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The Personalisation Network
The Personalisation Network is a place where people involved in changing the Adult Social Care system can get guidance and examples from across the country.
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- Working together for change: using person-centred information for commissioning
The Department of Health worked with a group of councils, providers, community organisations and people using services to test and refine a method for collating and analysing person-centred information for use in strategic commissioning. We called this process Working together for change. - Outcome-focused reviews
A group of disabled people, family carers and people from eight councils have worked together to develop a new way to carry out reviews. Our starting point was that reviews should focus on the results, or outcomes, experienced by disabled people, older people and their families. - Supporting micromarket development: a practical guide for local authorities
This project aimed to help councils to develop a range of micro care and support services. These arrangements provide real choice for people to live the lives that they choose as part of their local community. Learning from the first phase has been brought together in a guide for local authorities and other organisations interested in stimulating and supporting micro enterprise in their area. - Planning for transformation framework: Stage summaries
The Planning for Transformation Framework. It takes councils through the different stages of setting up and delievering a programme to transform their social care systems, and highlights some of the key decisions to be made along the way. - Resource Overview - SCIE publications on personalisation
- Good Practice in Support Planning and Brokerage
This paper collates learning and best practice so far with support planning and brokerage, from the Individual Budget Pilot Programme and beyond. - Commissioning for Personalisation: A Framework for Local Authority Commissioners
This framework explores an approach that shapes capacity within communities and markets as well as individual lives, empowering individuals to direct their own care in a transparently priced market for personalisation, with information available to make choices. - Commissioning for Support Planning and Brokerage: a resource tool
This tool is designed to help councils, local people and other key stakeholders to identify what brokerage resources are available in their community, to recognise where there might be gaps and to determine priorities for commissioning.
Putting People First Films
Direct Payments
New!! Direct Payments content has been added to the Personalisation ToolkitLatest Personalisation News
- Learning products for ULOs now available
One of the key objectives of the DH User Led Organisationsn (ULO) Development Fund is to share the learning from each of the projects involved so that ULOs and local authority areas not directly involved in the project may still benefit from it. - Find solutions to your burning care issues
Do you have a burning care issue that you want to solve?We are holding 2 free informal evening events for people who are enthusiastic about improving care to share thier problems. The evenings will give you an opportunity to discuss the particular problem you face & see if a solution can be found. - Visualising Putting People First
Launched at the annual National Children's and Adult Services conference in Harrogate in October 2009, these three films provide a useful resource that are informative, will introduce, explain and visualise some of the key themes within 'Putting People First'. - New study to examine benefits of Personal Health Budgets
Twenty sites across England have been selected to participate in an study that to identify the benefits of Personal Budgets for health and the patient groups who will benefit most from them, Health Minister Phil Hope announced today. - Important new direct payments guidance
Guidance on direct payments for community care, services for carers and children's services: England 2009The aim of this guidance is to assist local councils in making direct payments.It replaces 'Direct payments guidance: community care, services for carers and children's services (Direct Payments) guidance' issued in 2003.
Recent resources
- Guidance on direct payments: For community care, services for carers and children's services
06/11/2009 - A guide to getting direct payments from your council - Easy Read version
06/11/2009 - Direct Payments key publications from the Department of Health
06/11/2009 - At a glance 5: Mental Capacity Act 2005
06/11/2009 - Putting People First
06/11/2009
