Life Star
For young people and adults with learning disabilities
Who is the Life Star for?
The Life Star has been developed for young people and adults with learning disabilities to have as much choice, freedom and independence as possible in their day-to-day life.
The Life Star helps young people and adults and the services supporting them identify progress towards key outcomes like communicating, mental health and other conditions, being safe and feeling good, and gives clarity on where to focus next.
Using the Outcomes Star approach
The Life Star is designed to be used as part of the Outcomes Star approach. That’s why we provide essential training and ongoing support to all licenced practitioners, so you can embed the Outcomes Star approach in your practice.
How does the Life Star work?
The Life Star covers ten key outcome areas that help support young people and adults with learning disabilities in their daily life, and assesses their progress towards each following a five-stage Journey of Change.
You and the people you support will fill out the Star together, and use it to better identify where their strengths lie and where they might need more help, and to make plans for moving forward along the journey.
Outcome areas
Your health
How you spend your time
Being responsible
Being safe
Money and letters
Living skills
Communicating
Feeling good
People you know
Mental health and other conditions
The Journey of Change
01
It is not working
02
It is difficult but I am getting help
03
It is OK
04
It is more how I like it
05
It is right for me
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Always rooted in expertise and experience
The Life Star was developed in collaboration with 10 collaborators, including four NHS Trusts, one local authority and five service providers from the voluntary and independent sectors, with funding via a grant from the London Housing Association.
Collaborators included: United Response, Care Principles, Partnerships in Care, Avon and Wiltshire MH Trust, Dorset Healthcare Foundation Trust, East Midlands NHS Resource Hub, Cheshire and Wirral NHS Trust, Warrington LD Partnership, Castlebeck, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust.
