Co-Production and Personalisation in Social Care

Susan Hunter is a Lecturer in Social Work in the Department of Social Work at the University of Edinburgh. Pete Ritchie is the Ex-Director of Scottish Human Services.

• Chapter 1: Introduction. Pete Ritchie, Ex-Director of Scottish Human Services and Susan Hunter, Edinburgh University. Chapter 2: It's About More Than the Money: Local Area Coordination as an Innovative Approach to Supporting People with Disabilities to Get a Good Life and to Creating More Welcoming Communities. Eddie Bartnik and Dr. Ron Chalmers, Directors of Disability Services Commission, Western Australia. Chapter 3: Co-Production through Encouragement: The Braveheart Project. James Mulholland (on behalf of Braveheart). Chapter 4: Co-Production in Supported Housing: KeyRing Living Support Networks and Neighbourhood Networks. Carl Poll, former director of KeyRing. Chapter 5: Co-Production - Support for Self-Employment. Jane Pagler, Wales. Chapter 6: Family Group Conferencing and `Partnership'. James Cox, Co-ordinator of Family Group Conferencing project, Edinburgh City Council. Chapter 7: Person-Centred Planning and Co-Production. Steve Coulson, Development Worker, Edinburgh Development Group. Chapter 8: Restoring `Stakeholder' Involvement in Justice. Bill Whyte, Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland. Chapter 9: Recovery in Psychosis: Moments and Levels for Collaboration. Dr. Kristjana Kristiansen, University of Trondheim. Endnote. References. Subject Index. Author Index.Research Highlights in Social WorkThis topical series examines areas of particular interest to those in social and community work and related fields. Each book draws together different aspects of the subject, highlighting relevant research and drawing out implications for policy and practice. The project is under the editorial direction of Professor Joyce Lishman, Head of the School of Applied Social Studies at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.

Co-Production and Personalisation in Social Care has at its core a focus on the value of working in partnership with service users and treating disabled people with respect and as actors who are involved in co-producing their own situations and futures, rather than as 'problems' and passive recipients of professionally decided servides.