Personalisation

Direct Payments for people with mental health problems

Direct payments give people more choice and control over the support they receive, enabling them to live independently. Direct payments are available when people would otherwise be offered directly provided services to help with housing, employment, education, social activities as well as for domestic and daily living tasks and personal assistance.

Produced by the North East, Yorkshire and Humber Regional Development Centre, this film features clips of people telling their story of how direct payments have helped them.

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Direct Payments with Bee and Bertie

Short film funded by the Care Services Improvement Programme (CSIP).

This video aims to increase the uptake of Direct Payments to improve independent living for people disabled by their mental health impairment.

This film is dedicated to the star of the film, Bee, who provided training on Direct Payments in Bromley during 2008, and who recently sadly passed away.

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Personalisation and mental health

The video, produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence's own TV channel, Social Care TV, is introduced by Tracy Simpson of Develop partner Community Options.

Tracy gives a practitioner perspective on personalisation, emphasising that service user and carer participation, co-production and empowerment are vital. The video introduces the work of support, time and recovery (STR) workers and shows how by giving support and time to service users they can promote recovery.

Personalisation has implications for practitioners; instead of ‘treating’ people, they will need to focus on enabling and supporting the individual. The video also looks at personal budgets for people with mental health problems.

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Personalisation stories

From the Department of Health's website, you can find stories and videos from people who have been part of the Individual Budgets Pilot Programme.

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