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Social workers will gain 'freedom to innovate' from care law
Social workers would be given the freedom to innovate in supporting clients under a draft bill announced in the Queen's speech, but no pledges have been made on reforming care funding.
09 May 2012
Social workers 'reluctant to refer clients to user organisations'
Social workers fear referring clients to user-led organisations for support in using direct payments because of concerns ULOs will challenge practitioners’ decisions.
24 April 2012
Massive variations in personal budget take-up across councils
Massive variations in personal budget take-up persist between councils and regions, the latest official figures show.
28 March 2012
Scotland legislates to give users right to personal budget
Service users will have the right to a personal budget but will also be able to leave their care management in the hands of their local authority, under legislation issued by the Scottish government today.
01 March 2012
Personalisation 'wrongly used to devalue social workers'
Adult social work is being 'devalued' by cuts and mistaken ideas about personalisation, The College of Social Work warned today as it launched a campaign to champion adults' professionals.
03 February 2012
NLGN: government must rethink personal budgets target
The government must relax its 2013 target for 100% take-up of personal budgets in adult social care, according to the New Local Government Network.
17 November 2011
People with dementia being denied direct payments
People with dementia are not reaping the benefits of personal budgets because of a lack of information and knowledge among social care professionals, and tightening eligibility criteria, an Alzheimer's Society report warns today (Thursday).
17 November 2011
How a board game is helping social care staff implement personalisation
A board game that helps staff, providers and service users understand personalisation has succeeded in changing the culture in some organisations, reports Louise Hunt
02 November 2011
Making personalisation work in residential care
Personalisation can work for people in residential care, but it needs a new culture that can bring challenges for both service users and staff. Natalie Valios reports
31 October 2011
Personal budgets emphasis 'risks excluding complex needs'
The emphasis on providing personal budgets for all risks failing to deliver personalised care for people with the most complex needs, a report from Demos warns today.
19 October 2011
Social workers 'are central to children's personalisation'
Social workers should have a key role in the personalisation agenda for disabled children to ensure the needs of families do not eclipse the needs of children, according to the Council for Disabled Children.
20 October 2011
Burstow: Government still committed to care funding reform
The government has not gone cold on reforming adult social care funding because of the £2bn-a-year cost of implementing Andrew Dilnot's reforms, care services minister Paul Burstow (left) has insisted.
20 October 2011
Overcoming social work barriers to person-centred care
Some social care staff struggle to deliver person-centred care. But a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation offers advice on how many of the perceived barriers can be overcome with the right attitude and commitment
14 October 2011
Councils on track for 2013 target of personal budgets for all
Councils are on track to meet the government's target of having all service users on personal budgets by 2013, a survey has found.
19 October 2011
'Cut social workers' planning role to empower users'
Social workers' role in support planning should be radically reduced to enable service users to take control of deciding how to spend their personal budgets, an influential paper said this week.
19 October 2011
Councils urged to sign up to new personalisation indicators
Councils and providers have been urged to sign up to a new suite of indicators on personalisation and publish details of their progress against them.
19 October 2011
Liberating social work from the shackles of care management
There's light at the end of the tunnel for social workers and service users fed up with the bureaucracy surrounding the design of personal budgets. Mithran Samuel reports
17 October 2011
Direct payments not reaching mental health service users
People with mental health problems are being denied the benefits of direct payments because of a lack of staff knowledge and inadequate information from councils, a Rethink Mental Illness report has warned.
17 October 2011
Head to head: Do we need independent brokers?
Would a network of independent brokers help service users make the most of their personal budgets? Steve Dowson says yes. Simon Duffy disagrees
13 October 2011
Disabilities Green Paper pathfinders to pay twice for services
Councils who have signed up to get more disabled children onto personal budgets will be forced to pay twice for service provision it has been revealed.
07 October 2011
