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Social care in Devon

Co-production projects

Name of projectOrganisationActivityDate project startedOutcomes
Co-Design Interview ProcessDevon County CouncilCo-designing the participation in interviews for recruitment of key senior roles.January 2025 – still activeRecruitment input and evaluation of process for lived experience involvement.
Community Services Redesign Project – Co-design groupDCC with Disability Together and PartnersCo-productively gathering direct lived experience from diverse populations, collating this feedback and sharing these themes at a self-organised conference. June 2025 – still activeWorkshops from this conference have resulted in focused approaches making holistic improvements to relevant services.
Here is a link to webpages from the Celebration of strengths based working event.
Devon County Council Autism Public Health Needs AssessmentDimensions for Autism and Devon County Council Public HealthHealth Needs Assessment engagement was requested by Devon County Councils Public Health Team to help assess and understand the health and other needs with autistic adults and/or ADHD, focusing on  social, mental and emotional wellbeing.January 2025Health Needs Assessment for autistic adults influenced by lived experience.
DCC Reasonable Adjustments for Neurodiversity IASC assessment  paperworkDimensions for Autism with DCC Adult Social Care OperationsDimensions for Autism co-production of reasonable adjustments for assessments and reviews of autistic adults May 2025Staff guidance published on DCC intranet
Leading and Managing Effective Workflow (LMEW)Devon County CouncilHelping improve the experience of people on waiting lists, under the Leading and Managing Effective Workflow (LMEW) project. By co-productively agreeing to record direct service user experience of accessing adult social care with a hope to make staff training far more impactful.August 25Video being produced 7/10/25
Jargon Busters – recruitment to new Learning Disability VideoDevon County Council, members of the friendship group, Devon People First, and Carer.The group have been working on a new video to try and recruit members to the Learning Disability Partnership Board (LDPB). This film will cover the purpose of the LDPB, reasonable adjustments and support, members stories, and influence of the board. All aspects of the film are Co-produced by the group.September 2024 – still activeThe Devon Learning Disability Partnership Board Video
Adult Social Care Practice Standards Co-production WorkDevon County Council staff, physical disability, ethnically diverse, older people and learning disabilitiesThe group Co-produced the action statement for the IASC Practice Standards . The group co-produced the practice standards.March 2024 – still activeSuccessful launch of IASC Practice Standards.