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This time it's personal
— making self-directed support a reality for people with learning difficulties in Northamptonshire | | Author(s) | Sarahlee Richards, John Waters, Brian Frisby |
| Corporate Author | Transformation Project, Northamptonshire County Council; in Control; Care Services Information Partnership - CSIP |
| Publisher | Northamptonshire County Council, [Northampton], [2008] |
| Pages | 14 pp |
| Source | Transformation Team, Northamptonshire County Council; tel 01933 220720 www.northamptonshire.gov.uk |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Independence ; Cognitive impairment ; Needs [elderly] ; Social Services Departments ; Northamptonshire. |
| Annotation | Self-directed support places control over an individual budget in the hands of the person needing support (or if the person lacks capacity, with a representative, usually a close family member). This short paper describes attempts to learn about how the social care system in Northamptonshire might work very differently through self-directed care. By reorganising the approach to social care, the local authority wanted to find out if local people with learning disabilities could really take more control over their lives. In 2004, Northamptonshire had 60 people with a direct payment, which by 2008 had increased to 650. Within the East Midlands area, it was the first local authority to sign up to "In Control". This paper describes how recipients have spent their money and the outcomes in being able to take control of their lives. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080606001 B |
| Classmark | JH: C3: E4: IK: PF: 8NA |
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