Person-centred Work in Europe

Ten staff members of our organisation benefited from mobility opportunities in the one-year project "Person-centred work in Europe” in 2016/2017
In a job shadowing they visited 4 European countries and were received hospitably in 6 organizations.
These journeys were enabled by the successfully submitted project "Person-centred working in Europe" within the scope of Key Action 1 (Learning mobility of individuals) in the Erasmus + program.

The focus was self-determination and autonomy for people with disabilities
Qualified Employees of the Lebenshilfen SD met different solutions in European partner organizations in order to replace traditional assistance for people with disabilities by methods of the person-centred approach.
The employees gained knowledge and practical expertise concerning PCW from service providers in the disability field as well as changes in the organisational structure of service providers.

Franziskus Werk Schönbrunn (Germany): offers a wide range of support services in the areas of housing, life, learning and work. Beneficiaries are children, young people, adults and seniors with intellectual or multiple impairments. Person-centred processes are carried out with the aim to change the living and working situations for people with disabilities.

Helen Sanderson Associates (United Kingdom) is a co - founder of person centred work in United Kingdom. Hs Associates is a social enterprise, working to create person-centred change by transforming how we think, plan and meet together. The organisation works internationally to embed person-centred practices into the heart of organisations and communities – creating better lives together.

Plena Inclusión (Spain): is a cooperation of service organizations for people with intellectual disabilities. It consists of nearly 900 organizations all over Spain. The aim of the cooperation is the full inclusion and social participation of people with disabilities and their families. Plena Inclusión has launched a process to transform the services provided for people with intellectual disabilities and their families. The transformation promotes more person centred services, inclusive communities and piloting services.

Leben mit Behinderung Hamburg (Germany): offers consultation for people with disabilities and their families. It offers work and orientation in day activity centre as well as in an artist studio. Different living accommodations rented flats, community houses or shared flats (located all over the area of Hamburg) are provided. Person-centred planning and future planning methods are used in life with disabilities, launched by the project “Wunschwege”.

Nexus Support (United Kingdom): Nexus Support is an exciting innovative organisation set up in October 2008 by Neil Singh and Steve Bailey. Nexus Support is committed to providing support and services that enable people with learning disabilities to live as independently as possible and participate in, and contribute to, the valued life of the community.

Die Lebenshilfe Südtirol ONLUS: Provides facilities and offers social services of all kinds in the whole of South Tyrol. In South Tyrol, a network of personal future planning was founded.

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