My Conference“Making Self Directed Support Work For You”

Self Directed Support

• “ You may of heard it being

referred to as personalisation

or personal budgets. There

are different ways to describe

it, but whatever name is

given to it – its about giving

people real power and

control over their lives”

In Control – Paul Ferguson

The steps to SDS

Assessment

Make a plan

Live your life

SDS – the four options

1. Own budget, own staff, complete control2. Own budget, managed by an

organisation, still have control over choice of service and how the service delivers

3. Ring fenced budget, managed by the local authority according to agreed outcomes

4. Combination of the three above

Outcomes

“The final product or end resultThe consequence of doing something

Something that follows from an action”

Inputs Process Output Outcomes

Outcomes focus; co-production; person centred planning

Self directed support

personalisation

A fair and

equal world for all

Lots of words – how do they connect?

So how is this different to before?

You choose the level of control you want over your budget

You know how much your budget will be and decide how to spend it

Direct Payments can now be used for more than services

We focus on outcomes and not hours of support

Some ways other people have used their Individual Budgets

Pampering Nights

How I used my Individual BudgetMy Outcomes How I want to achieve it Annual Cost

Meeting my personal needs

Flexible support when my carer is on holiday

£419.33

Two short breaks per year – accommodation & travel

£1,200

Support to go swimming £1,448.53

Pendant & pager £62.40

Total for outcome £3,130.26

Maintaining my relationships

and developing new ones

Going to the day centre one day per week £3,971.21

Support to meet up with friends £1,448.53

Total for outcome £5,419.74

Caitlin Wants to CookCaitlin is a 19 year old woman who would like

to get a job working in the kitchen of a restaurant or a café. Caitlin is a good cook

and enjoys cooking for other people but knows that she will have to develop more

skills to get this kind of work.

Thank you!