Private Care Sector Workforce Initiative
Websites used to deliver personalised services
In this article, Community Care highlights three pioneering websites for adult care services, which focus on delivering personalised services.
The first website highlighted is Shop4support, a social enterprise set up jointly in 2004 by personalisation charity In Control and the e-procurement company Valueworks, and which offers service users, their families and carers equipment and services ranging from nursing care to legal and financial advice.
The second website examined is DotComunity, a not-for-profit directory of community services and care information for those with a learning or physical disability. It allows users to locate what is available in their area and to review and rate their experiences with the listed organisations. It is free to both users and to the organisations.
The final website service highlighted, Slivers-of-Time Working, is a project where people with time to spare offer their services to employers on an ad hoc basis. It is run throughout the country, serving local authorities, the health service and private companies.
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