Common Core Principles to support self-care
12/1/2009

Skills for Care and Skills for Health have worked with key stakeholders, including people who use services and carers, to develop a set of 'Common Core Principles to Support Self Care'.

The principles capture best practice in order to support service reform and promote choice, control, independence and participation of people who use services. The 'Common Core Principles to Support Self Care' are intended to be a resource for reflection, challenge and practice change. Their purpose is to enable organisations and all those who work in health and social care, whether as commissioners, service providers or educators, to make personalised services, enablement and early intervention to promote independence a reality.

We encourage commissioners, employers, including people who employ their own staff, and workers to embed the principles in their policies, their agreements with other agencies, and their own culture and practices. In this way, we can help people to realise their aspirations for independence and greater control over their lives, making services flexible and responsive to individual needs.

A short flyer, which can be downloaded below, provides a summary of the principles.

Download the Common Core Principles for Self Care (40pp, 1.1mb)

Common Core Principles - short flyer