Putting People First

‘How you can spend your Personal Budget’ consultation

kb205 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:24:47 +0000

A Personal Budget is the money allocated to people who are eligible for social care funding to meet their personal goals or outcomes identified in their support plan.

A workshop was held at Nottinghamshire County Council with service users, carers, staff, and members to discuss the implications of spending a Personal Budget and agreeing the proposed principles.

Feedback from the event showed the majority of people who attended supported the proposed principles.

We want to find out what you think of the proposed principles on how people in Nottinghamshire can spend their Personal Budget.

The following principles were proposed for how people can spend their Personal Budget in Nottinghamshire:

legal,
sustainable, affordable and
must meet the outcomes identified in their support plan.

We would like to know:

· Do you agree with the proposed principles?

· Is there anything you would like to add or change about the proposed principles?

· Do you think you would be able to work with these principles in the support planning process?

· Any general comments

Please either comment on the blog or contact Michelle Truman Graduate Management Trainee by e-mail michelle.truman@nottscc.gov.uk or by phone 01159 774417. The closing date for comments to be submitted is Friday 30^th July 2010.

I would like to thank you for taking your time to share your views.

Support With Confidence is coming soon..

kb205 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:21:23 +0000

A new online directory called ‘Support With Confidence’ is being developed by Nottinghamshire County Council. Its aim is to give local service users easy access to a wide range of service providers. As well as providing help with personal care such as getting washed and dressed it is intended that people registering on the scheme will provide help in other areas such as taking service users out for social trips to the cinema or to sporting events.

Service providers will all be vetted by the authority before being allowed to feature on the website and training will be provided to ensure a high standard of service provision.

Adult Social Care & Health are keen to find out your views on this project in particular:

What services would you like the scheme to provide?

What areas of care provision, if any, do you feel the training should cover?

Please leave your comments and any other general feedback on this new and exciting project below or contact Pauline Hutchinson, Acting Project Manager by email pauline.hutchinson@nottscc.gov.uk or phone 0115 9773 878.

Self Directed Support Team

Watch Nottinghamshire’s Personal Budgets DVD

kb205 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:40:14 +0000

Nottinghamshire’s DVD about Personal Budgets is available now!

The DVD includes local service users, carers, members and professionals taking about Putting People First, Self Directed Support and Personal Budgets.

The DVD is split into three parts:

1. Inroduction to Putting People First

2. Personal Stories

3. Your questions answered

Watch clips from the DVD by visiting

www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/ppf-personalbudgetsdvd

or request a copy by calling 0115 977 2516 or emailing selfdirectedsupport@nottcc.gov.uk

Your feedback from the DVD is welcomed so please leave a comment.

Putting People First Team

Direct Payments for Health - Consultation

kb205 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:32:34 +0000

The Department of Health have produced a consulatation paper regarding the possibility of using direct payments in health care in some test pilot sites.

They are seeking views on the Governments proposals to pilot direct payments for health care.

To feedback on “Direct payments for health care: a consultation on proposals for regulations and guidance” follow the link to the full proposal:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Highqualitycareforall/Personalhealthbudgets/DH_109429

The end of the consultation is 8th January 2010.

Self Directed Support Assessment

Rebecca — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:11:27 +0000

We recently asked for ideas about what to call the form that services users, along with a member of Nottinghamshire County Council staff, complete as part of getting a Personal Budget (see the post from April 24th, 2009).

The feedback we got gave us a clear winner, and the form will be called a “Self Directed Support Assessment”.

Thank you to everyone who put forward their thoughts and suggestions.

Putting People First Team

Self Directed Support Assessment Questionnaire

Rebecca — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:17:27 +0000

The first stage in getting a Personal Budget is an assessment. During the consultation and trial period we have called this a Self Assessment Questionnaire or “SAQ”.

In Nottinghamshire the questionnaire is filled in by the service user and a member of staff from Nottinghamshire County Council. So, we need a new title for the form.

Below is a list of the suggested titles - it would be helpful if you could comment on these and let us know what your top 3 choices would be. If you have any alternative suggestions, then please let us know.

We will need responses by 15th May 2009.

Suggested titles

Resource Allocation Assessment
Resource Allocation Questionnaire
Joint Assessment Questionnaire
Quality of Life Assessment
Supported Assessment Questionnaire
Co-Produced Assessment Questionnaire
My Lifestyle Assessment
Supporting My Needs Assessment
Self Directed Support Assessment
Assessment Questionnaire
Person Centred Assessment
Personal Budget Questionnaire

Thank you for your time and comments.

Putting People First Team

Vision Statement

Rebecca — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:24:22 +0000

The vision statement for Self Directed Support is:

We will place citizens of Nottinghamshire at the heart of a reformed social care system which will enable them to have greater choice and control over their lives.

We believe that every individual should be able to:

Live as independently as possible
Make their own choices to achieve their personal goals and aspirations
Take appropriate risks
Live their lives free from abuse and neglect
Maximise their health and well-being.

We will work in partnership with service users, carers and other involved agencies to ensure that high quality and personally tailored services are delivered by putting the individual at the heart of their assessment experience and the introduction of Personal Budgets.

We believe that this will offer people more choice, flexibility and control in achieving their desired outcomes.

We welcome your comments or queries.

Putting People First team