Self Directed Support Strategy for Scotland

Added on Tuesday 9 Feb 2010

Scottish government launches personalisation strategy - 10-year plan promotes individual budgets and mirrors Putting People First programme. The Scottish government has issued a consultative 10-year strategy to roll out personalisation in social care and related services. The strategy on self-directed support mirrors the three-year Putting People First programme for England, under which councils are expected to give users choice over how their needs are met, improve information on care and invest in prevention.  The Scottish strategy envisages that "self-directed support should become the mainstream mechanism for the delivery of social care", and is designed to equip services to tackle current financial constraints and coming demographic pressures.  Other recommendations include action to assess the role and funding of support organisations, including disability user-led organisations, and a review of existing rates for direct payments and individual budgets to ensure they are sufficient and enable users to meet costs such as staff training.

Source:  Community Care

Self-directed Support - A national Strategy -  The Scottish Government