Individual Employers Resource File
Introduction
The documents and resources on this webpage were produced as part of a project that assisted 40 individual employers across Yorkshire and the Humber in the development of their knowledge and skills as managers and to support them to develop their workforce. The project ran from October 2009 to July 2010.
Individual employers are people who use services or carers that employ their own staff using direct payments, individual budgets or other funding.
The project report and its findings is the first document on this webpage
These resources were used to give information and to support individual employers on various issues they were experiencing. An important part of the success of the project was the peer support and shared learning that was experienced by the individual employers. Skills for Care want to continue this opportunity of peer support by sharing these resources.
If you have any other useful information or sources of support you would like to share to be included on this website please contact Zoe Thomas zoe.thomas@skillsforcare.org.uk. We will update the website as and when is necessary.
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/about_us/what_we_do/Direct_employer_offer.aspx
1.0 Individual employers as managers project report
Developing_individual_employers_project_report_v16pt
2.0 Putting People First - A shared vision and commitment to the transformation of Adult Social Care
HM Government
The document set the scene for personalisation and self directed support. It had support from all political parties and told people how and why adult social care must be transformed.
The government told everyone involved in adult social care how it wanted the needs and aspirations of services users and unpaid carers to be central to any provision of social care. It laid out how control must be given back to people who use services.
IE 2.0 HM_GOV_Putting_people_first
3.0 Information resource toolkit briefing 2.1 employing your own workers using direct payments
Skills for Care
This is a briefing from the Skills for Care Yorkshire and Humber information resource toolkit. It tells you the key features and the differences of direct payments and individual budgets. It also raises some key issues for people who do employ their own staff. It sign posts you to other areas of support and advice including the direct payments support agencies the run in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
This is a toolkit to help individual employers deal with the basic issues and legalities of employing your own staff, such as getting started, employing a personal assistant, being a good employer, keeping your staff, sorting out problems and tells you about other help available.
Each section has a list of key questions and tasks, some 'essentials' and links to sources of help. The toolkit also includes templates for some of the most useful bits of paperwork you might need. This guide covers only the minimum knowledge you will need. You can find lots more useful information by following the links in each section.
People who already employer their own staff contributed to producing this toolkit.
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/entry_to_social_care/recruitment/PAtoolkit.aspx
IE_3.0_SFC_ Toolkit_ 2.1_ employing_ your_ own_ workers.pdf
4.0 Sources of Support Diagram
In-Control
In Control was founded in 2003 by a small group of people who wanted to make life better for local families with disabled members in Wigan, Lancashire, In Control pioneered the concept of self-directed support and developed individual budgets as a way for people to take charge of their support.
This document shows using diagrams all the different sources of support there are for people who employ or are considering employing their own workers via self directed support.
IE_4.0_In_Control_Sources_of_Support.pdf
5.0 We all need
Phoenix Support Group
This document was written by the Phoenix Support Group to demonstrate what they think are the key elements that are needed for anyone to live a fulfilled life whether or not you need to use social care services.
IE_5.0_Phoenix_Individual_ Employers_ We_ all_ need.doc
6.0 Personalisation
Phoenix Support Group
This document was written by the Phoenix Support Group. It lists what they see as the key elements of personalisation in social care.
IE_6.0_Phoenix_Individual_ Employer_ Personalisation.doc
7.0 Self Directed Support and Social Care Comparison Model
Phoenix Support Group
This document was written by the Phoenix Support Group. It explains what self directed support means, how it should work and how it is different from how support used to be delivered and assessed for.
Need to make the two PDF documents one document VG to ask Alice how to do this.
IE_7.0_Social_ care_ model_ comparison.pdf
8.0 What is a support plan?
Phoenix Support Group
This document was written by the Phoenix Support Group. It explains what a support plan is and how it fits into the self directed support process.
IE_8.0_Phoenix_What_ is_ a_ support plan.doc
9.0 Example support plan
This is an anonimysed support plan of one the Phoenix Group members. It is there to give the reader an idea of a 'real' support plan might look like. Please remember that all Local Authorities will structure the format of their support plans differently. The example is a East Riding completed plan.
IE_9.0_East_Riding_Council_example_ Support_ PlanV2.doc
10.0 What makes a good plan -What a Care Manager will look for in your plan
In-Control
In Control was founded in 2003 by a small group of people who wanted to make life better for local families with disabled members in Wigan, Lancashire, In Control pioneered the concept of self-directed support and developed individual budgets as a way for people to take charge of their support.
They produced this document to help someone who is writing their own support plan. It suggests things that need to be included so that the Local Authority can approve the plan.
IE_10.0_In_Control_ What_ makes_ a_ good_ plan.doc
11.0 Writing the job advert and matching staff
Phoenix Support Group
This document was written by the Phoenix Support Group. It compares the thought processes someone would go through when thinking about looking for somewhere to live to thinking about the type of personal assistant or support worker you want or need.
The document is two parts - the accommodation specification and the personal assistant specification
IE_11.0_Phoenix_job_advert.pdf
12.0 Some tips for individual employers
Phoenix Support Group
This document was written by the Phoenix Support Group. This document gives some general tips the existing members of the Phoenix Support Group found useful.
It covers:
- Keeping your role in perspective
- How your 'approach' is important when dealing with people
- 'Soft' skills to management
- Keeping health and safety in mind
More about these things can be found at
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/entry_to_social_care/recruitment/PAtoolkit.aspx
IE_12.0_Phoenix_some_tips_for_Individual_ Employers.doc
13.0 A guide to receiving direct payments from your local council -A route to independent living
Department of Health
Updated in 2009 this is a free publication that gives general guidance (not Local Authority specific) about what are direct payments, how they work and a little advice about running a direct payment.
IE_13.0_DH_ Route_ to_ independent_ living.pdf
14.0 Information resource toolkit briefing 2.2 participation
Skills for Care
This is a briefing from the Skills for Care Yorkshire and Humber information resource toolkit. It tells you about why and how Skills for Care in Yorkshire and Humber value participation of people who use services and carers in all our work. It gives examples of participation and tells people who to contact if they want to get involved.
IE_14.0_SFC_Toolkit_ 2.2_ participation.pdf
15.0 Role of Brokerage
Phoenix Support Group
This document was written by the Phoenix Support Group. It describes what is meant by brokerage in relation to self directed support. It gives examples of what a broker or a brokerage service might offer and it gives examples of the types of people/roles of who might act as a broker.
IE_15.0_Phoenix_Role_ of_ Brokerage.doc
16.0 who's who in the social services system
Phoenix Support Group
This document gives information on the local authority different roles within Social Care teams. Please be aware that each local authority has different structures and different job titles.
IE_16.0_Phoenix_whos_ who_ in_ the_ social_ services_ system.doc
17.0 SCIE Personalisation briefing 15 - October 2009
SCIE
Produced as a free publication by the Social Care Institute for Excellence this document gives a brief explanation of personalisation but looks at the implications and issues for User Led Organisations (ULO's) of the transformation of social care.
IE_17.0_SCIE_ Personalisation_ Briefing_ 15.pdf
18.0 SCIE Personalisation Briefing 10 - July 2009
SCIE
Produced as a free publication by the Social Care Institute for Excellence this document gives a brief explanation of personalisation but looks at the implications and issues for unpaid carers.
IE_18.0_SCIE_ Personalisation_ Briefing_ 10.pdf
19.0 SCIE Personalisation Briefing 14 - October 2009
SCIE
Produced as a free publication by the Social Care Institute for Excellence this document gives a brief explanation of personalisation but looks at the implications and issues for personal assistants (those people employed by service users via direct payments or individual budgets.
IE_19.0_SCIE_Personalisation_Briefing-14.pdf
20.0 In Control NOW! Edition 9 Winter 2009
http://www.in-control.org.uk/site/INCO/Templates/Home.aspx?pageid=1&cc=GB
In Control was founded in 2003 by a small group of people who wanted to make life better for local families with disabled members in Wigan, Lancashire, In Control pioneered the concept of self-directed support and developed individual budgets as a way for people to take charge of their support.
This free newspaper is an example of the information that In Control provides to anyone who is interested in self direct support or service uses gaining control of there lives.
IE_20.0_in_control_NOW!_Edition_9_Winter_2009.pdf
21.0 Independently December 2009
National Centre for independent living
National Centre for Independent Living's primary aim is to promote independent living. This means disabled people having control and choice over our own lives.
This is an example of the NCIL's monthly magazine. It gives you an idea of what support, advice and information the organisation provides,
IE_21.0_NCIL_Independently_ December_ 2009.pdf
22.0 Glossary
In-Control
In Control was founded in 2003 by a small group of people who wanted to make life better for local families with disabled members in Wigan, Lancashire, In Control pioneered the concept of self-directed support and developed individual budgets as a way for people to take charge of their support.
This is a glossary produced by In Control to help people understand some of the phrases or words used when talking about personalisation, self directed support or transforming adult social care.
IE_22.0_In_Control_ Glossary.doc
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