Community Care Live 2013 - #cclive13

In its 17th year, Community Care Live 2013 is a free-of-charge event for all qualified social work professionals. You can hear representatives from TLAP speak at the sessions below and follow the latest conference updates on twitter (#cclive13).

Tuesday 21 May

Room 4 - 12.45 - 1.30pm
Personalisation and Personal Health Budgets
From 2014, all people eligible for continuing healthcare will be offered a personal health budget; and all people will have the right to ask for one. This session will share learning from work so far. Delegates who attend this workshop will:
• Increase their understanding of the evaluation results of the personal health budget pilots and plans for the future
• Hear directly a personal lived experience of using personal health budgets
• Be updated on plans to further work on integrating health and social care at an individual level through personal budgets.
Martin Routledge (TLAP), Zoe Porter (NHS England), Linnet McIntyre (Peoplehub).

Wednesday 22 May

ROOM 4 10.15 - 11am
National Personal Budgets survey
Personal budget numbers are steadily increasing, but in the context of forthcoming legislation making them compulsory, it's critical to ensure they deliver and improve the outcomes and experiences of the people who need care and support. Delegates who attend this workshop will:
• Hear the results of the 2013 National Personal Budgets survey, which is being launched the same day
• Increase their understanding of progress made to date in work being undertaken to improve delivery of personal budgets to older people
• Hear directly a personal lived experience of the impact personal budgets has made to an older person's life, and that of their family
Martin Routledge (TLAP), Liz Howard (Sheffield City Council), Anita Smith (carer)

12.30 - 2pm
CAN PERSONALISATION FOR DISABLED ADULTS SURVIVE CUTS TO SERVICES?
Rising eligibility thresholds, reduced funding and bureaucratic processes within local authorities are undermining the personalisation agenda's ability to provide real choice and control to disabled adults. This debate session will look at whether personalisation remains viable and innovations to deliver sufficient and more effective care and support to adults in need.
• Sam Bennett, Director, Think Local Act Personal
• Sue Bott, Director Policy and Development, Disability Rights UK
• Sian Lockwood OBE, Chief Executive, Community Catalysts CIC

2.00pm - 3.30pm
REFORMING THE ROLE OF ADULTS' SOCIAL WORKERS
The role of adult social workers remains in question, particularly with the move from some council's to replace social workers with non-qualified staff. This debate will explore the future role of a social worker in adults' services and where their skills are most effectively used.
• Patricia Kearney, Director of Innovation and Development, Social Care Institute for Excellence
• Martin Routledge, Lead for Self Directed Support, Think Local Act Personal
• Bernard Walker, Chair, Adults Faculty, The College of Social Work