Self Directed Support

Hertfordshire County Council via Adult Care Services offer direct cash payments to individuals so that they can arrange their own care services from the various options available, giving  more choice, greater flexibility and more control over the support  received. The money is paid into a separate bank or post office account.  Anyone who is currently receiving or has been assessed by Adult Care Services as needing support with daily living, is aged 16 or over and is willing and able to manage this money (with help if needed) can access a direct cash payment.

During 2009/10 the BHL Social Care Workforce Development Brokerage ran some events in ocess for partnership with Hertfordshire Adult Care Services looking at Self Directed Support from a Care Providers perspective.

To view the presentation Update on Transformation from Herts Adult Care Services from Helen Duncan-Turnbull, Herfordshire Adult Care Services click here

To view the presentation from Keely Charlick, Sunnyside Trust – an organisation that has adapted their services to a self-directed care model click here

To view the presentation from Lee Stribling, Skills for Care about Telecare how can it help your organisation? Click here  

A list of FAQs from the events have been drawn up – click here to view

You may also want to view the following Hertfordshire Adult Care Services documents:

A toolkit for providers to help assess their organisation in relation to self-directed care, download here 

7 Steps – a leaflet for people wishing to access personal budgets, click here 

Commissioning process information leaflet for care providers, available here  

Useful links :
www.scie.org.uk – information from the Social Care Institute for Excellence, including e-learning resources for the Personalisation Agenda
www.skillsforcare.org.uk – information from the care sector skills council.
www.hertsdirect.org/caresupport/acs/sdsupp - Information pages from Hertfordshire County Council Adult Care Services about Personal Budgets.
www.selfdirect.org/about/self-direct-people - self direct is a social enterprise dedicated to promoting changes in the 'social and health market-place’