Here is a belated update from our July meeting.
In this meeting we worked on our shared principles of Citizen Directed Support. This was particularly important in preparation for a workshop Swansea Social Services was organising to look at the transformation of Social Services in Swansea in the light of the personalisation agenda.
We put together these 5 principles, which are still evolving with continuing discussion.
- Personal Control – People are supported to maximise their control of the assistance and services that they use to live their lives in the community.
- Mutual Support – People are supported and encouraged to develop, and be part of, communities around them within which they are inter-dependent and mutually supportive of each other’s needs and abilities.
- Shared Communication – People are supported to communicate with each other, interest groups, and with agencies in an equal and open fashion, this communication supports collaboration and coordination.
- Valuing Relationships – Individuals who use, support and deliver services are trusted and valued as builders and contributors.
- Shared Outcomes – Outcomes for services and support are agreed and reviewed by people who use, support and deliver services. These outcomes support successful lives, and sustainable services & communities.
We also went on to discuss the action research experiments that we want to develop to explore these themes of sustainable social care. We will publish the detail of these experiments as they form.
The programme for this meeting can be downloaded here Meeting of the 21st July 2009
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