SDS and Risk and Capacity: Key Learning Points
- Supported decision making is key to ensuring people with impaired capacity can have as much choice and control over their support as possible while keeping safe.
- Bringing in advocacy at the start helps to ensure people are not assessed as lacking capacity to make any decisions. SDS and Capacity Checklist for Frontline Staff
- Frontline social workers need access to tools to help them explain SDS and assess for capacity in relation to the four SDS options.
- Pick ‘n’ Mix
- Accessible Information Guide to Direct Payment
- Accessible Information Guide to Individual Service Fund (two way contract)
- Accessible Information Guide to Individual Service Fund (three way contract)
- Accessible Information Guide to Council Managed Service
- SDS and Capacity Checklist for Frontline Staff
- A level of choice and control is only possible if people understand what SDS is and how the assessment, planning and review processes work. SDS Mapping Tool
- Good SDS support planning and risk enablement should seek to involve the person in planning for what could go wrong and how they will deal with the problem and manage the risks. Revised risk enablement support plan
- Joint learning and development on SDS and risk and capacity designed and delivered by SDS and adult protection managers can give participants skills and confidence in the area of risk enablement in SDS. Learning and development course outline on SDS and risk and capacity
- Local support for personal assistants can mitigate risks to these workers and the people they support. Personal Assistant Project