Elements and Performance Criteria
- Support the person with a disability to identify and engage in social networks within the broad community
- Work with the person with disability to identify their strengths, interests, abilities and support requirements so they may engage with a social network
- Work with the person to identify an appropriate social network and to clarify the support they will need to actively engage with this network
- Work with the person to identify any possible barriers to participation and inclusion
- Work with the person to develop strategies to manage potential barriers
- Promote and raise awareness of community inclusion through community education and involvement of people with disability
- Research, identify and network with relevant services to explore community inclusion opportunities
- Match relevant services and networks to the requirements of person with disability
- Identify and access appropriate resources according to organisation policy and protocols
- Provide information about options available to person with disability and/or their advocate /carer
- Recognise and accommodate individual choices and spiritual/cultural differences
- Assist the person with a disability and relevant others to develop and implement individualised community support plan
- Support the person to develop a person-centred individualised plan to participate in the community
- Assist the person to establish their requirements in order to maximise their participation in community life
- Assist the person, if appropriate, to become an active member of their neighbourhood and local community
- Assist the person to develop strategies to address barriers to participation, and include them in the individualised plan
- Assist the person to identify and access community options that will meet their needs as identified in the individualised plan
- Assist the person to access opportunities to establish connections through shared interests with other community members
- Provide the person with necessary supports for participation, according to the individualised plan
- Assist person and their family/carer to select activities that will enhance inclusion
- Give support in a manner that provides a positive role model and promotes development and/or maintenance of the person's skills
- Where appropriate, support other workers to implement the individualised community support plan
- Identify aspects of worker involvement in the individualised plan outside scope of knowledge, skills and/or job role and respond accordingly
- Identify strategies for community participation and inclusion that may require review and consult with the person
- Develop strategies to minimise isolation for person with a disability
- Identify requirements for support, devices, aids and environmental modification and develop strategies to deal with these in conjunction with person and/or their advocate/s /carer
- Identify support or devices required to assist with communication
- Assess physical barriers to participation and identify solutions with involvement of person with disability
- Recognise own limitations in addressing issues and seek advice when necessary
- Where appropriate, identify and assess barriers to communication/social participation caused by cognitive deficits associated with acquired brain injury and develop solutions
- Discuss travel and transport issues with person and identify strategies to address these
- Put in place processes to evaluate ongoing success of strategies
- Determine risks associated with supporting community participation and inclusion
- Conduct location or activity risk assessment specific to the person's circumstances
- Discuss elements of risk with the person and appropriate others
- Work with the person and appropriate others to identify strategies to remove or reduce risk
- Develop strategies to remove or reduce risk according to organisation policy and procedures and legislative requirements