Wrexham Autism Strategic Partnership

Actions and outcomes

Wrexham Autism Strategic Partnership (WASP) group was developed to help Wrexham become an ‘autism aware’ county.

 

WASP work with a variety of partners including Health, Education, Social Care, Elected Members, Children’s Services, North Wales Police, HMP Berwyn and others to ensure there are adequate support services across Wrexham for autistic people, and to implement the Autism Code of Practice.

 

All partners are fully invested and committed to improving services across Wrexham for autistic people. The partnership is fully inclusive and includes a co-productive steering group which feeds in to, and out from, the WASP, on progress and improvements to services across Wrexham.

 

Wrexham have updated their local Action Plan, and the majority of actions are now being achieved. The remaining few actions continue to develop. Autism Awareness training has been made mandatory for all staff working for Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC).

 

The workforce development team have worked with the National Autism Team and people with lived experience to create further training around understanding effective communication and autism. This training is now available to anyone including WCBC staff, education, carers, and third sector / community providers. The workforce development team are currently working on the next level of training around autism.

 

The partnership/WASP is committed to making Wrexham an ‘autism aware’ County Borough.

Feedback

Feedback is gathered from the co-production steering group at Your Space, a local autism charity which feeds into the WASP partnership meetings. They also hold regular drop-in sessions at local community Hubs and meetings with the Standards of Wrexham Services Group, which is a group of individuals with lived experience working together with WCBC staff to improve services in the Wrexham area.

Lessons Learned

When the WASP group first began, they learned that there were large improvements needed in many areas raised in the Code of Practice. Many challenges were linked to health and education, but by working together with partners from the many different sectors, those improvements continue to develop, and Wrexham is leading the way in many areas of service provision for autistic people.

 

This has included expanding the Safe Places Scheme to many retail outlets across Wrexham Town Centre, who now offer autism friendly appointments in places such as dentists, and hairdressers/barber shops, and digital drop-ins to support and encourage the use of improving technology.

Information

Health Board:
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Local Authority:
Wrexham
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