Manchester Learning Disability Partnership (MLDP) provides health and social care services to help people attain a good quality of life. It is a partnership between the The City Council's Adult Social Care Department and Manchester Primary Care Trust. It is an Integrated Provision of Health and Social Care Services (under Section 31 of the Health Act 1999). There is also a Joint Commissioning Team and a Pooled Budget for adult learning disability services in the city.

The MLDP Management Team (head of service, three principal managers, a head of clinical services, business manager and workforce development manager) - leads a single management structure providing a seamless health and social care service.

The Learning Disability Partnership Board established in October 2001 and chaired by the City Council's Executive Member for Health and Social Care, is primarily responsible for delivering the Valuing People (Department of Health, 2000) tasks and objectives. It has representativion from users, carers, voluntary providers and other mainstream service agencies (employment, leisure, housing, education etc) as well as specialist learning disability services including MLDP.

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Services provided by MLDP include

• Supported accommodation, organised in six networks of houses throughout the city. Each network has its support staff and a management team.

• Day services provided at six centres and on several smaller sites.

• A service providing short breaks away from home.

• A domiciliary care service supporting people living with families or independently.

• An adult placement service, providing short term and long term accommodation with families, couples and single people.

• Three interdisciplinary community learning disability teams which work with people in their own homes, in the above service settings and within services provided by other organisations. The community learning disability teams are the single entry point to the learning disability service. Staffing includes Care Managers, Community nurses, Psychologists and behavioural support workers, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and various assistants & technicians who support the work of the professionals.

• A Quality, Research and Service Development Team carries out service and practice development as well as new research.