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9.1

The Commissioning Officer for Direct Payments
introduced the report which provided an update to the Committee on
progress of the delivery of the Personalisation & Direct
Payments Strategy 2023 - 2028. The report described how working
collaboratively with people with lived experience, their families
and carers, partners and stakeholders will help shape, design and
produce new and improved ways of working.

9.2

RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That
the Adult Health and Social Care Policy
Committee:-

a.   
Note the extensive positive progress made on the
Personalisation and Direct Payments Strategy delivery
plan.

b.   
Reaffirm our commitment to increase and further
develop approaches and practice around personalisation, ensuring
self-directed support is the first consideration for those who draw
on social care support.

c.    
Note actions (that have not yet been completed) that
will drive positive change and offer more choice and control for
people who self-direct their own support.

9.3

Reasons for
Decision

9.3.1

Empowering people to take control of their lives
and enabling those who happen to require social care support is the
right thing to do. We know this not only because the people we
support tell us but also because the right to personalised support
and the option self-direct has been enshrined in law for both
Adults and Children’s & Young Peoples social care
services. Our vision and commitment to people was and continues to
be:
 
 “Together,
we will be bold, brave, and ambitious in our approach to
Personalisation and Direct Payments. We will listen to, and work
together with, people receiving their own personal budget, council
and health staff, and partners. Together, creating ways of working
that are simple, easy to use and transparent. We will make sure
people are able to try new things and feel safe when making their
own choices about the support they have. People will know what
their personal budget is to help them plan better. To achieve this,
we will build vibrant and innovative communities, a strong offer
for personal assistants and a marketplace that reflects what people
want. Our staff will have a deep understanding about
personalisation, the values that underpin it.”

9.4

Alternatives Considered and
Rejected

9.4.1

Alternative Option 1: Withdraw the
Personalisation and Direct Payments Strategy Delivery Plan –
Rejected as the offer of personalised support and Direct Payments
are statutory duties within
The Care Act 2014, Care and Support (Direct
Payments) Regulations 2014, Care and Support Statutory Guidance
issued with the Care Act 2014, Children and Families Act
2014