Partners in Care & Health

The programme involved four face-to-face workshops for NHS and Local Authority staff including case managers and commissioners working with young autistic people and young people with a learning disability. 

The workshops were developed specifically for Partners in Care and Health. They focussed on applying a human rights lens to support a least restrictive approach to care and support for autistic people and people with a learning disability in the community.

The workshops aimed to support practitioners to develop clarity and confidence to apply the Human Rights Act duties to decision making and exploring least restrictive approaches. They were co-developed and co-delivered alongside a lived experience expert. 

The workshops were held in Leeds, Birmingham and London so as to ensure they were available to practitioners across England. 

BIHR also worked together with Partners in Health and Care to co-produce a guide for practitioners working in this area to support them to put human rights into practice. The guide focuses on the human rights of young people with a learning disability and young autistic people  in the context of care planning; education; and transition from children's to adult's services.

The content and focus of the guide was informed by a mapping workshop with practitioners and was co-developed alongside a lived experience expert. The guide includes introductory information on the Human Rights Act before going on to explore key focus areas using practical case studies and the FAIR human rights model. 

We launched the guide via a webinar event which was attended by 260 people

This programme concludes in March 2025 and we will be sharing impact data shortly afterwards.