Tools that support engagement when thinking about issues and working with other people.
A series of exercises to be done with management teams, staff and people who access support.
Understanding and integrating organisational values into the recruitment process.
The tools should be used with management, staff and people who access support. The tools offer an opportunity to:
Three templates of basic business planning tools
Creating a SWOT analysis, creating an action plan and developing a service story
These tools should be used by organisations who are considering a change to their current approach of delivering care and support. They help to map out change and navigate potential barriers. Each planning tool has individual instructions or prompts to support thinking.
Preventing loneliness and social isolation for older people
Create your own personalised map of what is important in your life to help promote well-being
WITTY is a free iPad app which enables people to visually map positive assets and factors they have and can better engage with in day to day life.
Whilst we have provided this tool on an iPad you could create a paper version yourself using A3/A4 paper and images and objects you have to hand.
Difficulties, decisions, deliberations
Defining what is meant by integrated working
In any discussion of integrated working, a first prerequisite is that all parties define what they are talking about. Integrated working is one of those terms that has come to mean different things to different people so it is essential to ensure that everyone is talking about the same thing.
Practising and sustaining the outcomes-focused approach in integrated working
Many people who receive support will be used to a service-
Understanding and promoting an outcomes-focused approach in integrated working
Introduction
This guide forms part of the Iriss Leading for Outcomes series. The guides are designed to support team leaders, managers and trainers to lead teams in the adoption and implementation of a personal outcomes-focused approach. The initial guide, Leading for outcomes: a guide, gives general evidence-based advice and support in leading this approach within the context of adult services.
A toolbox of resources relevant to an outcomes-focused approach in social services
Developed by Iriss in partnership with Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS), the Outcomes Toolbox brings together a range of resources and knowledge relevant to an outcomes-focused approach in the social services.
It includes:
