Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare Beris Campbell Melbourne

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 1

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare HOMESHARE IS HARD WORK Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 2

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare WHAT IS HOMESHARE? Aged/Disability Care Service Social and Accommodation Support Service A Micro Social Care Enterprise Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 3

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare provides a professional matching and monitoring service to bring together older householders or householders with a disability with people of integrity for mutual benefit. Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 4

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare UNIQUE PUZZLES Each Homeshare match, especially in disability, is a new and unique puzzle which has to be: teased out carefully understood and responded to appropriately requiring high level assessment and problem solving skills. Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 5

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare KEYS TO SUCCESS 1. Skilled and experienced staff 2. Well designed assessment tools & processes, incorporating … 3. Clear selection criteria for homeshare participants 4. Risk Management strategies Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 6

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare HH - SELECTION CRITERIA Capacity to live in own home and share it with a homesharer Commitment to the underlying values and principles of homesharing Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 7

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare HS - SELECTION CRITERIA genuine interest in the lives and experiences of older people &/or people with a disability Capacity to share the home of the older householder or HH with a disability Ability to communicate effectively Mature, sociable, emotionally stable and resourceful approach to life Time in daily & weekly routine for company and helping. Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 8

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare THE TALE OF TWO HOMESHARE PROGRAMS Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 9

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare HOMESHARE SERVICE MODEL Business/Marketing model Community Development model OR Micro Social Care Enterprise Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 10

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare DEFINING YOUR MARKET MASS MARKET SPECIALIST MARKET Establishing Homeshare requires PATIENCE Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 11

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare HOMESHARE SERVICE MODEL Team model Project worker Designated worker in multi service agency Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 12

Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare HOMESHARE IS HARD WORK but so WORTHWHILE Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 13

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