The Vision of Person Centred Planning - A Daily Obsession! Sarah–Jane Dillon, Director of Programmes and Research

Objective of Presentation -Provide a brief overview of where this forum started –A review of John O’Brien Conference - The Essence of Person Centred Planning - November 2003 –Organisational Goals - Challenges of a Vision Statement –The Value of Partnerships -Where we are today and what we want to achieve

The Essesence Of Person Centred Planning - Nov John O’ Brien Session Key Lessons: –PCP is not a product to be consumed by people or a service but a change in social structures –PCP means not allowing the fear of risk to contain people but to search and build on their gifts and capacity –PCP creates the space for frustraing feelings to surface. It gives an opportunity to –Ask Hard Questions! –Ask Insightful Questions! –Take Time to Reflect! –Be Creative!

The Essence Of Person Centred Planning - Nov Actions Questions -What are we going to do about this situation? -What do you think we should do about this situation? -Insightful Questions -What is it that we don’t yet understand about this situation? -What is hard to dicuss in this situation? -What is it we are not seeing about this situation? -What is it that we are really feeling in this situation?

PCP approach creates a bowl in which challenges arise -? Not Enough Money? -? Crucial Disagreements? -? No sense of Positive Future? -? No service capacity? -PCP drives the issues - the supports need to work with the individual to resolve the issues Person Centred Planning Approach

Feedback from Delegates on the Day -“ Mind set shift doesn’t require money” -“ It helped me think more about how we faciliate PCP’s for people, ensuring that PCP’s do not become service goals” -“ I feel inspired to think laterally and not to accept the way things are but to keep thinking of alternative ideas to help people achieve their goals through the PCP approach”

Organisational Challenges -Our Vision in RehabCare “Every person living life to the full, valued for and as themselves” -Demands –Creativity - New Perspectives –Flexibility –Complete Commitment (Obsession!) –‘Nothing Good Comes Easy’ -Very Practical Outcome – Real Improvement in Individuals Lives!

Value of Partnerships in PCP -Indivdual, Familiy, Community, Organisations and beyond! –Common Goal –Cross Learning –Sum of Parts! –Untapped Resources –New Ideas -As service providers what we know how to do does not always match what people ask

The context required for true PCP Planning Approach Establishing a Framework of Rights Designing Sustainable Policies Developing Responsive Services Living Across Boundaries to Define New Possibilities Today’s Challenge

Some Words of Encouragement! “ Real positive change is slow if seen in terms of the fact that everyone deserves a good chance at a better life. But the process goes no faster if people don’t jump in and get to work together. Sounds like you are building a firm foundation” John O’Brien, April 2005