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Personal budgets

Personal budgets across health, SEN and social care by September 2014. Personal budgets. January 2014 Sarah Ward. Principle social worker. Context……. First individual budgets in 2003 in Wigan for a group of families with sons and daughters in transition

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Personal budgets

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  1. Personal budgets across health, SEN and social care by September 2014 Personal budgets January 2014 Sarah Ward. Principle social worker.

  2. Context……. • First individual budgets in 2003 in Wigan for a group of families with sons and daughters in transition • Putting People First – 10th December 2007 • DfE launch Individual Budget Pilots in 2009 • Support and Aspiration published in April 2011 • Personal budgets across education, social care and health a central part of the change set out • ……..April 2014 (CHC funding)….September 2014 social care and SEN can be requested by a family

  3. In West Sussex a mum manages a combined social care, health and SEN budget (as a direct payment- DP) to support her daughter • In Wigan a combined personal budget is managed by a VCS organisation for a young man • In Hartlepool a mum manages a combined social care and SEN budget (As a DP) to support her daughter. • In Hartlepool a young person uses a budget to fund work experience. • In Manchester a number of students have a small budget to set up their own work experience • Many families now have a personal budget for their child’s transport – in one example the young person has bought a bike and safety helmet and travels to school on his own • www.sendpathfinder.co.uk/infopacks

  4. Personal budgets

  5. Personal budgets are just one part of a whole system of support and opportunity

  6. Four ways to manage a personal budget • As a direct payment • By another organisation (or person) on behalf of the child/young person and family (individual service fund) • By the local authority (or health service) • A mix of these three options

  7. Ways in Which a Personalised Budget Can be Managed

  8. Transparent and participative • Transparency – everyone understands how things work, and how decisions are made • Participative – everyone who needs to take part can and is supported to do so

  9. Child and family centred Review and learn Listen and understand Agree and allocate Plan together - Child / young person and family centred - Focus on outcomes - Explore all sources of support, options - Collect information - Child / Family-centred - Allocation questions - Confirm entitlement - Agree allocation of funding and targeted services - Name keyworker / facilitator Working? Not working? Change, continue, Revise outcomes

  10. Assessing, planning, personal budgets and the statutory framework

  11. An integrated personal budget? • Aligning allocation processes - thresholds • Aligning approaches to use of personal budgets • Moving away from silos to child and family centred – holistic • Outcomes focus as opposed to needs led As indicated in the draft Code of Practice this is the direction of travel being encouraged

  12. Integrating a personal budget around an individual child/young person • An integrated assessment and person centred single EHC planning process is followed. The family are supported by a key worker to do this. • The personal budget is contributed to from three aligned budgets: education, health and social care • A ‘plan co-ordination’ function (previously the SEN Officer role) brings together the single EHC Plan utilising any personal budget as a single budget around the child/young person and their family. • Child A’s personal budget funds 1:1 support at school – managed and employed by school but able to work at Child A’s home if child is ill. • The personal assistants employed by the family are able to assist with increased participation in local activities and opportunities. • Training for personal assistants is provided by the local health services. • The family, the broker and the services have all expressed their satisfatcion and appreciation for the outcome. An EHC Plan is required Funding is drawn from appropriate funding stream e.g.CHC As set of questions inform an indicative budget (RIQ) A person centred single EHC plan is drawn up and confirmed The plan is implemented by a broker e.g. Embrace

  13. Questions and discussion

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