Key working & support planning
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.
Aims
Aim:
- To enable staff to effectively provide support using a key worker and individual support planning approach
Objectives
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
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Times |
Session Content |
Methods |
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9.30 |
Introductions: Aim, agenda and format;
Climate setting |
Round |
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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
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Large group discussion
Small group work |
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11.15 |
Break |
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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
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Small group work |
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1.00 |
Lunch |
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2.00
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- 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
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Individual work and large group discussion
Skill practice and in-put |
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3.15 |
Break |
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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
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Individual exercise and large group discussion |
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4.30 |
Close |
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