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News: November 2008
Individual Budgets – Part III
Community Care19 November 2008
Jill Manthorpe looks at the fears of providers through the transition to individual budgets.
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Support needs of carers shouldn’t be forgotten
Community Care14 November 2008
The roll out of direct payments could leave carers forgotten in their support needs says Carers UK.
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Choice or Chore?
CSIP14 November 2008
This report looks at what carers have been saying about Direct Payments.
Link to the report
Concern over abuse of people with learning disabilities
Community Care13 November 2008
Learning Disability Charities are concerned that the risk of rape will increase as direct payments are rolled out.
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Individual Budgets – Part II
Community Care12 November 2008
Jill Manthorpe looks at Social Care staff views on Personalisation.
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Individual Budgets for all
Community Care10 November 2008
Individual budgets should be used in children’s services, say In Control.
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Professionals must adapt
Community Care6 November 2008
Individual budgets due to be implemented in disabled children’s services face cultural barriers which must be addressed if IBs are to be successful.
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Individual Budgets & Older People
Community Care6 November 2008
Corin Williams writes about how councils are trying to overcome barriers to Individual budgets for older people.
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Individual Budgets – Part I
Community Care5 November 2008
Jill Manthorpe looks at Individual Budgets – the history, aims and findings from the Individual Budget Evaluation network.
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Talk to me!
Community Care5 November 2008
Simon Heng talks about how he still gets ignored in interactions and how frustrating it is to be treated like a ‘talking dog’
Click here to go to Simon’s Blog
Skills for Care launch principles
Caring Business4 November 2008
Skills for care has launched principles for personalisation aimed at tackling challenges from the agenda.
Link to full article
Link to Skills for Care – Principles for Workforce Redesign
Link to News: October 2008
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