Self-Directed Support in Northern Ireland

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Self Directed Support
in Northern Ireland

Dr Simon Duffy ￭ The Centre for Welfare Reform ￭ Belfast ￭
27th J...

Dr Simon Duffy

• 22 years working on reforming welfare
systems, especially with people with learning
difficulties and...

Key messages

1.Make SDS your own
2.SDS is not Direct Payments
3.Keep it simple and clear
4.Include everyone in it
5.Use y...

1. Make SDS your own

SDS is not that new

international progress, but
no panaceas...
• Scotland, England, Australia, US,
Europe...

• much we can learn from the
d...

Place N Change

6 Sites Phase I Report 60 -18%

17 Sites Phase II Report 128 -9%

13...

real problems in England
1.Hidden services, hidden budgets
2.Increasing bureaucracy & control
3.Poor engagement with commu...

What is this really about?

Citizenship

think about citizenship...
Above all, I think the idea of
citizenship should remain at the centre
of modern political deba...

System spends
people’s money for
them on things
they wouldn’t buy
for themselves

Find your own language!

Do it the Northern Irish way

2. SDS is not Direct Payments

But it really should build on
Direct Payments

Not Direct Payments,
because
1. It’s about entitlements - not cash
2. It’s about the right point of control
3. It’s about ...

clear entitlements - up-front

different ways to control a budget

returning to the values of social work

personalised solutions

universal system

Implementation should build
on expertise of Direct
Payments workers and
support systems

3. Keep it simple and clear

1. Entitlements - clear and quick
2. Rules - minimal
3. Systems - simple and efficient

Don’t RAS - use simple tiers

or existing budgets

right to be a citizen
“I have a right to live my life in a way that
1. In...

Avoid layering systems on
systems, like

Sedimentary rock

SDS Processes
Support Planning
RAS
Care Management
Protection/Safeguarding Resp...

4. Include everyone

schools

Jonathan’s story
For the 3 years before 150 days in hospital -
responding to problems with breathing.
In the 3 years after...

services

use Individual Service Funds

advocacy

people

The real innovators are
disabled people & their families

John O’Brien

5. Use your Real Wealth

Real Wealth

from push to pull economics

flexibility creates efficiency

We need to recognise the Real
Wealth of our communities

Work with what you’ve already got

communities are not products

New money, training, jobs often
becomes a distraction

The real change is cultural -
playing by a new set of rules

You can’t start playing a new
game incrementally...

you must stop playing cricket
and start playing rugby...

even if (to...

A rabbi asked his students how they
could tell when the dawn had come and
morning prayers could be said. One
student respo...

For more information go to
www.centreforwelfarereform.org

These slides are © Simon Duffy 2012 ￭ Publisher is The...

1. What are people’s rights

2. How to take the fear away

3. Good places to extend SDS

Key themes for citizens:

1. Choice - what suits me
2. Equality - full participation in life
3. Freedom - it’s what I dec...

Key themes for professionals:

1. Use real stories - pivotal impact
2. Citizens are your best champions - in their own
...

Good places to go next:

1. Full implementation - regionally
2. One set of rules for NI
3. Build on work of Southern Trust...

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