What Makes a Great Community Team What people

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…….