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This document provides details of the Buckinghamshire Carers' Partnership Board purpose and constitution.

Buckinghamshire used a 'dragons den' approach to invite suggestions from groups to allocate funding for carers support services. These documents show an example of the application form and list the ideas that were submitted and whether they were agreed or not.

This report brings together information from an impact study on a carer education programme in Buckinghamshire amongst families who have a member with a mental health problems It demonstrates how involving families in the management of a range of mental health difficulties can impact on the recovery of the individual they support. The report identifies challenges and successes and makes recommendations for the future.

This job description shows how providing dedicated direct payment workers can support the take up of Direct Payments. The purpose of the job is to advise and support Care Managers and service users in accessing Direct Payments and to process requests within agreed policy and procedures.

This document shows how providing dedicated direct payment workers combined with proactive promotion of Direct Payments by both health and social care colleagues have been instrumental in achieving growth in the take up of Direct Payments by people who use social care services in Buckinghamshire.