Community Care Conference Individual Budgets and Personalised care

April 30, 2008

Why attend this conference?This conference from Community Care will illustrate how you can implement personalised care in adult services. It will:

Evaluate individual budget pilots
Examine experiences of the self-assessment trials
Look at the consequences of decommissioning services
Explore the role of advocacy and brokerage

Key topics include:

Practical implementation of individual budgets
Personalising care for older people
Putting the individual in control
Telecare developments
Working with local authority partners to achieve excellent day opportunities
Personalisation, outcomes and service user involvement

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020 7347 3573

Chaired by:

Mark Ivory
Executive Editor, Community Care

Keynote Address:

Ivan Lewis MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care Services, Department of Health

Speakers:

Melanie Henwood
Melanie Henwood Associates

John Dixon
West Sussex County Council and ADASS

Peter Beresford
Shaping Our Lives, Brunel University

Martin Routledge
Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP)

Wendy Lowder
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Janet Crampton
Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP)

Sue Bott
National Centre for Independent Living

Neil Woodbridge
Thurrock Council

Annie Stevenson & Elizabeth Mclennan
Help the Aged

Julia Winter
In control

Dr Kevin Doughty
Centre for Usable Home Technology

Andrew Reece
Coventry City Council

Simon Stevens
Enable Enterprises

Benefits of attending


Learn about outcomes of individual budget pilots


Examine the progress of self-assessment trials


Understand the impact of commissioning new services and decommissioning others


Explore the role of advocacy and brokerage


Speak directly with the individual pilots sites about their experiences

Who should attend this event?


Commissioning managers in social care


Commissioning managers in health care


Operational managers in social care


Managers in health care


Directors of adult social services


Team leaders and senior practitioners from adult social services teams


Managers from health and social care service providers in the statutory, voluntary and private sectors


Sector professionals involved in child care proceedings


Practitioners and senior practitioners


Directors of public health


Practice-based commissioners

…………PRICES:

£199 + VAT (Voluntary Sector, Charities and Not-For-Profit Sector) for bookings received by Wednesday 12th March 2008

£249 + VAT (Voluntary Sector, Charities and Not-For-Profit Sector)

£299 + VAT (NHS and Public Sector) for bookings received by 12th March 2008

£349 + VAT (NHS and Public Sector)

Documentation only £99 (zero VAT) per pack – paper format