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Events Co-ordinator / Administrator vacancy

In Control is looking to recruit an Events Co-ordinator / Administrator.

The holder of this position will be based at our office in Wythall, which is home to a small personable, busy team which seeks to provide an effective and efficient service to the core team and its members. The workload is varied and interesting and requires a flexible approach and the ability to prioritise competing demands and workloads

If you are an experienced and highly capable administrator with great skills in juggling a complex workload and in organizing events, with a passionate commitment to the vision of choice and control for all citizens, we'd like to hear from you.

Read the job advert and job description

In Control awarded DfE funding

In Control has been awarded grant funding for the next two years for a nationwide programme to improve outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and / or disabilities. The grant awarded under the Department for Education's National Prospectus Grant programme for 2013 - 15 is in the region of £150,000.

The big changes to benefits - what you need to know

Along with many charities and support organisations, In Control is seeing an increased number of enquiries about the changes to benefits being brought in from April 2013.

In conjunction with Inclusion North, In Control is making available a booklet that summarises some of the major changes: The Big changes to benefits - what you need to know

New Adult Social Care membership for councils

In Control, pioneers of personalisation in public services is continuing to offer support to councils working to personalise their commissioning and delivery to disabled and older people in line with the goals of the 2012 White Paper and forthcoming social care legislation.

Two membership options are available: Stay Conneccted, a low cost way of keeping connected with the latest in personalisation and the extended ASC membership.

Find out more

In Control welcomes three new trustees

National charity, In Control has appointed three new trustees to assist in its strategy to develop as a family support and advice network and in influencing government, health and social care professionals and other organisations.

The three trustees, Richard Williams, Andrew Cozens and Stuart Lane bring with them extensive experience in the health and social care sectors and expertise in the development of personal budgets.

Latest webinar: Building a new relationship with children, young people and families

10am on Monday 25th March 2013

This session presented by Nic Crosby our Children's Programme lead will explore the elements of a new relationship between statutory agencies, services and children and families.

The Green Paper 'Support and Aspiration, a new approach for special educational needs and disabilities' and the recent 'Progress and Next Steps' document from the Department for Education has set out an ambitious programme of service transformation for children with special education needs, their families and disabled children's services for the next few years. This programme of change consists of many different elements including workforce change, the role of the private and voluntary sector, new approaches to assessment and planning and the introduction of personal budgets across social care, health and education.

At the heart of this transformation is the development of a new relationship between statutory agencies, services and children and families. And critical to its delivery is the development of a joined-up approach between agencies.

Latest blog - Personalisation: how to avoid snatching defeat from the jaws of success

In Control's Head of Operations, Martin Routledge along with partners and allies, strongly supports the personalisation agenda. We are afraid though that unless all local delivery mirrors the best, a historic opportunity to make a big leap forward may be lost.

Read the blog and open letter to Norman Lamb MP

Are social care personal budgets working?

In Control's Chief Executive, Julie Stansfield is one of two social care experts featured on Guardian online and in tomorrow's Guardian. Julie argues the case for personal budgets, citing poor delivery in some places for being the root cause of any failings. The article references the Individual Service Funds for Homecare report, published this month by In Control and Helen Sanderson Associates and findings from the National Personal Budgets Survey, which clearly show that even those people receiving managed personal budgets achieved positive outcomes overall .

Peter Beresford, professor of social policy at Brunel University and chair of Shaping Our Lives, the national disabled people's and service users' organisation and network has a different opinion and is calling on the government to change direction.

Read the article

Personalised Homecare

A new report and toolkit, developed by a group led by national charity In Control and Helen Sanderson Associates today offer an important contribution to commissioners and providers engaged in the challenging task of personalising the homecare support received by many thousands of people in the UK.

The Individual Service Funds for Homecare report and the Progress for Providers: Checking your progress in delivering personalised support for people living at home toolkit provide practical support for adult social care commissioners and homecare providers to deliver personalisation. The report offers advice on moving forward from the traditional model of 'time and task' within the constraints faced by commissioners and providers. The toolkit focuses on how providers can self-assess, plan and act to further personalise their support.

In Control releases information on two new health programmes

In Control has made available information on two new health programmes. The Partners in Health Leadership Programme and the In Control Health Programme have been designed to help CCGs and other commissioning organisations to successfully implement personal health budgets.