Personalisation resources and services

Personalisation briefing: implications for housing providers

In the third of our new series on personalisation for professionals, this briefing summarises the implications for housing providers.

A commissioner's guide to developing and sustaining user-led organisations

Part of Co-production

Resources created to support people with dementia, their carers and staff working in dementia services providing practical tips, tools and activities to help you in your work with dementia

Better life for older people with high support needs: the role of social care

This briefing summarises the seven challenges set out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF) A Better Life programme which will help older people with high support needs achieve a better quality of life. It identifies key SCIE resources that will support people working in social care address each of the challenges in their practice and relationships with older people with high support needs and achieve the overall aim of supporting choice, control and quality in their lives. The challenges cover: encouraging positive images of ageing; taking a person centred approach to care; encouraging importance of meaningful relationships; treating older people as equal stakeholders in their care and support services; allowing older people with high support needs to make decisions; and being open to innovative and new approaches of providing care and support.

Fair access to care services (FACS): prioritising eligibility for care and support

Fair Access to Care Services: a guide about prioritising eligibility for care and support

One page profile e-learning course

Part of e-Learning courses

This e-learning course will help you achieve excellent person-centred care and support by learning about and using one-page profiles.

Personalisation: a rough guide

Part of Personalisation

This guide covers personalisation in adult social care services

End of life care: why talking about death and dying matters

A personalised approach gives people moving towards the end of life a voice and influence over their care. This video for health and care staff looks at how personalised care can be achieved through the Living Well tool, which involves creating a one page profile to record a person’s needs and wishes.

Budgets and beyond: interim report

A review by SCIE and NEF of current policy and practice of personalisation and an analysis of the potential of co-production to improve outcomes for individuals;

Personalisation for someone with a physical disability

Part of Personalisation

This film for health and social care commissioners and staff, personal assistants and people who use services, introduces Stephen Page, a man with MS. Having a personal budget has enabled Stephen to continue to attend events which help him to lead his chosen life and preserve his personal identity.

Personalisation - making it happen: user-led organisations

Part of Personalisation

This film for social care and health commissioners and staff, and people who use services and their carers, highlights the importance of user-led organisations (ULOs) in delivering personalisation. ULOs support people to have independence, choice and control over their lives.