Support planning and review
Individual Service Funds
FROM A SUPPORT PLAN TO AN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE FUND

When someone wants to use their individual budget to buy supports from a provider, we call it an Individual Service Fund (ISF).
Individual Service Funds mean that

  • The money is held by the provider on the individual’s behalf
  • The person decides how to spend the money
  • The provider is accountable to the person
  • The provider commits to only spend the money on the individual’s service and the management and support necessary to provide that service (not into a general pooled budget).

File: From a Support Plan to an Individual Service Fund (SP39).pdf

MALCOLM’S EXAMPLES OF A COMPLETED
INDIVIDUAL SERVICE FUND

Malcolm is supported by IAS, and has an Individual Service Fund. Here is some of the paper work that relates to it.

File: Malcolm’s Individual Support Agreement (SP43).doc
File: Malcolm’s Job Description (SP42).doc
File: Malcolm’s Person Specification (SP41).doc

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT DEVELOPING
INDIVIDUAL SERVICE FUNDS?

An Individual Service Fund (ISF) is when someone wants to use their individual budget to buy supports from a provider.

File: What are we learning about developing Individual Service Funds (SP40).pdf