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This section contains self direct produced documents and other information that is particularly to self direct and self direct people (see our terms and conditions re Access, use and download of Website and copyright)

  • Word of mouth (83.85kb)

    This is a few of the comments delegates have made about what they found useful about the 2 day event 'Helping providers to change'

  • Vivienne Gilman, My Support Plan (353kb)

    This is Vivienne Gilman's Support Plan. Vivienne is self direct's Independent Living Expert.

  • self direct Speakers (0.51MB)

    If you need a speaker, members of the self direct team have been invited to speak at conferences, events and meetings across the
    UK and in Australia.
    Expertise includes speaking about Personalisation, Citizen Leadership, Family Involvement, Creative Support Planning, PATH Planning, Provider Change, Transformation of the social and health market-place, Developing Social Enterprise,Training Personal Assistants, Aligning Policies & Procedure, Building Resilience,Strategic Planning and much more to take forward this new approach.

  • Outcomes Planning (0.53MB)

    A one day workshop for professionals who want to approach support planning
    with a difference.
    A day facilitated by self direct people who have personal experience of outcome focused, imaginative support planning and of how good and bad support planning can affect the lives of people who need support.

  • Mentoring Programme, Gear Up (0.77MB)

    Mentoring Programme for people working in the social and health care sector that want to have one to one support to make the changes necessary to implement Personalisation.

  • Institutionalised Hate Crime, who's accountable? (249kb)

    OPEN LETTER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PAUL BURSTOW MP, MINISTER OF STATE FOR CARE SERVICES

  • Helping providers to change order form (77.5kb)

    Helping providers to change order form

  • Helping providers to change (3.29MB)

    This book contains useful information to help providers think about the challenges and opportunities that personalisation presents. Simon Duffy, Director of The Centre for Welfare Reform says "Helping Providers to Change is a book by Self Direct that focuses on the work necessary to help service providers change and to develop more personalised forms of support. It is packed full of useful information, stories, case studies and statistics. Any of the 27,000 service providers who currently provide social care will find it a useful resource."