Working with Decision-Makers (Who Agree Support Plans).

This one day workshop is designed to introduce decision-makers, who have responsibility for agreeing and signing off support plans, to the self-directed support process.

This includes team managers, operational managers, divisional managers.

The objectives of this day are for participants to:

  • Be introduced to an overview of the self-directed support process.
  • Explore the roles and responsibilities of decision-makers when signing off plans, within the self-directed support process.
  • Agree what should be in a good, robust support plan.
  • Explore and agree how people can use their personal budget.
  • Be introduced to the seven questions (criteria) required in both the development of a support plan and in agreeing/signing off a support plan.
  • Understand and agree their responsibilities for agreeing support plans.
  • Explore some example plans and consider how the information in them matches the criteria previously agreed.


Who is it for?


Anybody responsible for the signing off support plans.


What will people know and be able to do as a result of attending this course?


Participants will:

  • Gain a deeper understanding of the new process of enabling people to access social care and support services by self directing their support and using personal budgets.
  • Gain an understanding of the seven essential criteria which must be present in a support plan and use the agreed criteria for signing off locally developed support plans.
  • Be able to demonstrate how people in receipt of a personal budget are self directing their life, by agreeing innovative and creative ways for people to use their personal budget.
  • Be able to act on national best practice and implement locally developed roles and core responsibilities of local decisionmakers, within the self-directed support process and where they can use their creativity and judgement.

 

How long is this course?


1 day.

 

How much does this course cost?


UK costs: £700 excluding VAT, materials ans expenses. Please contact kerry@helensandersonassociates.co.uk

For more information regarding delivery and costs of this course internationally, please contact:
In the USA contact amandag@helensandersonassociates.com

In Canada contact juliem@hsacanada.ca

In Australia contact info@helensandersonassociates.com.au