Welcome to Scottish Borders Council
Aims and Progress of Self Directed
Support in the Scottish Borders
28 March 2012
Self-directed
Support
Pilot Council
Welcome to
Scottish Borders
Project Plan 2009 aims to offer people:
• increased choice and control over how care
needs are met
• opportunity to make very different
choices …with focus on achieving the
agreed outcomes
• clear information about how much
money is allocated to them
• support to be full and equal
participants in society
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Headlines
fromtothe
SBCBorders
Pilot Council
Welcome
Scottish
• Over 30 people on SDS Pilot
• People mainly using either a direct
payment or ISF
• Message is that this provides more
flexibility
• We are still learning …..
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Links Welcome
within SDS
to Scottish Borders Council
Person
centred
approaches
and Positive
Risk Taking
Self Directed
Support via
individual
budgets
Working with
communities to
deliver
participation,
independence
and choice
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Supporting
thetoPilot
Welcome
Scottish Borders Council
Changing culture
• Positive Risk Management Guidance
developed
• Outcomes focus developing
• Training commissioned – 10 day sessions
• Follow up sessions with managers
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Supporting
thetoPilot
Welcome
Scottish Borders Council
Project Structure
•Project Board, Working Groups and Citizen
Reference Group
Processes
•SSAQ, Support Plan, Review, Guidance for
care managers
Information
•Leaflet, SDS Newsletter
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SDS – Key Steps
1. From Assessment get Estimated Budget
2. Plan Support Arrangements
3. Plan How Manage Support and Individual
Budget
4. Agree Support Plan including Individual Budget
5. Organise Support
6. Live Life
7. Review
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Support Planning
• What and who is important in your life?
• What outcomes do you want to achieve?
• What support do you need to make these
changes?
• How will risks be managed?
• How will your IB be managed?
• How will you stay in control of your life?
• Back-up/contingency plans?
• How will you spend your IB?
• How will you know if it is working?
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Resource Allocation System
• Based on in Control RAS model
• Desk top exercise of 100 examples of
support and funding commitment
• Estimated budget is ONE part of the
assessment process
• Individual Budget agreed with Support
Plan
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My individual budget
What can I buy ?
I want…
‘to learn at home’
‘ to work’ ‘to feel safe’
‘to have a break and
know he is doing
something that
interests him’
‘to shop when I feel
able to’
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Implications for Scottish
Borders - working at
three levels
Individual
Services
Community
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Next Key Steps
Develop SDS approach with children and
their families
Table top exercise to learn processes for sw
managed support/budget
Recruit Support Planners
Evaluate Pilot – by early May
Plan the Roll Out of SDS
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