self-directed support

Personal outcomes, person-centred working and personalisation – are you confused? Person-centred working, personalisation and personal outcomes approaches have developed alongside thinking about the involvement of individuals in their own care…

What is it like to be a personal assistant (PA)? Why do people choose to take a direct payment to meet their support needs?  We know that being a PA…

The Scottish Government has launched phase three of the Self-directed Support Strategy – the Implementation Plan for 2016-2018. Set against four of Scottish Government’s strategic outcomes, the plan sets out…

The positive difference employing personal assistants (PAs) can make to people’s lives is shared in a series of new films from Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL). GCIL worked with…

Our work is supporting the social service workforce to build local skills and capacity for change. That is the message of a new evaluation report of our work as part…

The report and presentations from the self-directed support (SDS) and systems thinking workshop are now available. A wide range of people from across health and social care took part in…

New elearning modules are now available to support workers from health, social care and other services to work in partnership with carers and young carers. The Equal Partners in Care…

We are working with health and social care partnerships across Scotland to support the learning and development of the workforce as they move towards integrated services. Working with three integrated…

In our regular feature looking at the many different roles and services within the sector we talk to Marianne Patterson, founder and Managing Director of Ayrshire Children’s Services CIC, a…