From Person-Centered Care to Self-directed Support
From Person-Centered Care to Self-directed Support
Training-action program for social workers from municipalities and NGOs.
Next edition: October 23rd.
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1, 1948)
In the last years the person-centered approach has been consolidated and social workers use it for their interventions. Today we know that it is not so much about putting the person in the center and social workers making decisions on behalf of that person, based on his/her will and rights, but about offering the support the person needs to be able to make his/her own decisions.
The European Model of Self-directed Support seeks to guarantee and preserve this approach: to support and escort the people who approach the Social Services in taking decisions so, at every moment, they have the possibility of choosing and controlling how the action or support plan is organized to achieve the results agreed with the professionals, based on the person will and rights.
Goal
To introduce the approach of Self-directed Support in the care of users of Social Services of public institutions and the third sector, considering the different situations and variants of profiles that social workers must attend.
Recipients
Social workers of municipalities or third sector organisations.
Editions (2023)
Open edition
- Catalan edition. Start date: October 23rd. Registration open in the form that you will find on the spanish or catalan version of this page.
Format and duration
Online, through the Zoom platform. Editions in spanish and in catalan. The course consists of 24,5 hours divided into 6 theorical workshops and 5 practical sessions.
Workshops:
- Improve the social action from the perspective of Human Rights
- Theoretical framework of Person-Centered Care (PCC) and Self-directed Support
- Practical session 1 – Defining customization and control
- Practical session 2 – Supporting Roles of the Self-Directed Support
- Practical Session 3 – Co-production, at the heart of Self-Directed Support
- Workshop 4 – Person-centered evaluation and decision-making
- Practical Session 5 – Elaboration of personal plans, with the community as a living scenario
Price and registration
- Open editions: €240 per professional (40% discount for iSocial member organisations).
Registration procedure:
1. Fill in and send the form that you will find at the bottom of this page.
2. Subsequently, to register for the course, you must send an email to formacio@isocial.cat with the PDF or image of the proof of payment for the course (240€). Payment must be made by bank transfer or deposit to the CaixaBank account ES20 2100 0963 6102 0029 3169, made out to the iSocial Foundation, indicating the name of the person registering and the course in the concept.
- For editions commissioned, please write to formacio@isocial.cat
Once the form has been sent, the place will be reserved for one week. If the above-mentioned documentation has not been received within this period, the availability of places will not be guaranteed.
The iSocial Foundation does not guarantee that this training activity will take place if a minimum number of students is not reached. Once the registration has been formalised, the registration fee will not be refunded unless the organisation cancels the training activity.
This training program can be complemented after with an advisor service for the practical implementation of this methodology.
Teaching team
Team of 4 experts linked to different universities, municipalities and social NGO, and with a long history of work in the Social Services sector. Consult the names and CVs of the teachers in the PDF brochure of the course, by clicking on the “More information” button.
Coordination
Nuria Ambrós: Graduate in psychology, graduated in teaching, social education and learning management in organizations, and master’s degree in integration of people with intellectual disabilities. For the last ten years she has specialized in training, advising and accompanying third sector organizations throughout Spain in the implementation of person-centered practices.
In collaboration with
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