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Explore a visionary roadmap for adult social care, highlighting person-centered principles, inclusion, and high-quality services. Learn about enabling people to control their lives and access universal services. Discover strategies for improving workforce skills, supporting carers, and promoting well-being through preventative services. Dive into discussions on risk management, individual budgets, workforce development, and local government leadership roles.
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Green Paper contents • A vision for adult social care in the next 10-15 years • How to put people in control of their lives • How the right environment for change might be achieved
The Vision • Person centred, proactive and seamless • Support independence • Respect and dignity • Inclusion of the most excluded • High quality services
The Vision We want people who use social care to have • more control • more choices and help to decide how their needs can best be met • the chance to do the things that other people take for granted and better access to universal services • the best quality support and protection for those with the highest levels of need.
This will be achieved by: • changing the ways social care services are designed. People will have more control over services through self-assessment and planning and management of their own services; • developing new and innovative ways of supporting individuals; • building and using the capacity of the whole community to give everyone access to the full range of universal services; and • improving the skills and status of the social care workforce.
Setting clear outcomes for social care • Improved health • Improved quality of life • Making a positive contribution • Exercise of choice and control • Freedom from discrimination or harassment • Economic well-being • Personal dignity
Putting People in Control: we want • the right balance between protecting individuals and enabling them to manage their own risks • better information and signposting to allow people to retain responsibility and give them more choice and control over how their needs should be met • an increase in the take up of direct payments • personal budgets to be introduced
Themes for discussion • The approach to risk • People at the centre of assessment • Direct payments/Individual budgets • Workforce • Outcome measurement
The role of carers • Carers provide an essential role for individuals, and for society as a whole • They too need support and services • They would like access to training and support in their caring role • This should form part of any local workforce development initiative
Well-being agenda • Local authorities have an important role to play in promoting well-being: • enabling independent living where possible • providing universal services • providing a pleasant and safe environment • Working in partnership with the local and voluntary community sector
Preventative services • Greater focus on preventative services through • the wider well-being agenda • access to universal services e.g. housing, leisure, community safety • better targeted early interventions • Measures recommended in Choosing Health • This approach will prevent or defer the need for more costly intensive support. • Shifting the balance of services will have implications for existing eligibility criteria
The strategic and leadership role played by Local Government • To effect change, high-quality leadership is essential at both officer and member levels • Role of Director of Adult Social Services • Support and develop market capacity and commission services more strategically • Develop strategic partnerships • Regular strategic needs assessments
Shifting the focus of services • Local partners will need to work together to promote and ensure a strategic balance of investment in local services • Community development • Prevention, enablement and early intervention services • Support and care services • Improving integrated partnership working – a range of models
Funding • Some resources tied up in unnecessary assessments or services that may no longer best meet the needs and requirements of people using services • Improved access to universal services can reduce the need for social care • Scope for making better use of funding, e.g. pooled budgets • Gershon review target efficiency saving of 2.5% across local government services. • Care services efficiency programme
Links to other work • Life chances for disabled people (PMSU) • Strategy on ageing (DWP) • The future of local government (ODPM) • Every Child Matters : Change for Children • NSFs • Valuing People • Choosing Health
Consultation • Green paper • DASS • Direct payments – extension and change of name