Personalising Commissioning An Overview of Individual Service Funds in England

Download the latest IPC Discussion Paper – Personalising Commissioning An Overview of Individual Service Funds in England – written by Chris Watson, Associate Consultant.

Individual Service Funds (ISFs) were introduced by the Care Act in 2014, as a promoted option for commissioning self-directed support. Since then, a number of local authorities have developed an offer around ISFs and have been able to spend time ‘testing and learning’ from this approach. This paper provides a brief overview of emerging practice around ISFs and reflects on some of the key lessons learned to date from organisations who have adapted to this model of provision.

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