The Department of Health has funded a three year project looking at ways of supporting and increasing the number of small businesses providing adult social care services.
The project is run by NAAPS (originally the National Association of Adult Placement Schemes) a charity established to represent the interests of all those involved in delivering small, individualised, community based services.
Small or microenterprises are seen as integral to creating choice and diversity for people with personalised budgets.
Locally owned and managed micro providers are in a good position to deliver tailored services to people in the same community, but their number has fallen over the last five years.
Part of the decline is attributed to barriers created by regulations, legislation and commissioning practices designed for larger organisations.
Local authorities have been tasked with shaping and building the micro-market to ensure greater choice is available.
Findings from the first phase of the project have been compiled into a practical guide for local authorities, and form part of the Department of Health Personalisation Toolkit.
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