This handbook will be a practical guide to the implementation of personalisation in adult social care services. The content will consider how people can make sure that transformation happens, and how users can be enabled to take more control over their own support and their lives.

Chapter contributors include local authority staff, people who need additional support to get on with their lives, families providers and regulators. The handbook aims to represent everyone who has a stake in a new personalised system and will act as a platform for the discussion of shared experiences and learning.

Contents include :

• Commissioning the right support and skills
• Creating a personalisation culture
• Planning services within an individualised market
• Managing personal budget
• The family's experience
• Transition
• Engaging with a wider workforce: personal assistants and beyond
• Personalisation and the NHS
• How to manage risk
• Making choices: providing information and advice
• What does personalisation mean for suppliers and providers?

Professionals within the social care sector are required to undertake Continuous Professional Development (CPD) by the General Social Care Council (GSCC). Those who use this resource will be able to gain CPD points.

Vital Information for: all those engaged in personalisation work, such as local authority staff, providers, families and regulators.

Format: handbook (approx 200pp)