Person Centred Planning

Research conducted by the University of Lancaster and published in 2005 showed that person centred thinking and planning had a positive effect on people’s lives and can improve their involvement in the community, the choices available to them and increase their contact with friends and family.
Current changes in social care are moving the emphasis away from a model of care where an individual receives the care determined by a professional to one that has person centre planning at its heart, with the individual firmly at the centre in identifying what is personally important to deliver his or her outcomes. These changes make the need for care plans to be both person centred and outcome focussed a clear priority.
These improvements in quality of life for those who use services demonstrate the important role that person centred planning should take in all stages of care provision.

Personal Care Consultants offers a range of courses which promote care planning which is both person centred and outcome focused.

Our one day training course for health and social care workers introduces the values and principles of person centred planning. This course introduces the person centred approach and follows it from initial assessment through to outcome focussed care planning.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the training session the participants will have:
-Discussed the idea of the person at the centre - sharing power
-Explored the involvement of family and friends as partners
-Considered how to ensure that planning reflects what is important to the person
-Explored the topic of ‘Life and not services’ - what is possible?
- Looked at following the process through to ongoing listening, monitoring and reviewing