You Could Base This On TM And Other New Complex Needs Services: Planning Care Assignment, UCD, Ireland

You could base this on TM and other new complex needs services like it. TM is fairly unique in that the service for AT & JD was set up to specifically address their needs. The apartments and staff teams were designed to suit them including the wraparound day service. A departure from the old way of doing things i.e. residents were placed wherever there was a vacancy in a center which may or not may have suited them (you may have experience of this you can expand on). New service in Ballybrit is also tailored to meet residents’ needs.

The services are individualized and address the person-centered needs of the residents – they choose what to access and when. They have full control over their timetables and how they spend their time. They guide staff indirectly through their choices as to how best to work with them – AT in particular.

The rights-based approach could include assisted decision-making and also keeping restrictions to a minimum. The choice to not attend standard day service and all other decisions they make demonstrate that their rights are respected. You could talk a bit about how there are restrictions and these are for the safety of all. Staff teams have worked to reduce the same as they are focused on ensuring that the rights of residents are not infringed on. You could take quotes from the assisted decision-making act, HIQA guidelines on restrictions, and Ability west human rights policies on the intranet (without naming AW if you’re advised by college not to). Include loads of examples from your own work experience. They probably want to see that you can relate the theory from your modules to your work – so that you understand and have seen theory put into practice. Restrictions are probably most closely related to human rights but also have a say in how services are run – PCP and house meetings, key-workers genuinely listening to what residents are requesting, and following through.