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This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development's QCF Assessment Principles.
Understand the meaning of personalisation in social care
Define the term ‘personalisation’ as it applies in social care
Explain how personalisation can benefit individuals
Explain the relationship between rights, choice and personalisation
Identify legislation and other national policy documents that promote personalisation
Understand systems that support personalisation
List local and national systems that are designed to support personalisation
Describe the impact that personalisation has on the process of commissioning social care
Explain how direct payments and individual budgets support personalisation
Understand how personalisation affects the way support is provided
Explain how person centred thinking, person centred planning and person centred approaches support personalisation
Describe how personalisation affects the balance of power between individuals and those providing support
Give examples of how personalisation may affect the way an individual is supported from day to day
Understand how to implement personalisation
Analyse the skills, attitudes and approaches needed by those providing support or brokering services, in order to implement personalisation
Identify potential barriers to personalisation
Describe ways to overcome barriers to personalisation in day to day work
Describe types of support that individuals or their families might need in order to maximise the benefits of a personalised service