Supporting people

Peter Beresford OBE is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Citizen Participation at Brunel University and Chair of Shaping Our Lives.Jennie Fleming is the Director of the Centre for Social Action at De Montfort University and a qualified and registered social worker.Michael Glynn is the Personalisation Programme Manager with Solihull Care Trust.Catherine Bewley is Director of Values Into Action (VIA) and Specialist Sexual Abuse Caseworker at Galop.Suzy Croft is a Social Work Team Leader at St John's Hospice in LondonFran Branfield is the Director of Shaping Our Lives.Karen Postle is a registered social worker who teaches part-time at the Universities of Portsmouth and Southampton.

• Foreword by Shami Chakrabati; Setting the scene for social care; Person-centred support; The funding of social care; The social care workforce; Social care and carers; Institutionalisation; Organisational issues; Social care practice; Service user cameos; Capacity building for support; Access to the mainstream; Participation;Change for person-centred support; Appendix.

"As the system undergoes rapid change, 'Supporting people' is a crucial resource that everyone in social care should read. It's both analytical and inspirational, with an alternative, person-centred and positive view of the future." Jon Glasby, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham