Self-Directed SupportChallenges and opportunities

Context

• Budget pressures

• Changed delivery environment

• Policy expectations

• Learning from past few years

• Think Local Act Personal

Policy

• Law commission

• Dilnot

• Vision for Adult Social Care

• NHS reform

• Public Sector Reform White Paper

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Self-directed support

• Continuing political consensus

• Outcomes positive, process v problematical

• Big push across public sector likely (PSR)

• ADASS - PBs over 30% but very variable

• Direct payments stalling, government determined, 2013 goal

• Authenticity of managed PBs?

• Checking results

Self-directed support - continued

• Less of the same or something different?

• Prevention (information, primary, secondary)

• Reduced SDS process

• Quicker plan sign-off, new approaches to planning

• Focus professional roles

• Provider development

Think Local Act Personal

• Broad leadership partnership

• Priorities: SDS, use of resources, co-production, provider and workforce development, information to public, community capacity

• Markers of progress

• Sharing learning (products, web, bulletin, workshops, reg links)

Some products and activity

• Adult social care minimum process

• Re-thinking support planning

• Direct payments advice

• POET report

• IT guidance

• MH and PBs advice and examples

• Financial modelling for TLAP

Some products and activity cont’d

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