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Personalisation Conference

The "Just Enough Support" conference in Bolton (June 2010) focused on the harsh realities of support services. Key discussions included the need to go deeper in support strategies beyond paid staff, emphasizing collective efforts in community involvement. With constraints like reduced funding and the danger of simplistic solutions, the conference highlighted the importance of individualized support, engagement from families, and innovative models. Presenters shared experiences and insights to inspire new approaches that honor the capacity of individuals and the role of community connections.

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Personalisation Conference

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  1. Personalisation Conference “Just Enough Support” Bolton June 2010

  2. Harsh Reality

  3. Background • Thinking Day with John O’Brien • Need to go deeper • 2 follow on days • Support that goes beyond paid staff • Why = A Given • How = The Challenge

  4. “All Together Now”Collectively figuring out how to develop alternatives to just paid support • Money’s Too Tight To Mention • Contenders

  5. Harsh Reality

  6. Danger = Simplistic Solutions • Larger Group Homes • Reduced Funding • Pay even lower salaries

  7. Recent History- Reasonably Well Funded Services?? • A tendency to over support people • A lack of experimentation as it’s kind of working • Insufficient dissatisfaction to generate change

  8. Story Format

  9. Terry • 30 + years of unsuitable living arrangements • Individually designed support V compliance strategy • 2 bed bungalow in development for older people • Became regular at Working Men’s Club • Other members included couple of staff  OK by association • Accident – dealt with, no fuss

  10. Michelle • Severe reputation • Inappropriate place in Group Home & severe reputation • Family equally concerned & desperate to find solution, use of I. B. • P. C. Review  Flat for 2 • Collective figuring it out to I. D. barriers to own place • Use of technology, belief in capacity & resourcefulness, and family involvement

  11. Four Key Themes: • Different ways of people receiving the right support: - Reduction - Replacement - New models • Gaining the trust of families and people supported • Looking to your community • Working together to flourish

  12. Top Tips / Messages • From the outset, explore how paid formal support can complement/supplement support from family and friends. Figure things out together. • Celebrate good attempts. Create a culture of experimentation • There is a danger that community members see little or no need to become involved in the lives of disabled people because ‘staff are there to do that’ • We all grow and develop when we receive the right level of support. Over protection can be as harmful as under support • Employ local people for their local knowledge and connections

  13. Conclusion • Need exists, regardless of funding pressures, to seriously reflect on how services are commissioned and provided • Our attempts to develop alternatives to just paid support and to assist people to connect / contribute have lacked urgency • The harsh reality is here and danger of ill thought out, simplistic solutions if we don’t take the initiative • The paper is a contribution to the need to stop and think. It’s work in progress

  14. SOMEBODY HAS TO DO SOMETHING AND IT’S JUST INCREDIBLY PATHETIC IT HAS TO BE US GERRY GARCIA

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