- Do you need a model of support that promotes inclusion, choice, participation and independence in everyday activities?
- Do you need support in turning those Person Centred Plans into Person Centred Action?
- Would you like to up skill managers to become practice managers and so improve the quality of support within your service and the people being supported?
- Do you need support in managing your team to work as a team in a structured way?
- Do you want to turn all the learning and values into action and make the most of your training budget?
- Does your organisation need support in meeting policy and best practice guidance?
If the answer to any of these questions is YES, read on to find out how ARC’s Active Support UK Project can help.
Through a dedicated and committed team, the ARCUK Active Support Practice Development Service (ASPDS) aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in developing real person-centred approaches to support.
Why Active Support?
Active Support is a model of support which ensures that people are supported to participate in every aspect of their daily lives irrespective of degree of intellectual disability. Services who have already been supported with the implementation of Active Support have said that the model has transformed the lives of people they are supporting and staff have a better understanding of what their job role is.
“For some staff it was like the light had been switched on! It was like, oh yes this is what we should be doing. Not to do for but to do with!” Manager
“The peculiar thing about Active Support is that it was not so much the service users that had an issue with it, they took to it quiete readily, it was the staff who had to change their mindset about working in this new way.” Manager
What Services Do We Offer?
- Consultancy Packages – Tailored to meet Service and or Organisational needs.
- Active Support Training – Supporting services to promote choice, independence and inclusion for service users within all areas of social care services. This training is especially beneficial for staff working with people with severe and profound learning disabilities and people with autism.
- Interactive Active Support Training – Supporting managers to become Practice Managers and support their staff to focus on the individual to support in a Person Centred way as a team. Making sure that the team understand how all prior training is translated back within the service and the people being supported.
- Work Based Coaching and Mentoring – Consultant trainer working alongside managers and staff, in the workplace, after the training, to give practical hands on advice and support.
- Development of an Implementation Plan – Tailored to meet specific organisational needs
- Ongoing Support and Review of Active Support – Remember training alone does not always bring about change!
Want to know more?
Please contact Christine Harcombe
:
Email: christine.harcombe@arcuk.org.uk
Telephone: 07701099861
Find out more about the background of ARC's Active Support Project
Download the latest Active Support Newsletter
Read about Active Support developments on our News pages.
Download an Active Support Example Proposal here.
UK ACTIVE SUPPORT PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE
What is Active Support?
Active Support is a method of supporting someone to be engaged, take part and be included in everyday activities and relationships that make up day-to-day living.
ARC Cymru began the Active Support project in 2006 find out more about the background of Active Support
CHRISTINE HARCOMBE
