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• Personalisation: what's it all about?

  By Daniel Lombard Social care is "no longer the Cinderella of public services", Ivan Lewis proudly declared in a House of Commons committee room this week. Read More... Posted Jun 13 2008, 05:59 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: ivan lewis, personalisation, daniel lombard, critical discourse analysis, Dumbo

• Social care conference catering: curried parsnip v jammie dodgers

  by Daniel Lombard Ask any reporters who've covered conferences, particularly the ones involving overnight stays, and they'll tell you that most of the time, they can't wait to get away. Last month came one glorious exception: the Association... Posted May 19 2008, 04:11 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: social workers, personalisation, daniel lombard, british association of social workers, catering, adass, association of directors of adult services, BASW

• Personalisation - a social care revolution

  by Simeon Brody I went to a Community Care conference yesterday about personalisation in adult services. It was a really interesting event and one of the most popular Com Care has ever run - so there's obviously a lot of people out there who want... Posted May 01 2008, 12:57 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: simeon brody, social workers, direct payments, personalisation, individual budgets, melaine henwood, martin routledge

• Devon promises holy grail of efficiency and personalisation

  by Mithran Samuel Devon Council is currently shaking up its care management function in a reform which promises to both lower the costs of adult social care services and make them more personalised around the user - what the jargon lovers among us may... Posted Apr 17 2008, 11:26 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Department of Health, Mithran Samuel, efficiency, Whitehall, funding, direct payments, social care, personalisation, individual budgets, Devon Council