The state of personalisation 2013

Social workers’ verdict on how well councils are equipping them to deliver personal budgets in the age of austerity.

Training gap, cuts and paperwork damaging personalisation, warn social workers Councils have failed to tackle bureaucracy in the delivery of personal budgets despite longstanding concerns, warn social care professionals in our annual personalisation survey. But more practitioners than not believe personal budgets will benefit clients in the long-term.

We must end bureaucracy around personal budgets Why reforming resource allocation systems is crucial to the success of personalisation.

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Read all the findings of this year’s survey of social care professionals’ views on personalisation, including comprehensive results and analysis.

Analysis

‘Social workers need reflective practice to make personalisation work’

‘Flawed personal budgets cannot deliver personalisation for service users’

‘The role of the social worker is one of personalisation’s many unresolved questions’

Expert guide to direct payments and personal budgets

The state of personalisation 2012

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