Combining asset-based innovations to deliver whole system change within adult services
Jerry Tew In progress
Jerry Tew In progress
Quite often care services have not been giving people the sorts of lives that they want – and there is now much less funding for such services. In response to this, some Councils are bringing in new approaches to help vulnerable adults to have better lives, with closer relationships with friends and family, and better support from the communities in which they live. These are generally called asset or strength-based approaches, and they focus particularly on seeing what people and resources are available, what people want to do and can do for themselves (perhaps with some additional assistance) and what they are able to offer to each other.
Some of these Councils are now beginning to find that one asset or strength-based approach on its own may not change things very much, and so they are starting to try out combinations of new approaches at once, to see if this can bring about a real change in how things are done.
The aim of the project is to provide local authorities with evidence about how to, and how not to, use different combinations of asset/strength-based approaches to provide social care in their communities.
By examining how different local authorities use these combinations, the project also aims to use this evidence to help improve and develop social care policy and how it can be rolled out in the community.
This study involves:
The case studies will consist of: