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Personal budgets: risk enablement and mental health
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
This film showcases the work of Stockport Council and Pennine Care NHS Trust. As part of their risk enablement strategy for personal budgets and mental health they established a risk enablement panel as a last resort for discussing final support plans for people considered to be at risk. However, in the three years since the panel was established, they have only used it twice. Stockport has also committed to a culture change where staff and service users are able to openly discuss positive risk taking and concerns about risk. This has resulted in people with mental health problems (even those with more complex needs who use a budget managed by a third party) being able to use their personal budgets more creatively. They are experiencing positive outcomes such as improved confidence and self-determination and greater levels of activity. They also have more opportunities to take up volunteering and training for employment.
Personalisation and mental health
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Place of publication:
- London
The video is introduced by a worker from a community mental health service. She gives a practitioner perspective on personalisation, emphasising that service user and carer participation, co-production and empowerment are vital. The video introduces the work of support, time and recovery (STR) workers and shows how by giving support and time to service users they can promote recovery. Personalisation has implications for practitioners; instead of ‘treating’ people, they will need to focus on enabling and supporting the individual. The video also looks at personal budgets for people with mental health problems. [This film has been reviewed and is no longer available to view].
Integrating personal budgets for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide for professionals charged with integrating personal budgets for adults of working age with mental health problems. The guide provides an overview of the terminology and policy background and puts forward some recommendations for implementing integrated personal budgets in mental health. It describes what a good integrated personal budget looks like, highlights some of the challenges of integration, looks at what works well and provides examples from practice. It also examines the key areas that need to be tackled for integration at the point of the individual to become a reality. The guide draws on a review of available published research evidence, practice examples and visits to sites attempting to implement integrated personal budgets. An Advisory Group ensured the guide reflected experience and practice at the grass-roots level of service provision. (Edited publisher abstract)
Keeping personal budgets personal: learning from the experiences of older people, people with mental health problems and their carers
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 90p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is a summary of people’s experiences of using self-directed support and personal budgets. The research was conducted by a joint team from Acton Shapiro, the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) and the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU). The study was based primarily on the experiences of 69 personal budget holders and carers, supported by the views of 40 practitioners and managers from local authorities, and 12 support provider organisations (including five user-led organisations). The findings are structured around the main stages of the personal budget process: moving to a personal budget, including access to information and advice; assessment, self-assessment and resource allocation; support planning and brokerage arrangements; setting up services and managing the personal budget. A final section covers key themes and issues. Whilst examples of positive practice were found, all the case study sites emphasised that it was still ‘early days’ for them in terms of the implementation of personal budgets, and both their personal budgets systems and front-line practice were still evolving.
Personal budgets briefing: learning from the experiences of people with mental health problems and their carers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing summarises the experiences of people with mental health problems and their carers using self-directed support and personal budgets. It is based on a six month study, which also included older people. It involved five local authorities and draws the experiences of 69 personal budget holders and carers, supported by the views of 40 practitioners and managers and 12 support provider organisations. The briefing discusses: moving to a personal budget, including having access to information about them; assessment; resource allocation; support planning; arranging support; the role of carers; management of a personal budget and using support provider organisations; the role of external organisations and monitoring arrangements. Recommendations for implementing personal budgets are presented.