly briefing: Social Services & Wellbeing Bill – Stage 1
Sense Cymru believes there is much to welcome in the Bill, including the single duties to assess needs and meet eligible ones, and the rounded definition of wellbeing and greater rights for carers. However, a number of areas need to be clarified or amended if the Bill is to serve the needs of deafblind people.
social_services_wellbeing_bill_stage1.docSense Cymru Assembly briefing: Social Services & Wellbeing Bill, November 2012
Sense Cymru welcomes a number of the measures in the Social Services & Wellbeing proposals. We welcome that Gwenda Thomas, the Deputy Minister for Social Services, recently wrote to a deafblind person that the Welsh Government will “strive to ensure that the specific needs of deafblind people, their families and carers, are fully integrated into [the] framework of support, including the new outcomes framework and Code of Practice”.
sense_cymru_soc_serv_bill_briefing.pdf
sense_cymru_soc_serv_bill_briefing.txt sense_cymru_soc_serv_bill_briefing.docSense guidance for politicians communicating with constituents who are deafblind
Sense_guidance_for_politicians_communicating_with_constituents_who_are_deafblind.pdf Sense_guidance_for_politicians_communicating_with_constituents_who_are_deafblind.txt Sense_guidance_for_politicians_communicating_with_constituents_who_are_deafblind.docSense Information & Advice Statement of Service
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Sense_Information_and_Advice_Service_statement_of service_March 2013.pdfSense survey of local authority services for deafblind children 2011-2012
local_authority_childrens_services_survey_2011_12.pdfSense written evidence: Children and Families Bill Committee
Submission date: 18 March 2013
Sense welcomes the overall aims of the Children and Families Bill. However, Sense considers that several clauses within the Bill should be strengthened to ensure that the provisions made will meet the specific needs of deafblind children and their families.
children_families_bill_committee_written_evidence.pdf