This document discusses personalization and where it is going. It summarizes that over 2,500 families now have more choice and control over their support, and government policy now champions a more personalized approach. However, personalization is still in its early stages and more work needs to be done. Going forward, organizations need to work together with the focus on being child, young person and family centered. The risk of not taking a personalized approach is that the needs of the individual may not be properly met.

1. Personalisa*on:
what
have
we
done?
…where
are
we
going?
Nic
Crosby
Director
Children
and
Young
People
February
2015

3. Where
should
we
start?
• How
do
we
make
decisions
and
get
the
support
we
need…?
….for
those
of
us
as
parents
how
do
we
decide
what
is
right
or
not
for
our
child,
which
school
or
college,
what
to
do
on
a
Saturday
morning,
what
happens
if
you’re
going
to
be
late
home
from
work?
….most
young
people
are
able
to
think
about
their
future
in
terms
of
who
they
wish
to
spend
Ime
with,
where
they
might
like
to
live
in
the
future,
what
job
they
may
want…
…..and
yet!!!!!

4. Personalisa*on
is……..
• StarIng
with
the
child,
young
person
and
their
family
/
those
closest
to
them……
• SupporIng
them
to
think
about
their
life
and
how
they
would
choose
to
live
it
and
designing
with
them
the
support
they
need
to
do
this……

5. ‘Personalisa*on’
gets
a
bad
name…..L
….in
other
words
giving
children,
young
people
and
families
choice
and
control
gets
a
bad
name
• …it’s
all
about
budgets,
RAS,
care
and
support
planning
• …it’s
just
another
way
of
cuNng
budgets
and/or
taking
money
away
from
schools/colleges
or
where
its
most
needed
• …it’s
a
way
of
geNng
families
to
do
more
and
the
state
to
do
less
• …it
drasIcally
increases
safeguarding
issues
• …it’s
leO
wing,
right
wing,
privaIsaIon……

6. What’s
a
bit
of
hard
work
when
it
can
make
so
much
difference…..
……a
job
shared….?
…..this
is
why
we
are
here
today!

7. If
that’s
what
personalisa*on
is
what
has
been
done…….
• Over
2,500
families
and
young
people
having
more
choice
and
control
over
their
support
and
how
they
live
their
lives
….many
parents
and
young
people
talking
about
the
difference
this
has
made
to
them
in
a
very
posiIve
way
• Government
policy
–
Children
and
Families
Act,
Care
Act,
NHS
mandates…….
The
list
goes
on
now
all
championing
a
more
personalised
approach
to
supporIng
different
groups…..
• Workforce
development
programmes
built
around
a
focus
on
child/family
and
person
centred
approaches

8. ….and
its
not
just
about
one
group
of
children
and
young
people

9. So…..
• We’ve
done
a
good
job
in
geNng
started
• We’ve
only
just
touched
the
surface
of
the
potenIal
of
personalisaIon
and
the
work
which
needs
to
be
done
• We
need
to
work
together
……the
CYPPN!!
(or
maybe
we’ll
have
a
snappier
name
by
the
end
of
the
day
…
how
daring
will
we
be!!!!)
This
is
simply
about
children,
young
people
and
families
having
choice
over
how
they
live
their
life
and
control
over
how
they
are
supported
to
do
so
….common
sense
an
very
simple

10. The
RISK……….
Thomas
Rawnsley
Thomas
died
on
Wednesday
aOernoon,
4th
February
2015
Paula,
Thomas’s
mum
is
happy
for
us
to
share
this
photo
as
a
reminder
of
the
risk
of
not
listening
to
those
who
love
and
care
for
their
child….the
risk
of
not
being
young
person
and
family
centred