Personalisation- what is it all about?SHIP Conference

Friday 5th February 2010

Alicia Wood

• Founded in 2003

• Tried out first individual budgets

• Non-profit company, registering as a charity

• www.in-control.org.uk

• 122 Council Adult Service members

• 35 Council Children Members

• 37 Health members

• Own 50% of social enterprise www.shop4support.com

• Provider members

• Public members

Why personalisation?

•People with social care needs have little choice and control

•Cost and level of social care support provided has little correlation with need

•Resource allocation is a lottery

•Service led culture

• People with social care needs know best what works for them

Personal Budgets via Resource Allocation

System

And more....

Health ??Health ??

SSD - £15bn

Supporting People - £1.5bn

DFG - £0.1bn A2W

ILF £0.2b

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ICES - £0.1bn

personalisation and non-social care services

•Personal budgets can work for any long term support services provided by SP & Health (extra care, supported living)

•Individual Service Funds

•Flexible/ menu approach

•Proving housing and support brokerage services

•Issues in transporting budgets in long term SP funded services

personalisation and shorter term services

•Thinking differently

•Using resources more flexibly to achieve better/more focussed outcomes around individuals

•Initiatives exploring how it can be done in mental health, drug and alcohol & rough sleepers services.

Sarah

Northants Study• Small pilot programme - 17 people

City of London Study• Small pilot programme - 10 people

• Total cost of 7 people in old system equal to cost of 10 in new system