Personal Budgets

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As part of the PfA demonstration sites, Cheshire West and Chester and Newcastle upon Tyne have been developing their practice in relation to personalisation and Personal Budgets. For those children and young people with Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans there is a right to request a Personal Budget. In order for Personal Budgets to be most effective they need to be considered alongside joint commissioning across education, health and care.

Bath and North East Somerset have shared this learning example for how a SEND Personal Budget can be used effectively.

The example describes how Ben, a 19-year-old with autism and profound and multiple learning difficulties, benefitted from a personal budget. The personal budget provided flexibility and allowed Ben to receive appropriate, tailored support.

The Making it Personal project, By Kids, has developed a handbook and some online guidance to support parents and carers to understand more about personal budgets. Taking a Personal Approach: A Parents Guide to Personal Budgets:

The Individual Budgets case study illustrates how an individual budget, with multi agency funding, can lead to fuller life outcomes. Individual budgets and personalisation are one of the central elements of the SEN reforms. It also shows how a personalised approach, developed with the individual and their family, can lead to the best outcomes for all.