Meeting Details
Date: Thursday 05 November 2020
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Venue: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Agenda Item 1: Welcome and Introduction
1.1 Welcome and introductions made. MS Teams introduced and guides referred to. No reasonable
adjustments were requested. Members reported no declaration of interest.
Noted: Lee Gibbons agreed to monitor Code of Conduct.
1.2 Tom Bassett’s replacement as Workforce Development Work Group lead and Learning Disability
and Autism Development Consultant, Hannah Riches, introduced herself.
Agenda Item 2: Minutes of previous meeting (05/11/20) and matters arising not on the agenda.
2.1 Agreed: Minutes of previous meeting accepted as true record of the meeting. Will be added to the
NAP Webpages.
2.2 Actions from the Meeting held 09/09/20
2.2.1 Item 2.3.2: Covered by agenda.
2.2.2 Item 2.3.5: Covered by agenda
2.2.3 Item 2.3.6: Covered by agenda.
2.2.4 Item 2.4.1: Complete
2.2.5 Item 2.4.1: Covered by agenda.
2.2.6 Item 3.1.1: Work ongoing
2.2.7 Item 3.1.3: Work ongoing
2.2.8 Item 3.1.4: Complete
2.2.9 Item 3.1.5: Work ongoing
2.2.10 Item 3.1.5: Complete
2.2.11 Item 4.1.2: Complete.
2.2.12 Item 5.1.2: Work ongoing.
2.2.13 Item 5.1.2: Complete
2.2.14 Item 5.1.4: Work ongoing.
2.2.15 Item 6.2: Covered by agenda.
2.3 Review of Action Log.
2.3.1 Autism Hoarding and Self Neglect, Tricky Friends, Safeguarding and Locked Provisions As Walter Lloyd-Smith sends apologies, update has been rescheduled for next Meeting. Planned work to continue.
2.3.2 Buddy Scheme, Strategy Multi-Agency Plan, and Data Dashboard Following poor response, Tom Bassett to bring item about Board priorities and ways of working to the next Meeting.
2.3.3 NAPB Website Covered by agenda.
2.3.4 Autism Training Work ongoing.
2.4 Working Group Highlight Reports
2.4.1 Engagement Working Group Lead reports that the Independent website continues to be developed.
It could host autism training once it is complete, if an alternative site is required. NCC IMT has not
yet responded to request to transfer information from current website to new independent website.
Further work is required to collate learning and data from partners to make full use of the Covid 19 survey data from earlier this year. This aimed to be be shared with partners over the coming weeks.
Buddy Scheme is working well, with 6 potential Buddies available to be paired up with volunteers. ROARR! Dinosaur Adventure Park has introduced autism friendly measures for guests. Engagement Working Group Lead has reached out to them for comment and hopes an item can be included in a forthcoming newsletter.
Action: Lee Gibbons will forward letter to IMT regarding transferring website data to Amanda Dunn and Trevor Key, who will also write on behalf of the Board.
Action: Members requested to send “Good News” stories which can be shared with the wider membership to autism@norfolk.gov.uk for inclusion in the newsletter.
2.4.2 Workforce Development Working Group lead reports that training cannot yet be hosted on the NCC online training site. This is being chased up. Co-Chairs agreed to write to NCC on behalf of the board asking for the issue to be escalated. UEA and other partners still maintaining high interest in receiving/auditing training when it is ready. Contributions made by Workforce Development Working Group have been added to the training and updated version has been sent to Ambitious About Autism to run trial sessions. One of the Ambitious About Autism trainers has left the service, but this should not impact delivery. Board Members requested to complete survey to create baseline data for training needs.
Hannah Riches begins work as a Tom’s replacement on 9th November.
Action: Co-chairs to write to team responsible for upgrading training accessibility to ask about delay in launching on line training.
Action: Lee Gibbons and Hannah Riches to meet to discuss ongoing projects.
2.4.3 Action: To attempt to progress training-related actions, Tom Bassett to make arrangements for Trevor Key to speak on behalf of Board to the team updating training
2.4.3 Noted: All available working group highlight reports approved. Updates required on Data and Diagnosis Working Groups by next meeting.
2.4.4 Action: Tom Bassett to bring item on NAPB priorities and ways of working.to a future Board meeting.
Agenda Item 3: Presentation: PDA: Norfolk Position Statement with Rebekah Muttitt and Dr Melanie Bruce
3.1 Rebekah Muttitt and Dr Melanie Bruce gave a presentation on Pathological Demand Avoidance
(PDA) and autism to the Board, with the aim of introducing members to the condition and discuss avenues for involvement by the Board.
3.1.1 Noted: Dr Bruce willing to share resources for training on PDA with the Board.
Agreed: Workforce Development Working Group to support Rebekah Muttitt and Melanie Bruce to
develop a Norfolk statement about recognition of PDA and explore training options.
3.1.2 Agreed: Board to support Rebekah Muttitt and Melanie Bruce’s work on PDA. Initially this will be done through the Diagnosis Working Group.
3.1.3 Action: Drafting a PDA statement to be made as major Agenda item for next Diagnosis Working Group meeting on December 10.
Agenda Item 4 : Any Other Business and Wellbeing Check
4.1 The Board welcomed Hannah Riches to her new role
4.2 Dr Melanie Bruce reports that NCH&C and NSFT have been successful in a bid through Health Education England for 5 new posts in Norfolk. The posts are “Trainee Psychological therapists LD/ASD” for children and young people. NCH&C and NSFT are in the process of recruiting and the training begins in January 2021.The trainees will work in the NHS three days per week during their training and at the end of the training course will be able to offer a range of interventions for children and young people. This is the first time Norfolk has been able to offer this service specifically for autistic children and young people and/or those with learning disabilities.
4.3 Board agreed in principle to Dr Melanie Bruce acting
as Stephanie Summers’ deputy while she is on Maternity leave. Any comments or objections should
be shared via the Administrator.
4.4 Walter Lloyd-Smith to be invited to next Board meeting for longer update on ongoing projects. If this is not possible, Administrator to arrange for update to be given in another way.
Date, time and location of next meeting
-Wednesday 06 January 2021, 11:00am-13:00pm, Microsoft Teams Meeting
-Thursday 04 March 2021, 11:00am-13:00pm, Microsoft Teams Meeting
-Thursday 06 May 2021, 11:00am-13:00pm, Microsoft Teams Meeting