The basic building blocks of offering personalised support with ISFs and what it means in practice.
Individual Service Funds (ISFs) offer citizens the autonomy to control their care budgets directly.
A practical, structured guide for Local Authorities considering implementing Individual Service Funds (ISFs).
Darwin Care support people with learning disabilities and autism in Dorset and use ISFs.
Third-Party Personal Health Budgets or Individual Service Funds (ISFs) are a key tool for personalising care.
An overview of Individual Service Funds and how to personalise commissioning in health and social care.
Bridging Support is a powerful means of accelerating people's ability to leave institutional services, like ATUs.
An Easy Read guide plus film explaining the 4 different ways of funding your care and support and managing your Personal Budget.
Self Directed Futures' work with Bristol City Council commissioning team on their Individual Service Fund offer.
This guide from Skills for Care was developed over several months by the South West Individual Service Fund Network and several Fellows of the Centre for Welfare Reform.
How individual service funds (ISFs) can lead to new ways of supporting people in their own communities.
An easy read guide to Individual Service Funds or ISFs. A great way to manage your support.
Chris Watson of Self Directed Futures and Gary Kent of New Key and Jacqui Hendra of Devon County Council on ISFs.
Chris Watson shares his observations on how commissioners in health and social care have responsed to the COVID-19 crisis.
Chris Watson briefly outlines the main legal features of an Individual Service Fund (ISF) and explores how community hubs or micro-enterprises might use them.
This guide offers a commissioner's perspective on how to implement Individual Service Funds and widen self-directed support beyond Direct Payments.
An overview of the development of Individual Service Funds (ISFs) - what they are and how they are developing
Dorset have established a ground-breaking commissioning strategy enabling people with learning disabilities & mental health problems to manage their personal budgets.
This Individual Service Fund (ISF) Agreement describes the contract between the person and the community service that they choose to manage their budget.
This Easy Read guide explains how Individual Service Funds (ISFs) let people manage a personal budget without needing to use direct payments.
