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Main Content: Making personalisation possible for carers
SCIE (Social Care Institue for Excellence) in conjunction with Carers UK has published a new briefing about personalisation and carers.
“If personalisation doesn’t work for carers, then it doesn’t work at all.”
A new briefing launched this week by SCIE at the Carers UK conference highlights the implications of personalised care for carers. Carers provide unpaid care by looking after family members or friends; personalisation offers new ways of supporting carers and the people that they look after.
SCIE says that councils should be leading the way by ensuring adequate assessment and support is available to meet carers’ needs. Carers can request a carer’s assessment. In some circumstances local authorities have a duty to take carer’s needs into account when looking at what services to provide. For instance, the carer may need support so that they can have time to study.
SCIE’s Director of Adult Services, David Walden, says:
“The millions of carers who support friends and family are absolutely essential to the delivery and the future of social care. But they also need personalised support to enable them to have a life beyond caring. Local authorities have a statutory duty to assess their needs and provide support if they provide very substantial levels of care. This may include increasing the formal care provided to their loved one or providing a direct payment to the carer to purchase their own support. Personalisation is not about passing on responsibilities to carers. Indeed, if personalisation doesn’t work for carers, then it doesn’t work at all.”
Get the briefing at www.scie.org.uk