Step 2

Identification of Lead Commissioner/Care Manager

Q1 What is the indicative finance / joint funding for this commissioned service?

The commissioning maze: Commissioning community care services. Accounts Commission for Scotland (1997)
http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/local/pre1999/nr_971117_commissioning_maze.pdf

Understanding the Funding Maze: A Guide To Funding Sources For Community Care and Support Services. Joint Improvement Team (2006) Can be downloaded from:
http://www.jitscotland.org.uk/action-areas/housing/

JIT (2007) Improving Outcomes: Guidelines 2007 Improving Outcomes: Guidelines to support the use of evidence in commissioning services for individuals with learning disabilities. Available from http://www.jitscotland.org.uk/

Department of Health (2009) Departmental Report. The Health and Personal Social Services Programmes
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31777002/Department-of-Health-Departmental-Report-2009

Scottish Government (2006) Practical advice on joint resourcing and joint management - Scottish Government
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/ care/JointFuture/Publications/PracticalAdvice

Scottish Government (2004) Practical advice on joint Single shared assessment - Scottish Executive
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1095/0014704.pdf

Joint Future Unit and COSLA (2006) Political/corporate governance arrangements for joint resourcing and joint management of community care services http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/care/ JointFuture/Publications/Governance

Scottish Government/ Audit Scotland/COSLA (2007) Governance for Joint Services Principles and Advice
http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/chp/GovernanceforjointServices.pdf

Scottish Executive (2002) A Guide to Receiving Direct Payments in Scotland.
http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/publications/grdps/grdps-01.htm

Scottish Government (2010) Self-Directed Support: A National Strategy for Scotland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/02/05133942/0

Enable (2009) Self-directed support: A guide for family carers of people with learning disabilities. http://www.enable.org.uk/docs/being_in_charge_self_directed_support.pdf

Campbell, M. (2009) Commissioning services for people with learning disabilities in Scotland: linking evidence and practice. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37, 1, 28-33.

Beadle-Brown J. (2002) Direct Payments for People with Severe Learning Disabilities: A Service Case Study and Implications for Policy. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 7, 4, 1 10-16.

Talking Points, Personal Outcomes Approach to Assessment, Care Planning and Review http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/publications/CC2008_03.pdf

Department of Health (2004) Direct Choices - What councils need to make direct payments happen for people with learning disabilities http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/ PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4081030

Department of Health (2009) Core guidance and Regulations. Guidance on direct payments for community care, services for carers and children's services: England 2009 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/ SocialCare/Socialcarereform/Personalisation/Directpayments/DH_076522

Riddell, S., Priestley, M., Pearson, C., Mercer, G., Barnes, C., Jolly, D. & Williams, V. (2006) Disabled People and Direct Payments: A UK Comparative Study ESRC Award RES-000-23-0263 http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/projects/UKdirectpayments/UKDPfinal.pdf

Cameron, A (2006) An evaluation of the Supporting People Health Pilots. School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol/ Department for Communities and Local Government London SW1E 5DU
Available at: http://www.spkweb.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A7BF3C35-A788-4D1B-97DA-7BE28AB91FA1/10027/EvaluationPeopleReportBM.pdf

Research in Practice for Adults (2007) How can local authorities increase the take-up of Direct Payment schemes to adults with learning disabilities?
http://www.ripfa.org.uk/publications/outlines/outlinesPDF/3.pdf

Working in Partnership Programme/NHS (2008) A framework for commissioning support for self care.
This framework sets out how self care support fits with existing commissioning approaches and some additional techniques that may be less familiar.
http://www.selfcareconnect.co.uk/uploads/commissioning_framework.pdf

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2006) The value added by community involvement in governance.

Looked at participant experience of value added by community involvement in governance through Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) in England. Although not specific to people with learning disabilities, the benefits, costs and difficulties identified have lessons for community engagement in other governance structures, particularly those also including professionals and multi-agency groups. http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/government/0406.asp

Home Office Online Reports 53 /04. (2004) What works in community involvement in area based initiatives? A systematic review of the literature. University of Bristol and University of Glasgow http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/rdsolr5304.pdf

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