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Establish the role of the key-worker. Develop strategies and skills to enable people to make changes and develop their independence. Practise support planning and identify responses to difficulties that may arise.

  
     
Duration: This is a one day course

Tutor(s): Suzanne Pearson.

Dates:
   
19/10/2010    
     
Notes:    




Course Outline

    
Aim:
 
  • To enable staff to effectively provide support using a key worker and individual support planning approach

    

Objectives:

By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:

  • Understand the principles of key working and the role of the key worker
  • Clarify the purpose and principles of support planning and practice exploring issues with clients, identifying strengths, needs and setting goals
  • Explore theories of change and motivation and consider how these can be applied
  • Consider approaches to support clients to put goals into action and identify strategies to overcome common obstacles 
    

Agenda

    
Agenda
 

Times

Session Content

Methods

9.30

Introductions: Aim, agenda and format;

Climate setting

Round

10.00

The role of the key worker

  • What is a key worker?
  • The principles of key working and how they work in practice
  • The importance of effective record keeping when key working

Large group discussion

Small group work

11.15

Break

 

11.30

Stages in the key working relationship

  • Key working stages and their aims
  • The role of the key worker and client at each stage
  • Key approaches and strategies for each stage

Small group work

1.00

Lunch

 

2.00

 
  • The support plan approach
  • Theories of learning motivation and change and how they might apply to supporting clients
  • Principles of effective support planning
  • Identifying needs, agreeing goals and planning action

Individual work and large group discussion

 

Skill practice and in-put

3.15

Break

 

3.30
  • Strategies for overcoming common obstacles
  • Case study work identifying common obstacles and strategies to over come
  • The importance of team work and supervision

Individual exercise and large group discussion

4.30

Close

 

    
     
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