Resources
Resources for social care practitioners
The 'Think Local, Act Personal' website is aimed at social care practitioners and is designed to help implementation of personalised care, promote good practice and deliver improved care outcomes for people. It contains a personalisation toolkit which includes a transformation framework, tools to help structure change programmes and learning from intensive projects on: Finance, support planning and brokerage, equal access, streamlined individual budget process, income streams and deployment options.
www.thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk
Self-assessment tools
A self-assessment tool is available for local councils and partners to better understand how to implement self directed support as part of personalisation, such as:
www.uic.edu/depts/moho/assess/osa.html
www.cumbria.gov.uk/adultsocialcare/otselfassess/default.asp
Social care guides and resources
'In Control' aims to change the social care system in England and assist with the delivery of self directed support. The In Control website contains useful guides and learning material:
www.in-control.org.uk
Personalisation e-learning resources
The Social Care Institute of Excellence website has a whole section on personalisation which includes e-learning resources:
www.scie.org.uk/adults/personalisation.asp
Rough guide to personalisation
For a rough guide to personalisation and a series of briefings which explain what it means for different groups:
www.scie.org.uk/publications/reports/report20.pdf
Personalisation: Implications for occupational therapists in social care:
This At a Glance briefing examines the implications of the personalisation agenda for occupational therapists.
www.scie.org.uk/publications/ataglance/ataglance27.asp
Personal health budgets
For a website about personal health budgets and containing information about the Department of Health pilot sites, resources and information sheets:
www.personalhealthbudgets.dh.gov.uk
Department of Health personalisation resources
For the Department of Health’s website which also contains updates, evaluations and press releases about personal health budgets including the document Personal Health Budgets:
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Personalhealthbudgets/index.htm
NHS Personal health budgets: first steps
www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_093839.pdf
Personal Health Budgets Learning Network
www.dh.gov.uk/personalhealthbudgets
Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
The profession's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (COT 2010) states that 'The College of Occupational Therapists is committed to client-centred practice and the involvement of the service user as a partner in all stages of the therapeutic process.' The College has also supported personalisation within the following documents:
Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
The Value of Occupational Therapy and its Contribution to Adult Social Care Service Users and their Carers
Occupational Therapy in Adult Social Care
For the Department of Health (2008) Occupational Therapy in Adult Social Care: Sustaining a high quality workforce for the future. Department of Health, London.
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_089467
Changing Lives, Changing Practice
Personalisation of social care
Mandelstam M (2010) Personalisation of social care: benefits and pitfalls for users of services and occupational therapists. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73(8), 391-394.
