Like everyone, for people who use services, being able to take positive risks is an essential part of living a full and independent life. Personalisation aims to promote more independent and fulfilling lives by giving people who use services more choice and control over their care and support. Personal budgets, with the option of direct payments, are a way of achieving this. However, social care organisations and practitioners can face challenges in balancing personalisation with their professional duty to manage risk and keep people safe.

To view research on this carried out by the Social Care Institute for Excellence and published in November 2010, please click on the attachments below:-

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Scie report Enabling risk.pdf	393.34 KB
Scie report At a glance Enabling risk.pdf	80.42 KB