What Makes a Great Community Team

What people said ……. I don’t always want or need support. When I do need support it needs to be easy to get. I want any support I do have to be positive. I want support to live my life.

Some Stories….. Being a parent – Antony Gritto

Sean Dempsey Supporting a person with Down’s Syndrome

Gareth Welford Transitions

Suzanne Garlick My Rights

Support to communication This means being able to make my own choices and decisions. It is not always necessary to call a best interest meeting. Its better to do supported decision making.

Support when bad things have happened and support to cope Drama therapy Art Therapy Mindfulness

Do I need to take medication or are there other ways I can be helped?

Advocacy To have the confidence to speak up To have someone to speak up for me

To work with people who have autism without a learning disability

Change the language you use….. Using medical language can make people feel bad about themselves

Some idea….. Can we have drop-in services so people can get support when they need it without going on a waiting list? Can community groups provide some of the support that people need? Can we work with health professional's to understand that people have rights? That means community teams working with Doctors and health visitors

A good community team that works together could stop secured admission

Community Teams working with the community…….