The session will focus on person-centred planning, collaboration between service users and professionals, choice, control and flexibility. It will also provide a personal perspective on what self-directed support means. Attendees will have an opportunity to think about SDS from different perspectives and reflect on its benefits and challenges. Contributor: Scottish Government SDS team member and also an individual who is an advocate for person centred planning and self-directed support.

1. “My life, my support”: Self-directed
support and person-centred planning
Peter Sabine
Craig Flunkert, Self-directed Support Team, Scottish Government
Adam Milne, Self-directed Support Team, Scottish Government

2. Person-centred
Self-directed planning
support
Welcome!
Risk (enablement)
Choice
Collaboration

3. Who we are
Craig and Adam
Peter

4. Ground rules for the
workshop
•Respect and value that everyone is different and will think
differently about things.
•Listen to each other and respect one another’s opinions
•Get involved
•Ask questions – but we may not always have the
answers!
•Bring your challenges and your solutions!

5. What we plan to do
Talk
1. Scottish Government perspective
2. Peter’s perspective
Listen, discuss and mingle
3. Your perspective

6. Scottish Government perspective
•Values and principles – collaboration, informed
choice, involvement
•The whole journey - assessment, support
planning and provision of support
•All support arrangements – arranged support,
individual service funds and direct payments
•People not process
•Creativity - doing things differently
•Choice not dogma
•Challenges and solutions

7. Peter’s perspective

8. Choice
Person-centred
planning
Values
Your perspective… .grab your post-its
Risk (enablement)
Creativity Collaboration