The document discusses personalization strategies in Gloucestershire, England, focusing on: 1. Starting from how people wish to lead their lives and having a vision for the future. Gloucestershire's 10-year vision aims for equal opportunities and participation for disabled children. 2. Enabling people to determine how to achieve the vision through coproduction, where decision-makers work with disabled people and families as equal partners. 3. Developing local community assets by working with providers on inclusion and grants, and building welcoming communities to provide natural supports.

1. Making it personal in
Gloucestershire
Alison Cathles
strategic commissioner for disabled children
Gloucestershire County Council

2. Personalisation starts from how people
wish to lead their lives, focuses on
outcomes, and then enables people to
determine what assets they and their local
communities have, how they can be
further developed and how services can
best support them to achieve their goals

4. • Starting from how people wish to lead their
lives - having a vision
• Enabling people to determine how to
achieve the vision - coproduction
• Developing the assets of the local
community – working with providers
and communities

5. Starting from how people wish
to lead their lives
having a vision

6. 10 Year Vision 2007-2017
• Opportunity for a good life is equal for disabled and non-disabled
children
• All disabled children and young people are able to take part in the
world around them
• Staff in all services are confident about working with disabled
children and young people
• Children, young people and families are in the driving seat
• We build on people’s strengths and contribution
• There is a clear pathway into adult life

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8. Building Better Lives policy 2014-2024
1. Early Help
2. Inclusion
3. Independence
4. Contribution
5. Shared responsibility
6. Personalisation through choice & control
7. Coordination of a whole life approach
Sevencoreprinciples

9. Enabling people to determine
how to achieve the vision
coproduction

10. What is co-production?
Co-production means making something happen together.
Co-production is the way decision makers and the
important people in someone’s life will work with people
with disabilities, carers and equality groups to improve
their lives.
Gloucestershire’s service providers, County Council staff,
and partner organisations will work with people with
disabilities and carers as equal partners in the design,
development, commissioning, delivery, monitoring and
review of support and services.

11. Gloucestershire’s Co-production
Charter
• The Building Better Lives policy includes an intention to
fundamentally change the relationship between the Council
and the disability community in Gloucestershire. It talks about
us all working together; valuing the skills and including the
talents and input of disabled people and their loved ones.
• Gloucestershire County Council, staff and partner
organisations are committed to developing co-production and
want to develop more equal partnerships with people.
• This Co-production Charter sets out our shared commitment
to a new way of working.

13. Coproduction in commissioning
An example of commissioning of short breaks by
parents
What’s the LA commissioning role?
Finding ways to make it possible

14. Developing the assets of the
local community
working with providers and
communities

15. Developing assets: providers
• Market development
• Inclusion Needs You training
• Inclusion Grants

16. • Building welcoming communities and natural
supports
• All-age commissioning
Developing assets: the local
community