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Further wait for long anticipated green paper
The Cabinet Office announces that a green paper on care and support for older people will now be published next summer. Independent experts have been invited to offer advice and support in advance; we are pleased to see TLAP partners included. We look forward to promoting the values of personalisation throughout the planning of the green paper, but are disappointed that the paper will not include other groups who use care and support services.
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Mental health and the journey from ‘service user’ to citizen
Using statutory funding, a former day centre, now known as the Pod, has cultivated some successful ‘social brokerage’ models such as time banking. This is helping to transform ‘service users’ into citizens.
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New team member joins TLAP
We’re pleased to welcome Sanchi Murison as our Senior Communications Advisor. Sanchi has worked in the voluntary sector for many years in communications, marketing and fundraising, and as a marketing consultant to many charities. Her most recent full time role was as Head of Marketing and Communications for a leading provider of support for people with autism and learning disabilities, where she became a passionate user of person-centred planning tools.
“I’m pleased to have the opportunity to support the TLAP partnership with promoting personalisation, and especially keen that its work is seen as relevant and practical. I have a personal interest in dementia and am a dementia champion for the Alzheimer’s Society in my spare time”.
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Care Markets & Quality event –save the date
Person-centred care and support in residential and nursing settings will be the subject of TLAP’s next Care Markets & Quality Forum event. The focus will be on community-based innovations and the difference they can make. The free event will take place in Manchester on 22nd February.
“Has really challenged my thinking with a positive knock on effect of encouraging creativity & innovation. My first event with yourselves. Thought it was fantastic – thank you!”
Feedback from previous Forum participant attendee.
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LGBTQI + disabled people using self-directed support
LGBTQI+ Disabled People say they have experienced prejudice and social isolation. They also say they are worried that support could be compromised if they come out to PAs / support workers or those that assess and review their support. Self-directed support, on the other hand, has benefits such as giving more choice and control over how to manage care needs that traditional services may not necessarily include or might be hidden.
Isaac Samuels, member of NCAG, says, “as somebody who has accessed a direct payments for a number of years, I know that it is very important to consider the challenges that we LGBTQI + community members face because of homophobia and people’s discomfort in thinking about our needs in the community”.
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Potted history of personalisation
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Personalisation in English Public Services: Past, Present & Future
Is the glass half empty or is it half full when it comes to personalisation? What would be a pragmatic strategy for taking it forward, and when did it all start and why? These are the topics that Martin Routledge, Policy Advisor at In Control tackles in this presentation.
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Straight talk on the rhetoric or reality of person-centred care
There are positive signs of advances towards more person-centred care across the health and social care sector in some areas like accessing good information but little evidence of progress in areas such as personalised care & support planning. These were the findings of a recently published report by National Voices, ‘Person-centred care in 2017’. It reinforces an ongoing concern for TLAP that the policy rhetoric is not quite matching the reality experienced by people.
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Reverse auctions
“Experienced commissioners who understand how social care works are more likely to be able to recognise the value of truly personalised support and to think through the consequences of cut-price care, which can rapidly lead to a crisis and expensive medical care”
Alex Fox, CEO of Shared Lives Plus, critiques the concept of ‘reverse auction’ for care packages in which a homecare or other support contract is won by the lowest bidding care provider. Instead he suggests ‘care navigation’ and ‘brokerage teams’ to help people make sound choices rather than council reliance on algorithms to deliver good lives.
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Job opportunity – last minute call out!
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National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) are hiring
NDTi are hiring a Learning Disabilities Programme Lead. They are looking for someone who has the vision and passion to encourage the debate about what people with learning disabilities want and need to live full and rewarding lives. The person will be a creative, inspirational leader with strong interpersonal skills and proven expertise in delivering service change.
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@CatDRees -Catriona Duncan-Rees, Policy Advisor for Co-production
@SanchiMurison - Sanchi Murison, Senior Communications Advisor
@NCAG - National Coproduction Advisory Group, made up of Experts by Experience of Health & Social care + informal carers. With national, regional and local influence
@CarolineSpeirs - Caroline Speirs, TLAP Head
@TLAPAdam - Adam Webb, Policy Advisor for Care Markets & Quality
@martindavidw - Martin Walker, Policy Advisor for Self-directed Support
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