Person Centred Support

Aim

A training session to enable front line staff, working with people with a range of conditions, to understand and implement person centred support in their working environment.

Target group

All staff working in health and social care.

Links to

QCF unit 026 Implement person centred approaches in health and social care and

QCF unit 036 Promote person centred approaches in health and social care

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Describe the term Person Centred Support
• Descibe other terminology used to indicate person centred support
• Identify person centred values and descibe why they are important when supporting service users
• Identify the key features of person centred support and values based practice
• Identify why is it different and how person centred support compares to other models in care
• Describe the advantages of working in a person centred way  
• Demonstrate how to use various tools in the workplace to promote person centred support including; values based practice, active support, graded assistance, maximising choice and control, breaking down skills, building relationships and networks of support

Training Methods

Variety of pair and small group work; general discussions, case studies, multimedia clips and a limited amount of lecturing.