social care

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Paper: 03.03.22 European Guide on Personal Budgets The UNIC Project guide to EU countries for Long Term Care and Support based on human rights.
Paper: 17.02.22 Personalising Commissioning An overview of Individual Service Funds and how to personalise commissioning in health and social care.
Graphic: 16.02.22 Individual Service Fund Route Map Self Directed Futures show how to shift control of health and social care into neighbourhoods.
Webinar: 08.11.21 Launch of Power and Connection The first book dedicated to exploring Local Area Coordination and integrating more than 30 years of research.
Article: 10.10.21 The Corruption of Social Care Reform Social Care is poorly understood that debates about how to improve or reform it are often empty of meaning.
Paper: 07.10.21 Building Bridges Bridging Support is a powerful means of accelerating people's ability to leave institutional services, like ATUs.
Paper: 29.08.21 Personal Budgets An Easy Read guide plus film explaining the 4 different ways of funding your care and support and managing your Personal…
Article: 19.07.21 Our Care Home in Our Community We have lost sight of the true meaning of care and care homes are big business, cut off from our communities.
Paper: 14.07.21 Growing Peer Support A report on peer-led crisis support in mental health services focusing on the work of PFG Doncaster.
Paper: 11.06.21 Avoiding Misconceptions When Designing Supports We need to readjust our thinking to overcome the prejudices against disabled people built into the modern world.
Article: 07.06.21 Trying Out Individual Service Funds (ISFs) Self Directed Futures' work with Bristol City Council commissioning team on their Individual Service Fund offer.
Article: 12.05.21 Disability Activism for the Environment Disabled people can be champions for community and environmental change and active citizenship brings personal…
Webinar: 07.05.21 A New Way Home John Dalrymple and Frances Brown speak about their work with Radical Visions in Scotland and their guide A New Way Home.
Article: 04.05.21 Local Area Coordination and Prevention Nick Sinclair is the Director of the Local Area Coordination Network in England and Wales and describes here the…
Paper: 26.04.21 I Already Have A Job New research from the Chronic Illness Inclusion project on energy limiting chronic illness and work.
Article: 08.04.21 Energy Impairment and Social Care Many people with energy limiting impairments and chronic illness are not getting social care.
Paper: 22.03.21 Starcross Hospital Important testimony from those who lived and worked in a long-stay institution for people with learning…
Paper: 09.03.21 A New Way Home New Edition A practical guide to leaving institutional care and returning to your community.
Webinar: 03.03.21 DCWW England: PFG the Home of Peer Support Members of the People Focused Group (PFG) in Doncaster explain what peer support truly means.
Webinar: 11.02.21 The Power of Language This webinar examines the language that helps and encourages us to leave behind the language that harms.
Paper: 14.12.20 Supporting and Developing the Workforce for ISFs This guide from Skills for Care was developed over several months by the South West Individual Service Fund Network and…
Article: 14.12.20 Mencap's New Strategy Mencap, who are one of the most important organisations in England working with people with learning difficulties,…
Story: 09.12.20 It's My Choice James has Down Syndrome and he uses an Individual Service Fund (ISF) to maintain control over his support and his life.
Webinar: 06.12.20 Killed By The State? Social Policy Abused Mo Stewart describes the outcome of 10 years of independent disability studies research into the social policies and…
Training: 27.11.20 Citizen-Centered Leadership Training from the Citizen-Centred Leadership Resource and Learning Center at Cornell University.
Reviews: 09.11.20 Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach's film reveals the brutal reality of the modern gig economy.
Slide: 01.11.20 Why is Self-Directed Support So Hard? An overview of the global and historical development of Self-Directed Support (SDS) published in association with…
Webinar: 14.10.20 Much More to Life than Services Joe Powell All Wales People First and Bob Rhodes LivesthroughFriends explain how people build good lives and the…
Paper: 29.09.20 Service User Involvement in Social Work Education An evaluation of the involvement of service users and carers in social work education focusing on the UK.
Article: 16.09.20 Manavodaya and Congregate Care Manavodaya has much to teach us about what real change requires and whether the COVID19 crisis will help us move away…
Paper: 06.09.20 iDirect Citizenship Review 2019 iDirect provides individualised support to support people with learning disabilities to be full citizens.
Webinar: 03.07.20 Citizenship - the Key to a Good Life Wendy Perez and Simon Duffy explain how they have improved the Keys to Citizenship.
Paper: 24.06.20 Energy Impairment Easy Read This is the Easy Read version of the Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion report produced by the Chronic Illness…
Film: 24.06.20 Self-Directed Support A short film by Plena Inclusión on 'Apuyo Autodirigido' the Spanish term for self-directed support.
Article: 23.06.20 Growing New Models of Support How individual service funds (ISFs) can lead to new ways of supporting people in their own communities.
Paper: 20.06.20 Good Things About Individual Service Funds An easy read guide to Individual Service Funds or ISFs. A great way to manage your support.
Article: 19.06.20 Putting Personal Budgets in Their Place Personal Budgets do not need to reinforce individualistic consumerism, they can be a route to a more collective…
Webinar: 11.06.20 SDS Network: Developments in Finland Leaders in self-directed support in Finland explain how systems are beginning to move towards and some of the early…
Article: 01.06.20 Social Care's Response to COVID-19 Chris Watson shares his observations on how commissioners in health and social care have responsed to the COVID-19…
Article: 27.05.20 A Two-Tier Pandemic The COVID-19 crisis and subsequent coronavirus legislation demonstrates that Government does not value disabled or…
Article: 12.05.20 Contracting for ISFs Chris Watson briefly outlines the main legal features of an Individual Service Fund (ISF) and explores how community…
Paper: 27.04.20 Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion This ground-breaking report outlines the barriers facing people with chronic illness and explores the concept of…
Inspiration: 09.04.20 Self-Directed Support Resources in Greek Self-Directed Support Resources in Greek
Inspiration: 09.04.20 Self-Directed Support Resources in Spanish Self-Directed Support Resources in Spanish
Article: 02.04.20 The Upstream Response to COVID-19 Dr Simon Duffy sets out some key principles to guide local communities as they develop their response to the COVID-19…
Album: 11.03.20 Self-Directed Support Graphics in Greek Infographics on self-directed support translated into Greek developed for the SDS Network.
Film: 25.02.20 The heart and soul of person-centred planning Beth Mount reflects on creating a person-centered practice that is rooted in the quest for justice.
Paper: 18.02.20 A Commissioners' Guide to Individual Service Funds This guide offers a commissioner's perspective on how to implement Individual Service Funds and widen self-directed…
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