Voluntary Action Scotland

1. Voluntary Action Scotland Self Directed Support What does it mean The Theory and the Practice

2. Scottish Government view of Self-directed Support • The support individuals and families have after making an informed choice on how their individual budget is used to meet the outcomes they have agreed. • Scottish Government preferred term • Focus of their new bill and strategy

3. Self Directed Support Bill • Sets general principles for carrying out Self Directed Support of • Involvement • Informed Choice • Collaboration • Sets out 4 options for the provision of support which the council has a duty to offer • Use of a direct payment • Directing the council to provide support of their own choosing • The council should selects appropriate support to meet needs • A combination of the above

4. Support • Introduces a statutory power to provide unpaid carers with support if this will help them maintain their caring role. A carer’s assessment will have to be carried out first • The council must take reasonable steps to involve “family and friends” in helping a supported person • To make a choice over their options for support • in making decisions about the assessment of need.

5. Further guidance to follow • Use of direct payments for people in residential care • Specifying categories of people ineligible for Direct Payments • Employment of close relatives • Ability to receive a Direct Payment Gross or Net of local authority charges.

6. My money- finding out how much So it looks like I can get £25,000

7. Glasgow Assessment Points

8. Glasgow SEQ – Meeting Personal Needs

9. North Lanarkshire RAS

10. Multipliers, Adders And Reducers • Family care • Existing support networks • Institutionalisation and limited community experience • Different councils do it different ways • North Lanarkshire multiplies • Dumfries and Galloway adds • Glasgow reduces

11. Making my plan – Looking at outcomesand person centred planning Who else do you want to do and who can we get to help us do meet them?

12. Outcomes • New form of plans • Input = money/time • Output = staff hours delivered, having a hot meal • Outcomes = having made new friends, being healthier

13. User Outcomes

14. Getting My Plan agreed

15. Financial Negotiation • RAS is only an indicator of budget. • Altered by risk • Altered by duty of care • Altered by failure to meet agreed outcomes • Will be an internal process for negotiation of budgets where outcomes and plans can not be delivered within indicative budget.

16. Getting the money organised

17. Managing the Budget • Direct Payments • Keep Accounts and records • Hire Personal Assistants or support provider • Support organisations for payroll, accounts and other employer issues. • Individual Service Fund • Managed by Voluntary Sector or Council • Notional Budget with agreed services • Only records are of support received • Council Arranged • Council will arrange services to value of budget • Range of services chosen by council as most appropriate • No records to keep

18. Organising Support

19. Support • Personal assistants • Open employment • Family • Voluntary Organisation • Private Sector • Direct Council • Technology • Alarm call systems • Dial a meal • Internet shopping • Unpaid Family • Neighbours

20. Living Life

21. Creative solutions • Group purchases • Specialist leisure activities • Specially commissioned services All this is poorly developed locally and interfaces can play a role in developing this. • Glasgow Social Care Providers to Social Care Ideas Factory

22. Seeing how it worked Its gone well. Let’s talk about what’s next

23. Final 3 stages • Putting Plan into action • Review of plan within 12 months • Should be based on outcomes • Adjustment to support and budgets

24. Third Sector Infrastructure • Develop locally in different ways • Support the use of natural support • Enhanced opportunities for local organisations • Provision of information to the third sector • Highlighting cross sector issues • Representing the voluntary sector in local developments.