The changing shape of Imagineer
In the past few months, we have been responding to changes in the Health and Social Care sector and making decisions about the best way for Imagineer to continue offering Training, Support Brokerage and support for organisations in relation to Self Directed Support and Personalised Care. Since 2012, Imagineer has continuously flexed and changed shape […]
Why aren’t we seeing progress in Adult Social Care transformation?
Setting the scene In our recent conversations with other experienced and esteemed practitioners in the field of health and social care, a regular topic keeps coming up. Why aren’t we seeing real progress in Adult Social Care transformation? Why now is it still seen as ‘progress’ when a student Social Worker talks about a person […]
Change conversations
Our thoughts about the process of change We’ve been thinking a lot recently about how the neurological levels from Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) can really help to enable to change to happen authentically, and be lasting. Our founder, Liz Leach Murphy is a Neurolinguistic practitioner, and has incorporated her training and knowledge in this area into […]
People at the Heart of Care- our summary of the new White paper
On the 1st December 2021, the British government published the long-awaited White paper: ‘People at the Heart of Care’. Here is a link for you to read or download the full document. We think it’s really important that people are able to access and understand clear information about things which affect them. Below, we have […]
Small Supports programme- a Strengths-based approach to providing support
We talk about being person-centred in social care, but what does this mean in the context of supporting people with learning disabilities or autistic people to leave a long-stay hospital or assessment and treatment unit? When we talk to leaders in adult social care they openly admit “we can do better for people” with regards […]
Say goodbye to linear commissioning processes which lead to cycles of breakdown, crisis and trauma
Say hello to the flexible shape of Self Directed Support The majority of commissioning for Adult Health and Social Care is still focused on fixed and outdated service models which are determined and designed by profit-making service providers; squeezing individual and often complex needs into a broken system which is no longer fit for purpose. […]
Prime Minister’s announcement- Our response
Yesterday’s announcement Yesterday’s announcement (7th September 2021) by Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak & Sajid Javid demonstrates the lack of recognition of the social care crisis we have been experiencing for so many years. The announcement was to share the proposal for a 1.25% increase on National Insurance Contributions as a levy towards Health and Social […]
Carers Week 2021: Sarah’s story
Sarah’s story Here, Sarah shares some of her story about caring for her young adult daughter who is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Tell us about the person who you care for. How old are they? What sort of things do they need help/care with? I care for my daughter who is now 20 , […]
The three layers of Community
What do we mean, when we talk about ‘Community’? The word ‘community’ can mean different things to different people. We can talk about community as a group of people with a shared interest or set of beliefs such as a sports club or a faith community. We can describe community as a geographic area in […]
Care Act 2014: Knowing and understanding your rights
Do you know what your rights are under Care Act 2014? In the practice of Independent Support Brokerage we often have conversations with people who are accessing social care support for the first time and discover that they don’t have any awareness of their rights under the Care Act. This can make the whole process […]
Person-centred approaches in the care and support of older people
It’s quite common to hear about ‘person-centred approaches, ‘choice and control’, and ‘self-directed support’ in Adult Learning Disability and Autism services; but we don’t often hear about innovations and personalised approaches in the delivery of older people’s care and support arrangements. Imagineer has been delivering training in person-centred approaches including support brokerage for many years; […]
Choice and Control in Social Care and Support
How can a person experience real choice and control to implement good support which works well for them; in a system where professionals and provider services hold all of the power? Let’s look at an example: Harry is a young adult who has been in the Health and social care system since he experienced a […]