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Current Government policy places more emphasis on the individual and requires us as a local authority to offer customers greater choice and control over the services they need and how they are provided.
Direct Payments have been around for a few years, but personalisation will take the process further. We are engaged in a programme, which will gradually be available throughout the country.
If you are eligible for social care service you will have a choice about how the money we allocate to you for your care is spent.
We will also improve the joint working between Adult Social Care, Health and Communities directorate, the National Health Service and other partners so that you are not receiving the same information lots of times. We will ensure that you are not exposed to unnecessary risks and vulnerable people are safeguarded. we will work with the National Health Service, police and the fire service to ensure that none of the changes personalisation brings will impact on your safety.
What does it mean for services?
All social care and National health Services will follow these principles:
- Choice we will help you to have a real choice of services and support
- Control we will help you to be in charge of your support, and the money which pays for the services
- Safeguards we will help you to remain safe at home, in hospital or in residential or nursing care
- Quality we will ensure services are of a high quality, and we will listen to the views of people who use services to make improvements
- Independence we will help you to remain independent for as long as possible
- Prevention we will ensure services are available that help keep you healthy and independent for longer
- Person at the centre we will provide services that meet your individual needs
- Local, accessible services we will deliver care closer to your home and make services easier to access.
Personal Budgets
If you are eligible for social care support a social worker will complete a Community Care Assessment which will help us and you to understand what kind of support you need. As part of the assessment you and your social worker will complete a questionnaire which helps us identify how much money would be needed for you to purchase support.
For more information on Personal Budgets please follow the links below.
More information will be added shortly.