The Role of Social Care inServices for People with

Disability

Brian McClean

Brothers Of Charity Roscommon

Social Role Valorisation

• Raise consciousness

• Challenge perceptions

• Provide valued social roles

• Promote social inclusionWolf Wolfensburger 1934 - 2011

A Sense Of Home

• Shelter

• Hearth

• Heart

• Privacy

• Identity

• Abode

• Paradise

ShelterTranslating quality of life into service action: use of personal outcome measures in the Republic of IrelandBob McCormack and Margaret Farrell

300 Irish People With Intellectual Disabilities

30% not assured of freedom from abuse and neglect34% no expectation of basic privacy43% no best possible health outcome64% did not experience continuity and security

The Ryan ReportReligion and children in care or congregate living?

Hearth

Heart

Toolbox for Change: Reclaiming joy, purpose and commitment in the helping profession

Privacy

Identity

Abode

• Partial participation

• Every moment has potential

• Graded Assistance

• Little and often

• Maximising Choice and Control

Paradise

• Positive Emotion

• Flow

• Meaning

To be seen and met as a fellow human being with the capacity to discover one’s personal vision is to be encouraged determine for oneself, the things that happen in one’s own life. If, as staff, our actions inspire others to dream more, to learn more, to do more and to become more, we are working as effective skilled helpers.

Francis’ Story

Not Yet A Vision,Maybe A Glow