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Discover how Think Local Act Personal and Making It Real initiatives are reshaping social care in Hampshire. Learn about active and supportive communities, themes, and statements driving this change. Engage in discussions to find solutions and explore opportunities for personal growth and community involvement.
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Think Local Act PersonalMaking It Real : In HampshireActive and Supportive CommunitiesSupporting People – May 2013Ed WaltonSenior Community Development Officer
What we will cover today: • What are Think Local Act Personal & Making It Real • How is Adult Services approaching Making It Real? • How does this affect us? • Active and Supportive Communities • Discussion – questions, issues, solutions
What is Think Local Act Personal? • Think Local Act Personal is a national partnership organisation comprised of service users, carers, statutory and non-statutory organisations • The aim is to drive forward work to transform social care and ensure fair access to personalised community based support
What is Making It Real? • An outcome framework agreed by Think Local Act Personal • 6 Themes & 24 “I” statements • National network to share practice • Something to measure ourselves against • Something to aspire to in challenging times
6 Outcome Themes24 “I” statements • Information and Advice • Active and Supportive Communities • Flexible integrated care and support • Workforce • Risk enablement (positive risk taking) • Personal budgets and self-funding
How is Adult Services approaching Making It Real? • Recognition that this is ambitious in the current climate • Clear that we will need to strengthen our engagement with service users and carers to gauge our progress • Preparing to produce and publish an action plan
How is Adult Service approaching Making It Real? • Held an event for service users and carers on October 31st to understand current issues • Reviewing and strengthening our approach to personal budgets • Reviewing how we involve service users and carers in service developments
How is Adult Services approaching Making It Real? • Linking the Making It Real themes to our annual performance reporting work in preparation to publish a “Local Account” • Identifying resources that support the themes • Holding workshops and events with service users, carers and providers to understand what needs to change to “Make It Real”
How does this affect us? • Many of the themes will be familiar • As for us, existing work streams can take forward specific themes eg. information • As for us, the way we engage with service users and carers to ensure “I” statements are achieved and evidenced will be important • As for us, how we enable communities to develop is key to reducing unnecessary dependency
Active and Supportive Communities • “I have access to a range of support that helps me live the life I want and remain a contributing member of my community” • “I have a network of people who support me – carers, friends, family, community and paid staff if needed”
I have opportunities to train, study, work or engage in activities that match my interests, skills and abilities” • “I feel welcomed and included in my local community” • “I feel valued for the contribution that I can make to my community”
Discussion : questions, issues, solutions More information : http://www.thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk Ed Walton : ed.walton@hants.gov.uk