Michelle Livesley talks about good person-centred paperwork
Read Helen’s blog on Learning with Ellen
Jane’s guest blogger this month, is her sister Jo – A cancer co-survivor story
Charlotte is speaking at the Annual Supported Living Conference on the 28th June 2012
Helen’s guest blogger this month is Caroline Tomlinson – Extending the breadth of circles of support
07 June 2010
It's been exciting preparing for Helen's visit at the end of July. There will be two workshops - Progress for Providers will help organisations to respond to individual budgets. The Introduction to Support Planning day, lead by Helen and Amanda Jones, will provide individuals and family members with some practical ideas for beginning support plans.
I feel particularly excited about these workshops as when I was working and living in Northern Ireland in 2001, I worked alongside people whose lives had been transformed by Direct Payments. To say that I've been impatiently waiting for people here to experience the same thing is definitely an understatement. While I know that there's a long way to go and that there's great variation on how this is being done around the country, it will be fantastic to spend two days with people coming together enthusiastically anticipating these changes.