The right support
The North Wales Learning Disability Strategy tells us that we must be person-centred in everything we do. This means shaping our services and support around the individual and their needs – not the other way around.
There are lots of ways that we should make sure that individuals are at the heart of what we do.
Check out this video, created by people with learning disabilities from Wrexham and Conwy stating their DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!
This highlights how your support can enable people to grow, develop and fulfil their potential
Person Centred Practice
Person-centred practice is the term that is used to describe how professionals should support people with Learning Disabilities in Health, Social care and Education in Wales. Person Centred care, or PCP as it is known, places the person at the centre of their own planning as they are the “expert” of their own experience. The person, and their family where appropriate, should be an equal partner in the planning of their care and support, ensuring it meets their needs, goals, and outcomes. Helen Sanderson Associates has developed a number of tools that can help people to plan their own lives.
The website also has a number of videos and free webinars available. Take a look here;
Advocacy is taking action to help people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests, and get services they need.
A Circle of Support is a group of people who meet together regularly to discuss how to help an individual to achieve their goals, dreams, and aspirations.
Co-production means staff and citizens working together in true partnership to design and deliver the support people need.
Positive Risk Taking enables people with learning disabilities to have greater control over the way they live their lives, which may bring benefits in independence and well-being, but may also involve an element of risk.
How we communicate is very important to how we can best understand and support each other.
Services working in partnership with each other is really important to making sure that people get the right support, at the right time.
Active Support is a person centered approach to providing direct support. The goal of Active Support is to ensure that people have ongoing daily support to be engaged in a variety of life activities and opportunities of their choice.
Positive Behaviour Support is a person-centred approach to people with a learning disability who may be at risk of developing challenging behaviours. It provides support based on inclusion, choice, participation and equality of opportunity.
Those who support people with learning disabilities need to have the right values, skills and knowledge to provide high quality person-centred support.