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10/31/2008
My blog Hi, my name is Simon Cramp. And I now work for...
Valuing People Now Conference
Seminar /workshop I attended on moving on planning ahead on the 14th may 2009
three months into my job at dimensions
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Monday, March 30, 2009, 03:01 PM
So, 3 months into my job I’m sharing some thoughts on what has been a busy time.
We finally had Valuing People Now and we’re about to see the end of CSCI and their replacement by the Care Quality Commission. Just how much improvement they bring is something I’ll be looking at in a future blog.
Recently you may have seen a report about an inquiry into how people with learning disabilities in hospital are looked after. It was published not long after a report into poor care at a hospital in Staffordshire. It seems to me that some parts of the NHS need to start thinking a lot more about how to care for ill people.
I’ve been out and about quite a lot. It’s an important part of my job – listening to what’s going on and then telling Dimensions my thoughts and what I think they should be doing.
Employment is something I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about. As I’ve said before I’m lucky to have a job, especially with what is going on in the world.
I’ve also started to think about what difference I’m making to Dimensions and the people we support. I think I am getting there but I know I still have a lot to learn.
I’ve been to some of our staff conferences and was impressed at work done using Person Centred Tools, so I thought I’d share some thoughts around what’s worked for me and what hasn’t in this job.
What’s worked ? I’ve met some people in government and other organisations and this is helping me keep up to date with what’s going on and establishing new networks and relationships.
What’s not worked ? I think at times I’ve started off down a path and then realised I need to start again, so that I can be clear in what I want to get over as my advice. I’m also aware that sometimes I won’t always say what is comfortable for Dimensions… well that is what they employed me for !
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( 2.9 / 233 )Friday, November 28, 2008, 12:03 PM
Well, it’s conference season, and I was asked to go to the ARC conference to run a workshop with very long title about how can we make personalisation work. I work for Dimensions for 15 hours each week, and the rest of the time I help to run a organisation called Self Direct (click on the link to find out more http://www.selfdirect.org ). ARC (Association for real change ) asked a colleague and I to run the workshop, focusing on what we do at Self Direct and what we can offer to help people better understand the new world of Self Directed Support, as well as helping to work out some of the issues that might come up.
During the conference itself lots of speakers talked to us about the issues that are coming up and gave us advice about where to do we start, both as providers and individual people with learning difficulties.
On the final day Anne Williams, the new national Director for Learning Disabilities brought us up to date about government ideas and thinking.
For more information about speaking go on to the ARC website www.arcuk.org.uk
One of the things that is good about the ARC conference is that it is fun, enjoyable and it a good way of catching up with new and old friends.
With regards to personalisation, we covered lots of stuff - too much to be able to report in a summary like this! The ideas that came up and problem solving that happened were very helpful. Fun conference. I look forward to people’s comments and suggestions about this challenging agenda for everyone that either works for service providers or uses services.
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( 3.1 / 275 )Friday, October 31, 2008, 11:03 AM
hi my name is simon cramp
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Hi, my name is Simon Cramp.
And I now work for Dimensions as a learning disability sector advisior.
It’s a bit of a mouthful!
But I am looking at things the government or others are planning to do to try and give people a better life.
But as they say, let’s cut to the chase - tell me what important to you.
(no marriage proposals please!)
Watch this space…
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