“My Support My Choice: People’s Experiences of Social Care in Scotland”
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 8th March 2022
SDSS and the ALLIANCE have concluded work on "My Support My Choice", a joint project into people's experiences of social care in Scotland.
In 2019, the ALLIANCE and Self Directed Support Scotland (SDSS) started work on a joint research project, to provide evidence about people’s experiences of social care: My Support My Choice: People’s Experiences of Self-directed Support and Social Care in Scotland. Two and a half years on, the research team have heard from hundreds of disabled people, people living with long term conditions, and unpaid carers about their experiences of social care prior to COVID-19, and published 12 reports (plus Easy Read summaries).
My Support My Choice was the largest research project with self-selecting respondents who access or have attempted to access Self-directed Support in Scotland. People’s experiences, reported in My Support My Choice, have fed into the Independent Review of Adult Social Care, Social Work Scotland’s framework of standards for good Self-directed Support, and planning for the proposed National Care Service.
Publications include a national report sharing the key findings and recommendations of the project, thematic reports on the experiences of seldom heard from groups, and a range of local authority reports on people’s experiences of SDS in different parts of Scotland. The project reports and the accompanying Easy Read summaries are available to read here.
Sincere thanks from the My Support My Choice team to everyone who has been involved in this research project, across the last few years – your contributions have been much appreciated. Thanks also from the ALLIANCE to SDSS for partnering with us on this project.
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