PERSONALISE It!

Courses will be varied but the basic sessions will be:
Personalise It is offering free training in personalisation across Lancashire. It is for Disabled people including learning disabled people and mental health service users who wish to learn about personalisation either for themselves or as a means to support other disabled people. It is for non disabled people who are interested in gaining experience and learning new skills. To access this course you must be unemployed.

The course will be provided to ensure its access to everyone and will include:

Social model of disability
This is a way of thinking about disability that says it is society that needs to change to include disabled people.

Person Centred Planning

Using tools to help person centred thinking

Working with people skills

How to work with peoploe who need support.

Listening skills

Do you really hear what people want to say to you about their life?

Adult safeguarding

How to work with people who may be at risk of abuse.

Lone working

How to keep yourself safe when working alone with people int he community.

Peer Support

Supporting other disabled people, your mates and colleagues to get the most out of life.

Support planning skills

How to think about the support you need to make your own support plan with a personal budget. How to help another person to write their support plan.

Budgeting a support plan

How to use your personal budget. How to use your direct payments. What are they and how you make sure your money fits into your support plan.

How to be a Circles of Support facilitator

What is a circle of support? How can you establish your own circle of support? How can you help someboyd make a circle of support for themselves?

For downloadable course information and application form please click on the link and go to Personalise It Documents. http://lcil.info/downloads

You will have to fill in a formal enrolment form. For more information please contact des.butler@lcil.info or telephone 01772 250300