Finding the things you can change

Permission to Dream / #SDSdream15

4 March 2015, Edinburgh

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Background
Series of events last year ahead of the
SDS Act
Wide range of people
Rich and engaging conversations from different
perspectives

Painted a picture of how things currently

are

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The picture
Few people thought health and social
care system was working for people with
mental health problems
Not just social care and health
Housing, employment, welfare support,
stigma, arts and culture

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The picture

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The question
How do we make things better?
SDS Act
A major part of the answer
Empower people to have control and responsibility
Offering people different choices for organising their
care

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South of the border

Big increase in personalisation, through
Personal Budgets
But look under the surface and majority
were council-arranged services
Why?
Resource Allocation Systems
Menus of choices
Panels
A fundamental change in mindset?
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South of the border

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Which brings us to Henry Ford

If you always do what youve always done,

youll always get what youve always got

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People who use services

Know your rights
Think about what you want in your life
Work back from this
Dont start with just support

Work in partnership with professionals

Find out friends experiences and share
your own
Be practically creative (or creatively
practical)
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Frontline practitioners
Ask yourself: How many people this week
have I supported to do something
differently?
Constantly ask yourself: how is what Im
doing now different to what I did before?
If not, whats getting in the way?
and what can I do to change it?

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Frontline practitioners
Work in partnership with people
Start with conversations - think beyond
the paperwork
Think of ends, not means
Risk management wasnt as difficult as I
imagined

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Team managers
Create space and time for people to share
learning and talk through questions
Trust your staff
Support your staff
Training, supervision

Support your senior leaders

Understanding, ambitions

Risk management wasnt as difficult as I

imagined
Create space and time to build relationships
with providers and support services
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Commissioners / senior managers

Get good information in place for everyone
Including staff and providers
Including real-life examples

Identify and support SDS champions

Create space / time to work with all providers
Create a positive feedback loop to change
patterns of spending
Ensure independent advocacy/support is in place
Value and seek input from all different
perspectives
Including co-production with people who use services

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Other ideas
Getting There:
http://www.gettingtheresds.com/wp-content/uplo
ads/2014/02/SDS-and-mental-health-Background-P
aper-3.pdf
JRF:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/1841961388.pdf
SCIE:
http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/ataglance/at
aglance18.asp
NDTi:
http://www.ndti.org.uk/uploads/files/New_Paths_t
o_Personalisation_(NDTi,_April_2013).pdf
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Being a persuasive individual

Pressure and constraints in the mental
health system
People think things are beyond their
control
Progress is where as many people as
possible take the opportunity to do
something different
no matter how small a change they personally
make
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Disagreeing with Henry Ford

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Reflecting on Henry Ford

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Contact us
www.ndti.org.uk

@rich_w

ndti.org.uk

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