Working in a Supportive Living Setting

This two day course is designed for:

• Staff who have previously worked within NHS residential provision and are now to work in a Supportive Living setting.
• Newly formed and inexperienced teams
• Teams undergoing Induction

Whilst the course aims to ensure that staff are familiar with expectations of them in terms of their practice in this new setting, the course also aims to help them identify areas of commonality and transferable skills from other work experience.

The trainer will be highly supportive so as to ensure that confidence and professional esteem is maintained.

Learning objectives:

By the end of this course learners should understand:

• The differences and commonalities between working in Care and a Supportive Living setting
• Expectations of staff working within a Social Support setting and ethos
• A brief history of care and support services
• Traditional care in hospitals
• The movement towards care in the community
• Developments since the Community Care Act, both in practice and legislation
• The difference between a Medical and Social Model of support/care
• What underpins social support practice e.g. the Code of Practice for Social Care workers
• Working in a Person Centred way-what this means and how we work within the principles
• How to communicate in a Person Centred way
• Language used in a support setting
• Structures, systems and responsibilities. To include:
        -Supervision
        -Key Working
        -Support Planning
        -Team Work
        -Risk Assessment
        -Flattened hierarchies etc
• Models that led us to where we are in terms of ensuring service user’s choice, respect and dignity. To include:
        -Principles of ‘Normalisation’
        -‘Social Role Valorisation’
        -The principles of ‘Ordinary Living’
        -O’ Brien Accomplishments

Training methods:

• Tutor presentations
• OHP/PowerPoint
• Group work
• Chalk & Talk
• Word shower method
• Handouts

CP110/5.9