Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
What is Active support
Active Support UK : Living with Intellectual Disability. The PBS way & Active Support
HI, I’m David Meikle and this is my community platform for people with Intellectual disability and how we as industry can improve their quality of Life Everyone is welcome from people with lived experience, carers/support staff, to professionals.
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Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
This is my first ever podcast, so please bear with me as my recording skills aren't quite there yet.
Introduction to implementing Active Support for people with intellectual disabilities. Tools and organisational support for the front-line support staff to work in a person-centred manner that maintains the person at the centre of the support.
I have worked in social care for many many years. I started as a care assistant, then into management, followed by becoming a specialist support provider.
For many years we have been told to work in a person-centered way, but not always told how or what this means.
I passionately believe that support for people with intellectual disabilities needs to change. .I believe that there are many areas that can be benefit from providing a PBS, Active Support system within current setting, This is achievable by front-line workers and management adopting an Active Support' culture. Which will result in achieving a positive impact on the people we support. In order for this to be successful, service providers will need to develop a Positive Behavior Support approach to service provision.
What is Active Support? In short Active Support is a quality and quantitative measurable support system that keeps the person at the centre of their support. This is accomplished by ensuring they have access to and are supported in meaningful activities that allow for full engagement regardless of the behaviour or needs. It will open doors for the person to participate in activities within their community. It will provide the person with a consistent approach from their staff team, set at a level that they understand and will represent an ordinary life. Active Support can improve the quality of life for many people. Used in conjunction with Positive Behaviour Support framework, means that people with behaviours of concern are no longer segregated from opportunities.
If you want to find out more about Active Support, and how it works then come and join me?
"Active Support enables people with learning disabilities to develop new skills, access a wider range of opportunities and engage in activities alongside other people, building important relationships and social networks that are part of an ordinary life. These skills give people more control over their own lives.. " (BILD /CAPBS)
Discussions on various topics.
What is Active Support
Benefit of Active Support in various settings.
Active Support & PBS
The key is...Practice Leadership
What do we mean by a capable environment.
PBS competency Framework.
The impact of Active Support and PBS on Restrictive Practices
Also interviews with some people who receive or don't receive Active Support academics, support workers and anyone else who would like to be a part of this podcast.
This is a brief overview of the discussion topics. There is a full list of episodes for season 1. Each episode will look in depth at a specific section of Active Support and Positive Behaviour Support.
My goal for this podcast is for it to become co-produced and have its own life in effect. That means I NEED YOU. If your work involves supporting someone with ID, as a carer, support staff, management, social worker, commissioning, specialist services, academic and have a view you wish to share, or thoughts on previous/upcoming episodes then get in contact through the website, LinkedIn twitter.