Person Centred Planning (PCP)

This Person Centred Planning course enables learners to explore a variety of key issues related to PCP and how they can actively apply this approach into their day to day work with service users.

The course will reflect the Personalisation agenda and the course certificates will indicate NVQ and CIS links.

Learning objectives:

By the end of this course learners should understand:

• What is meant by Person Centred Planning
• The difference between this term and that used to describe a Carl Rogers philosophy and approach
• Terminology and abbreviations commonly used-Breaking through the jargon
• What people with Learning Disabilities relate to
• The overuse of the term especially now in the service delivery world ‘we are a person centred company’
• Listening / Questioning Skills (exploring total communication & active listening skills)
• Working with people with profound disabilities
• Why the team approach is so important
• The key characteristics of PCP (Exploring the difference from traditional approaches to assessment and
  individual planning in its underpinning beliefs and values; its practice and its consequence.)
• What is meant by Circles of Support
• Who should be involved in Circles of Support
• How inappropriate inclusion could counter the PCP principles
• Making Action Plans (MAPS) (Picture building, working to move away from the person’s nightmares and
  working towards their dreams using a pictorial map)
• PATHS and other tools
• The historical overview to service user involvement
• How to put PCP`s into practice:
        -initial work with the person
        -gathering information
        -putting the plan together
        -keeping the plan relevant & alive
        -review and updates . (Helen Sanderson approach )
• Barriers to be overcome:
        -outdated attitudes and culture
        -“this is not the latest fad”
        -“too much paperwork”
        -time
        -resources
        -priorities
• How PCP should be fundamental to the service and everything else should be built on this.

Working methods:

• Tutor presentations
• OHP/PowerPoint
• Role play
• Chalk & talk
• Discussion
• Word storming
• Group exercises
• Pairs work

CP76/5.9