Self-Directed Support Scotland Conference

With the Self-Directed Support Bill due to be launched by the Scottish Parliament this year, it is clear that implementing this approach to delivering care is a priority across Scotland.

Capita’s National Self-Directed Support Scotland Conference brings together the key policy makers setting this agenda, along with the organisations and individuals that are empowering people to direct their own care. As the personalisation agenda shifts the emphasis of support from the service to the service-user, an adaptable and responsive approach is required to deal with changes to funding, organisational structure and service delivery. Our expert speakers, including two Self-Directed Support Pilot Councils, will give you up to date feedback on the challenges and approaches that have arisen so far.

This conference is timed to address the key issues involved in the implementation of Self-Directed Support including:

• Effective working across partner agencies including integrating health, housing and social care provision
• How to establish and embed an outcomes-focused approach
• Utilising the expertise of the third sector in the provision of social care

Take this opportunity to address the important challenges faced in delivering Self-Directed Support and enhance your own strategy and delivery of this crucial national agenda.

Hear from the Scottish Government on the progress of the Bill and how Self-Directed Support will be rolled out across the country

• Learn from one of the three pilot areas on how to deliver positive organisational change through the implementation of new IT and structural services
• Gain insight into the role Local Authorities will have to play in the education of individuals on how to best utilise their individual budgets
• Recognise the importance of how eligibility to social care fits alongside Self-Directed Support
• Explore the opportunities Self-Directed Support presents for enabling users to take positive risks in the care they choose
• Understand the responsibilities faced by people employing personal assistants and how the quality of provision of care can be maintained during this process