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British Journal of Social Work, doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl339
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved

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The Case for a New ‘Case’ Management in Services for People with Learning Disabilities

Paul Cambridge 1 *

1 Senior Lecturer, Tizard Centre, The University, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7LZ, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Paul Cambridge, E-mail: P.Cambridge{at}kent.ac.uk


  Abstract

Micro-organization is currently fragmented in services for people with learning disabilities. Care management, person-centred planning (PCP) and direct payments have developed through separate policy strands, with tasks and agency responsibilities blurred. A wide diversity of care management arrangements currently operate, with the relationship between care management, PCP and direct payments imprecisely defined. PCP and direct payments have also been variably implemented. This paper argues for a new ‘person-centred case management’, with these different devices better integrated and decision-making and action more person-centred. Drawing on practice experience from the original British case management experiments, the new ‘case’ management would be centred on the needs and wants of individuals, be conducted independently from assessment, operate outside the public sector and be able to access personal budgets. It would consequently have the capacity to further de-institutionalize services and support and transfer more control to people with learning disabilities.

Keywords: assessment, direct payments, person-centred planning, care management, case management.
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