Working in a way that promotes person centered values
The person centered way means working together with the individual to plan their care and support to meet their unique needs. This cuts down the risk of negative, unfair or harmful treatment and neglect. The individual is put at the centre, able to choose and control how they want their care and support to be. Person centered planning is used in social care and has four key rules: www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Standards/Care-Act/ Learning-and-development/Person-centred-care-and-support-planning.aspx/
1. The belief that an individual can plan for themselves. The focus needs to be on their strengths and abilities; for example, an individual who wants to make their own decision about which mobility aids they would like to use to support them to walk short distances rather than use their wheelchair.
2. The care plan is written in the first person to make clear that it is the individual who owns it; for example ‘I would like to try a walking frame when I am moving around the house and for short distances outside rather than using my wheelchair’.