Have you worked out why we're reverse parking yet? Keep watching this space for more information.
In the meantime I want to reflect back on some previous posts. I have been talking about person-centredness and how we recognise this in a service. There are a number of principles of person-centredness. Baptistcare is working in partnership with a research team at Curtin University to identify what person-centredness looks like in Baptistcare and this team has outlined these principles as follows:
Principle 1: Individual approaches. Each person has different dreams, relationships, preferences, abilities, needs, and resources. Acknowledging that every person is unique enables the support that is provided to be tailored specifically to them.
Principle 2: Self-Determination. The person is the expert about his/her life and is actively involved in choices that are made. If the person is unable to communicate needs and preferences, family members or friends act as his/her voice to ensure that what he/she wants is made possible.
Principles 3: Strengths-Based Approach. Service providers support each person to maximise his/her abilities by acknowledging his/her capacities and strengths. This serves to promote high expectations and individual development.
Principle 4: Social Inclusion. Social inclusion fosters the development of participation, citizenship and contribution within the community. In doing so, natural and meaningful relationships can be formed.
The fifth and final principle is planning. I’ll talk more about that in future.
is it that a person of "power" or influence parked their car thus and then others followed. We could call that "modelling" and we can then remind ourselves that person of "power" can be us from our clients/consumers/participants/carers point of view. The influence we can have is something to be mindful of even or maybe especially when we are unaware of how we can influence their choices
ReplyDeleteA great thought. A person of "power" can influence people both in positive and negative ways, often without even realising it.
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