A team from the Care Services Improvement Partnership gave the sites support. Changing from how things are set up now, to a system where Local Authorities can give people individual budgets meant some massive system changes - so the team was there to help them with this. They did this by

• giving sites help and advice,
  
• bringing in other people who could help - including from the In Control programme
  
• bringing together people from the sites to share ideas and solve problems and
  
• taking issues that the sites said were getting in their way to the government departments who had responsibility for them.
  
  Some of the written guidance produced for the sites can be found in the library section of this website.
  
  To find out more, read the CSIP Implementation Plan Stage 4.
  
  

The team were:

Martin Routledge - National Programme Manager for the CSIP Self Directed Support Social Care Team. He previously worked for the Valuing People Support Team as the North West adviser.

Zoe Porter - Deputy Programme Manager for the CSIP Self Directed Support Social Care Team. Zoe was the Head of Planning Resources and Communication for the Valuing People Support Team before this.

Barney Stevenson - Programme Coordinator. Barney used to work for the Integrating Community Equipment Services national implementation team.

Sheila Stirling - Programme Administrator.

Carey Bamber (part time) - Self Directed Support lead for CSIP North West. Carey previously worked for the National Institute for Mental Health in England.

Dawn Stobbs - seconded part time from CSIPs Physical Disability and Sensory Impairment Team where she is the North East, Yorkshire and Humber Regional Representative.

Steve Strong - previously he was the Valuing People Support Team advisor for the South West

Judith Whittam - used to work for the Change Agent Team and has a background in older peoples' services and workforce development.

Katy Murray - previously worked as Individual Budgets project manager for Essex.

Martin Cattermole - was previously managing the Getting to Grips with the Money Programme.

Robin Murray-Neill - works for the CSIP Self Directed Support programme and shares the direct payments lead with Bernadette Simpson who also works for the Physical Disabilities and Sensory Impairment Team.

If you'd like to get in touch, please email Sheila Stirling or call 0161 237 2952.

Support from In Control

Many of the changes the sites are trying to make are also being tried and tested as part of the In Control programme. We linked in closely to the on-going learning from In Control and asked people from In Control to work with the sites to help figure out solutions to problems. Find out more about the work of In Control from the In Control website.

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