Self Directed Support:
Implications for
Workforce
Development
Broader context of
Public Services Reform
 Greater integration of public services at a local level
 Greater investment in the people who deliver services
 A renewed focus on public services working with people
and communities directly
 A commitment to work with individuals and
communities and enhance self-reliance and community
resilience.
 A strong focus on prevention and early intervention.
Self-Directed Support
Self-Directed Support seeks to drive a
transformational shift in the culture and practice
of care and support across Scotland:
Putting individual outcomes, choice and control at
the heart of support arrangements
Self Directed Support
Outcomes
As Self-Directed Support becomes the mainstream
approach, we will see this shift manifest itself in
moving from;
 Traditional assessment to outcomes focused
conversations
 Service led solutions to valuing community assets
 Partnership to co-production
 Valued and Engaged workforce; skilled to empower
individuals and influence service reform
Implications for Workforce
Development
Effective workforce development for Self Directed
Support should
 promote collaborative, reflective and generative
learning
 help facilitate the sharing of practice and support
that builds on positive work undertaken so far
 affirm the underpinning principle of personal
outcomes and its meaning within front line practice;
emphasising co-production and relationship based
support
Responsive Engagement with
Workforce
Responsive Engagement with workforce should include
A coherent message – values and principles
A communication strategy
Support structure for SDS leads to promote sustainable local
solutions for workforce development
SDS Workforce
Implementation Plan
SDS Project Structure
Reference
groups
Reference
groups
SDS Workforce Project
Board
Potential themes for Project Groups
•Engagement of Health in SDS
•Engagement of Children’s Services in SDS
•Risk Enablement/SDS in context of statutory
parameters of AWI/ASAP/MHA
•Community Asset approach to workforce
development
•PA workforce / support structures
•Outcomes focused conversation, relationship based
support
Self-directed Support
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The implementation of the self-directed
support workforce implementation plan is
fully informed by the workforce
development implications for voluntary
sector employers.
Voluntary sector employers are fully
engaged with the implementation of the
self-directed support workforce
implementation plan
Informed by:
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Representation on Board and subgroups
Reference groups
Consultation on implementation plan
Guidance and Regs Consultation
Event (28 June)
Development of Provider Guidance
(Apr 2013-Apr 2014)
Engaged with:
Workforce case studies / practice
guidance
 Action learning sets on workforce
issues (Autumn 2013)
 Voluntary sector Personalisation Leads
(workforce meeting July 2013)
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SDS Discussion
Questions
• How can we best work together to support the
workforce? How would you like to be involved?
• What’s already happening in your area to
support SDS? Would you be willing to share
ideas and learning?
• What other factors will impact on your ability to
support this workforce transformation? How do
you think we can best address these?