It is arguable that the most important local government change project happening now is happening in Oldham. It is their individualised budgets (In Control) project, the most advanced of a flotilla of national schemes around individualised budgets. This concept moves the boundary between state and citizen, between state and the making of the self. Its headlines are:
- This is a social work of ability, not disability.
- This mission is to change the organisation of social care so that people who need support can take more control of their own lives and fulfill their role as full citizens: the complete transformation of social care into a system of Self-Directed Support.
- Oldham now has 60% of its service users on individual budgets, equating to about 1,700.
The full report prepared by Professor Peter Kawalek and myself is now ready to download. Please click on the link below to read the report or left-click and download. I hope you like the formatting!
Unpacking Service Transformation – Oldham In Control
I also have video segments from my conversations with Michael and Jayne, but they have not yet been approved. I hope to have news on this soon. It is compelling stuff.
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