Each Action contained within East Dunbartonshire HSCP’s Self Directed Support Implementation Plan for the following three years has been identified as meeting one of more National Self Directed Support Standards; National Improvement Plan Outcomes; and East Dunbartonshire HSCP’s Strategic Plan priorities. More details about these can be read in full using the web links below:
- National Self Directed Support Standards [opens in a new window];
- National Self Directed Support Improvement Plan Outcomes [opens in a new window]
- East Dunbartonshire HSCP Strategic Plan Priorities
High Priority Actions:
The HSCP will work in partnership with third sector partners, customers, carers and national groups to undertake the actions categorised as ‘High’ during 2024 – 2025.
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Ref No |
Action |
Responsible |
National SDS Standard/s |
National SDS Improvement Plan Outcome/s |
HSCP Strategic Plan Priorities |
End Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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H1 |
SDS Staff Training Programme |
SDS Lead |
1 |
Enhanced workers’ skills, practice and autonomy |
Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers |
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H2 |
Raising awareness across all stakeholders about assessment, support planning and SDS |
SDS Lead; Third Sector Partners |
1, 3, 4, 8, 12 |
Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy; Supported person and carer's choice over their support |
Empowering People; Empowering Communities; Prevention and Early Intervention, Supporting Families and Carers |
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H3 |
Third sector organisations represented on Locality Planning Groups |
HSCP Locality Planning Leads; Third Sector Partners |
1 |
Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values; Supported person and carer's choice over their support |
Empowering People; Empowering Communities |
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| H4 | In partnership with third sector organisations, raise awareness about early intervention, prevention and community assets |
HSCP Social Work Practitioners; SDS Lead; Third Sector Organisations |
2 | Supported person and carer's choice over their support; Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy |
Empowering People; Empowering Communities; Prevention and Early Intervention; Improving Mental Health and Recovery; Post Pandemic Renewal |
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| H5 |
Adoption of the Asset |
Just Enough support |
3, 4 , 5, 7, 9, 12
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Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy; Systems and culture; Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values; Supported person and carer's choice over their support |
Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers; Prevention and Early Intervention |
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| H6 | Evaluation of SDS procedures and processes and impact for customers and carers | SDS Lead | 3,12 | Supported person and carer's choice over their support; Systems and culture | Empowering people; Supporting Families and Carers, Maximising Operational Integration | ||
| H7 | SDS Operational Procedures Training programme for Social Work Practitioners | SDS Lead | 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 | Enhanced worker's skills, practice and autonomy | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| H8 | Assessment and Support Management Procedures to be included in Social Work Induction | HSCP Social Work Team Managers | 3 | Enhanced worker's skills, practice and autonomy | Empowering People | ||
| H9 | Outcomes performance data to be adopted as a standing agenda item on the HSCP’s Social Care Operational Reporting Requirements Group |
HSCP SMT | 4 | Systems and Culture | Empowering People | ||
| H10 | Promote the use of East Dunbartonshire Community Assets Map | SDS Lead; HSCP; Third Sector Partners | 7 | Supported person and carer's choice over their support |
Empowering People; Empowering Communities; |
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| H11 | Review the Adult Service Referral Screening Tool to include discussion re asset based supports and signposting | SDS Lead | 7,8 | Systems and Culture; Leaders understand and help staff to realise SDS principles and values; Supported person and carer's choice over their support |
Empowering People; Empowering Communities; Prevention and Early Intervention | ||
| H12 | Promote the continued inclusion of benefits advice and signposting as part of the assessment and support planning process |
HSCP |
12 | Supported person and carer’s choice over their support | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers; Prevention and Early Intervention | ||
| H13 | Promote the consistent application of the Customer Contribution Policy for Non- Residential Community Care Services |
SDS Lead; HSCP Team Managers; HSCP Practitioners |
12 | Systems and Culture | Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| H14 | Invite Customers and/or Carers to share their SDS experiences in the HSCP's Annual SDS Newsletter | SDS Lead | 12 | Supported person and carer’s choice over their support | Empowering People | ||
| H15 | Feedback process to Social Work Practitioners from Resource Screening Groups |
RSG Panels | 12 | Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy; Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values |
Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers |
Medium Priority Actions:
The HSCP will work in partnership with third sector partners, customers, carers and national groups to undertake the actions categorised as ‘Medium’ during 2025 – 2026.
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Ref No |
Action |
Responsible |
National SDS Standard/s |
National SDS Improvement Plan Outcome/s |
HSCP Strategic Plan Priorities |
End Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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M1 |
Robust and collaborative commissioning processes are in place to ensure that the support commissioned meets the needs of the customers and carers |
EDC Strategic Commissioning Team; HSCP |
1 |
Systems and Culture |
Supporting Families and Carers |
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M2 |
Explore opportunities for advocacy and SDS information, advice and support services to be closer aligned. |
HSCP SMT; EDC Strategic |
1 |
Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values |
Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers |
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| M3 | HSCP to explore timeous procurement and tendering activities with third sector partners with agreed funding levels. | HSCP SMT; EDC Strategic Commissioning Team |
1,2,7 | Systems and Culture | Empowering People; Empowering Communities; Prevention and Early Intervention, Supporting Families and Carers; Maximising Operational Integration |
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| M4 | HSCP induction to include input from third sector partners. | HSCP OD Team; |
1,3 | Enhanced worker skills, practice organisations autonomy | Empowering People | ||
| M5 | HSCP Teams to invite third sector partners to update about their services at team/service meetings | HSCP Team and Service Managers; Third Sector Partners | 1 | Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy; Supported person and carer's choice over their support |
Empowering People |
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| M6 | Raise awareness about third sector organisations and their role during SDS awareness sessions | SDS Lead; Third Sector Partners | 1 | Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy; Supported person and carer's choice over their support | Empowering People | ||
| M7 | Raising awareness about the role of the HSCP, legislative framework, including budgetary and resource constraints during SDS awareness sessions |
SDS Lead | 1 | Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values; System and culture | Empowering People; Empowering Communities | ||
| M8 | Timeous referrals to third sector organisations during screening, assessment and support planning processes | HSCP Teams and Team Managers | 3 | Supported person and carer's choice over their support | Empowering People; Prevention and Early Intervention | ||
| M9 | Outcome performance management analysis, split by SDS option, to be reported regularly. | SDS Lead; HSCP SMT; Social Work Team Managers |
3,4 | Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values; Systems and culture |
Empowering People |
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| M10 | Review SDS operational procedures and incorporate changes based on the analysis of SDS consultation feedback | SDS Lead | 3,8,12 | Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values; Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy | Empowering People, Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| M11 | Bi-annual SDS Business Development Group meetings ensuring representation from Third Sector partners and Social Work teams | SDS Lead | 3 | Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values | Empowering People, Empowering Communities; Supporting Families and Carers; Prevention and Early Intervention | ||
| M12 | Continued promotion and development of the use of creative and innovation support packages | SDS Lead; Social Work Team Managers, Resource Screening Groups | 6,12 | Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy; Supported person and carer's choice over their support; Systems and culture | Empowering People, Supporting Families and Carers; Prevention and Early Intervention | ||
| M13 | Work in partnership with Third Sector partners to promote and develop new community assets for older people |
Older People Local Area Co-ordination Team; Third Sector Partners |
7 | Supported person and carer's choice over their support | Empowering People; Empowering Communities; Prevention and Early Intervention |
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| M14 | Explore the feasibility and viability of developing a Fair Access to Social Care Services Policy for Children and Families |
HSCP SMT; Children and Families Management Team; SDS Lead |
8, 9, 11, 12 | Systems and culture; Leaders understand and help staff to realise SDS principles and values; Enhanced worker's skills, practice and autonomy | Empow ering People, Supporting Families and Carers; Prevention and Early Intervention |
Low Priority Actions:
The HSCP will work in partnership with third sector partners, customers, carers and national groups to undertake the actions categorised as ‘Low’ during 2026 - 2027
| Ref No | Action | Responsible | National SDS Standard/s |
National SDS Improvement Plan Outcome/s | HSCP Strategic Plan Priorities | End date | Notes |
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| L1 | Re-invigoration of third sector provider forums providing a distinction between third and independent sectors and to ensure organisations are not operating in silo |
EDC Strategic Commissioning Team | 1,2 |
Systems and Culture; Leaders understand and help staff to realise SDS principles and values |
Empowering Communities; Post Pandemic Renewal, Maximising Operational Integration | ||
| L2 | Develop the use of ethical commissioning workshops for strategic commissioning which includes representation from third sector partners | EDC Strategic Commissioning Team |
1.6 | System and Culture | Empowering Communities | ||
| L3 | Deliver ‘Good Conversation’, ‘Outcomes’; and ‘SDS’ training via e-modules on the Council Moodle Training platform | SDS Lead | 3,4,5,7,8 | Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy; Systems and culture | Empowering People | ||
| L4 | Re-invigoration of SDS stakeholders group to ensure available peer support | Independent SDS information, advice and support service |
3 | Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values | Empowering people; post pandemic renewal; Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| L5 | Explore the identification of outcomes achieved via care at home services | HSCP SMT; Council Performance Management Team; Care at Home Service |
3 | Systems and Culture | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| L6 | Explore, in partnership with East Dunbartonshire Council, the implementation of a Direct Payment Prepaid Card System | EDC Transformation Project; Shared Services; SDS Lead; HSCP SMT |
3 | Systems and Culture | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| L7 | Explore the feasibility and viability of implementing a local social care bureau | HSCP SMT | 3 | Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values; Systems and culture | Empowering People, Supporting Families and Carers; Maximising Operational Integration |
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| L8 | Explore the feasibility and viability of implementing a twice yearly 'SDS Lessons Learnt' panel across Adult and Children’s Social Work Teams |
SDS Lead; HSCP SMT; Social Work Team Managers |
5 | Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy; Supported person and carer's choice over their support | Empowering People, Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| L9 | Explore a mechanism for recording and analysing informal social work complaints resolved at a team level. |
HSCP SMT; Carefirst Team; Social Work Team Managers |
5 | Systems and Culture | Empowering People | ||
| L10 | Explore the delivery of training opportunities in the subject of 'supported decision- making' | HSCP SMT; SDS Lead |
6 | Enhanced worker skills, practice and autonomy; Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| L11 | Explore the possibility, of introducing an SDS Option 2 contract for non-traditional support | EDC Strategic Commissioning Team |
7 | Systems and Culture | Empowering People | ||
| L12 | The HSCP will participate in national working groups which explore national directives for delegated parameters for worker autonomy with respect to Individual Budgets |
HSCP SMT; SDS Lead |
8,12 | Leaders understand and help staff to realise SDS principles and values | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| L13 | The HSCP will participate in relevant and applicable national working groups | HSCP SMT; SDS Lead |
11 | Leaders understand and help staff to realise SDS principles and values | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| L14 | The HSCP will undertake a programme of reviewing all SDS public information | SDS Lead | 12 | Supported person and carer's choice over their support | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| L15 | Ensure all stakeholders are signposted to SDS information resources | SDS Lead; Social Work Practitioners | 12 | Supported person and carer’s choice over their support | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers | ||
| L16 | The HSCP will participate in all relevant and applicable national working groups related to inclusion of Health Budgets for Option 1 and 2 and include local discussion with relevant HSCP management staff | SDS Lead; HSCP SMT | 12 | Leaders understand and help staff realise SDS principles and values; Systems and culture | Empowering People; Supporting Families and Carers |
If you would like additional information or clarification on the content of this Implementation Plan please contact:
East Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership
Kirkintilloch Health and Care Centre
10 Saramago Street
Kirkintilloch
G66 3BF
Tel: 0141 777 3000
Email: customerservices@eastdunbarton.gov.uk