Culture change and how Personal Budgets work Yorkshire and Humber Peer Network event 2 nd July 2015

Culture change and how Personal Budgets work

Yorkshire and Humber Peer Network event 2nd July 2015

Changing what we do….

Having a fair system that is clear and transparent

Supporting inclusion through what we do

Putting families and young people in control

Flexible and creative! Outcomes focused

What is an Outcome?

• What I want, not what some one says is best for me

• Not written from a service perspective• We can tell when I have achieved it• Changes something that isn’t working• Moves to a future I want

A Good Life?

The old way….

• Menu of services

• Limited choices

• ‘done to’ culture

What Mark wanted..

• Rights, Choice, Independence, Inclusion

• Families are in control and Equal Partners

Social Justice is the Point

Real Wealth and Family Resilience

• All learning together

• Listening to young people and acting on their views

• Preparing young people for adulthood

• Preparing for independence and a good life

• Making sure integration is our first choice!

Culture change for everyone

James’ story

• Wanted to travel on the bus to school• Felt the taxi made him different• Was 19 before he was allowed to do travel training• Transformed his life!

Small group discussion…

• How can parent/carers help the culture change?

• What could be done differently to ensure our children have a good life?

Feed back………

“…if you are open and honest to us about what funding is available then maybe we can start to work together, we might not like what you are telling us but at least you are being honest and we may start to trust what you are telling us…..but if you continue to withhold information, make decisions behind closed doors and not give us the information we need to make good decisions about support for our sons and daughters how can we ever trust what you say”

Lara Roberts, parent of a young man who has had an individual budget for over two years

Why are we making changes?….

What is a Personal Budget (PB)?

9.95 A Personal Budget is an amount of money identified by the local authority to deliver provision set out in an EHC plan where the parent or young person is involved in securing that provision

This means……

• Offered to young person who needs additional support and is eligible for an Education and Health Care (EHC)Plan

• Needs to be used to deliver specific outcomes for the young person

A Local Authority will….

• Be upfront about what money can be used as a Personal Budget

• Support families to decide if they want to have a Personal Budget

• Use the indication of amount of funding as a tool for planning with you

Families need to be able to make informed decisions

To do this they need to understand what provision is possibly available to support their son or daughter

This means being able to provide an indicative allocation of funding which they could then request as a personal budget

How things worked in the past

How Personal Budgets work

Being creative!

• A PB offers the chance to think differently and try out new things

• Planning process important part of this• The final budget allocation will be decided after

the planning has happened

Managing a Personal Budget

• Managed by the local authority ‘an organised service’

• Managed by a provider from the voluntary sector on the family’s behalf ‘an individual service fund’

• Managed by the family as a ‘direct payment’

• A mix of these three options

• Video clip- Newcastle parent who uses a personal transport budget

Any Questions?

For more information please email

Jill.bauld@in-control.org.uk

Thank You