C-Change Scotland share their experience of applying creative person-centred planning approaches. Carr Gomm’s ‘Community Contacts’ works in partnership across a spectrum of social care organisations. It aims to raise awareness of SDS in Argyll and Bute and support people to make informed choices. Volunteers form part of the new team and ‘walk alongside’ prospective users of SDS, helping to make the right choices at the right time. Contributed by: CCPS

1. SDS: as the Act goes live
Catherine Garrod, Programme Officer

2. • Started by disabled people -
civil rights movement in USA
• Living in institutions to living
in the community.
• Assisted living, rights, choice
and control
• Community Care Direct
Payments Act (1996)
Where did SDS begin?
Independent Living
Movement

3. Principles of Self-
directed Support
• Involvement
• Informed choice
• Collaboration
• Respect for a
person’s dignity
• Respect for a person’s right
to participate in their
community

4. Legislation
and Policy
• Self-directed Support
Strategy (2010)
• Self-directed Support
(Scotland) Act, 2013
• Commences April 1st
2014
• Person chooses how
much control they
have over their budget
for support.
• 4 options
• Outcomes not activities

5. Issues for Providers
• Self-directed Support
requires major culture
and systems change.
• Support provision is
becoming increasingly
complex.
• New opportunities and
ways of working.
• Shift from block
contracts to Individual
Budgets.

6. Local Authorities
• Section 19 of SDS Act:
Promote a variety of
support providers
• Recognition of the
impact of contracts on
gradings and quality.
• Commissioning based on
outcomes rather than
price.

7. Risk Enablement
Focus on:
• empowering the
rights and choices of
supported people
through positive risk
enablement.

8. (Hitchhiker’s) Guide to Self-directed Support
1. Don’t Panic.
2. (Don’t forget to bring a
towel.)
3. Offer the 4 options.
4. SDS is about outcomes.
5. SDS is about real choice
(not the money).
6. SDS is about dignity and
rights.

9. Image Credits
1. “sign the Act” “Faye and
“Margaret © 2013 Matt
Gregorig Photography
2. All other images
IstockPhoto or Microsoft
clipart.

10. P&P is a four year policy and practice change
programme supporting providers to prepare for, and
showcase good practice in the journey to Self-
directed Support.
Policy-Information-Events-Practice Exchange-Facilitation-
Personalisation leads- Change projects- Action Learning- Research-
Capacity building
Contact us
@PPProgramme
Dee Fraser, Programme Manager
dee.fraser@ccpscotland.org
Catherine Garrod, Programme Officer
catherine.garrod@ccpscotland.org
Kenny Pentland, Programme Officer
kenny.pentland@ccpscotland.org