Case Study
You are a new manager in a setting and wish to introduce the team to Active Support. You have been on awareness and training sessions and are keen to introduce the ideas into your setting which caters for a small group of individuals with learning disabilities.The team have worked together for a number of years and are keen to congratulate themselves on the work they do supporting the service users. They have adopted a very maternal attitude to the service users and proudly tell you how well the team look after the service users ‘just as if they were living in a hotel’.
- What will be your challenges introducing Active Support?
- How will you introduce the concept to the team?
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