Risk, safeguarding and personal budgets: exploring relationships and identifying good practice

Martin Stevens; Fiona Jane Aspinal; J Woolham; Jill Manthorpe; Shereen Hussein; Kritika Samsi; Kate Baxter; Mohamed Ismail

Risk, safeguarding and personal budgets: exploring relationships and identifying good practice

Martin Stevens, Fiona Jane Aspinal, J Woolham, Jill Manthorpe, Shereen Hussein, Kritika Samsi, Kate Baxter, Mohamed Ismail

Social Policy Research Unit

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

There are fears that people using Personal Budgets (PBs), particularly Direct Payments (DPs), to arrange their care and support may be at greater risk of abuse and neglect than people using conventionally commissioned care services, particularly if they hire unregulated care workers, or rely on relatives or others to manage their money. However, there are predictions that PBs may enhance safety through increasing people's control over their own care. This study aimed to establish whether people using Direct Payments or Managed Personal Budgets are: more likely to be referred to the council with a safeguarding concern compared with people using conventional services, at higher risk of certain types of abuse.

Original language	English
Type	Research summary
Publisher	NIHR School for Social Care Research
Number of pages	4
Place of Publication	London
Publication status	Published - 2014

Publication series

Name	SSCR Research Findings
Publisher	NIHR School for Social Care Research
No.	RF41

Keywords

adult social care
personalisation
personal budgets
direct payments
risk
safeguarding
abuse
choice and control

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RF41Final published version, 294 KB

http://php.york.ac.uk/inst/spru/pubs/2855/

NIHR SSCR: Risk, Safeguarding and Personal Budgets: Exploring Relationships and Identifying Good Practice
Baxter, K. & Aspinal, F. J.
1/05/12 → 30/04/14
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

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Risk, safeguarding and personal budgets: exploring relationships and identifying good practice

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