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A positive approach to risk: safeguarding through personalisation
- Author:
- CLOSE Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Community Connecting, 20, May 2009, pp.8-13.
- Publisher:
- Community Connecting
A common concern in relation to the personalisation agenda is that employing personal assistants as part of self-directed support will leave people with learning disabilities more open to abuse. In this article the author explores counter arguments to explain how, when people are truly enabled to self direct their support, and when that support is delivered in a truly person centred way, those people are at less risk of abuse than they are under the current system of care management. The author draws on the Keys to Citizenship model and provides six potential points at which to check for safeguarding and risk issues.
Person-centred thinking: a positive approach to risk
- Authors:
- NEILL Max, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Connecting, 15, July 2008, pp.9-14.
- Publisher:
- Community Connecting
The issue of risk, as it has traditionally been approved by human services, imposes a barrier to social inclusion and to an interesting and productive life. In this article, the authors discuss an alternative person-centred risk process that has a more balanced approach to risk and keeps the person at the centre of the process.