Dynamite In Control of My Future

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DynamiteIn Control of My Future
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IMPORTANT

• A chance to learn first
• No commitment to taking control at the end of
  the project
• A real chance to think about how life can or
  could be if you and your family have more control
  over how money is spent on your support and the
  services you receive

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What is the Dynamite project all about?

• Using this new way of working to move control
  much closer to the person and those closest to
  them
• Introducing self-directed support

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Big change means starting small

• Dynamite is about supporting a small number of
  young people and their families to have a go at
  working this way

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• 18 months work aimed at supporting 8 young
  people with support from their families (and
  those closest to them) in making an informed
  choice about taking control of the funds
  presently supporting them

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How things work at present
How self-directed support work
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• Complete a simple assessment
• The assessment result equates to an allocation of
  resource
• This is your allocation

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• Write a Support Plan with support and
  information
• The Support Plan is based on the young person and
  informed by those closest
• Theres a supported decision making part to the
  plan
• Your facilitator can help you

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• When the plan is complete it needs to be signed
  off so that the money can be made available for
  making the plan real

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• There are lots of ways money can be managed on
  behalf of the young person it could go to a
  separate bank account, it could be managed by an
  organisation, it could stay in the local
  authority but you would still have control over
  how it was used

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• Now you can start finding the people who are
  going to support you
• The person you have asked to be your facilitator
  can help you

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• You can recruit the people you want to support
  you you can help with interviewing
• If you chose a service to do this you can still
  have a part in identifying the people who you
  want to support you

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• You will have someone to call in case of
  emergency and you will have reviews, maybe a bit
  more often at the beginning

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Questions
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Step 1 May 2006 August 2006
Making a start

• Each young person and their family have an
  Individual Budget of 200.00
• Each young person has someone who will support
  them and those closest in making a support plan
  using the 200 they can choose how and when
  they want to access their 10 hours of support
• Using this money gives the young person a chance
  to have a go at something different, something
  that they really want to try

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Your role as a Facilitator

• To become familiar with the Top Tips booklet
• To support the young person and their family to
  use In The Driving Seat as a basis of their
  support plan for spending their 200
• To support the young person and their family so
  that the support plan can be signed off by the
  end of June and that they can use their money by
  the end of August

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Next Steps

• Come along to the session with families next
  week, if you can, so that you and the families
  can decide together if you are a good match. If
  you cant come, please speak to us about how we
  can help you to meet up
• Spend time with them to start the support plan
• Come along to the drop in session at the
  beginning of June to ask questions, share ideas
• Phone us if you need to or just want a chat

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Remember

• It is ok to feel unsure
• We are here to offer lots of help and advice ..
• We are all learning together
• Enjoy the experience!