Our Network Partners are services who are interested in the development of person centred support. They receive early findings from the project and are involved in many of our events and developments.
This information has been written by people from these services. The project has made some small changes to the information so it is anonymous. This is because as a research project it is important for us to make sure other people don't know who is taking part. NP just stands for Network Partner!
1) NP1 was founded in the nineteen sixties and is part of a nationwide charity supporting disabled people in the UK. It is a care home with nursing for 25 permanent service users with physical disabilities. We also have one respite bed which is well used.
All the service users have a named nurse and a keyworker who, together with the other staff, support the individual in developing and maintaining their choice of lifestyle.
NP1 is staffed by care assistants and nurses, an administrator, domestic and laundry staff, a maintenance man and catering staff. We also have a volunteer co-ordinator (in post since April this year) and a growing number of volunteers who work with service users in order to assist them to access community facilities and broaden their social outlook.
2) Every year NP2 helps more than 5,000 homeless and vulnerable people find responsive and integrated solutions to problems by offering pioneering services to men and women who have complex and overlapping needs that often exclude them from mainstream services. We help our service users to find and maintain a place to live and to become more independent and self reliant. Our aim as a project partner is to share our experiences of delivering client centred services to vulnerable adults. We have implemented creative and successful solutions to the challenges of engaging vulnerable people with a client centred approach
and we seek to continue to learn from service users and partners alike.
3) NP3, an NHS trust provides mental health, learning disability, neuro rehabilitation and substance misuse services. The trust is a result of a merger of 3 smaller trusts and now serves a population of approximately 1.4 million people.
Among the services provided by the trust are forensic services for people who have a learning disability including medium secure accommodation, enhanced low secure accommodation and rehabilitation services. Our aims from the project are to explore how we can provide person centred support to people who access our forensic services and are detained under the mental health act.
4) NP4 is the largest voluntary sector mental health organisation in England, led by a board of trustees who predominantly either have personal experience of or are carers of people with mental ill-health. We are currently reviewing and modernising our day and community services to ensure that they continue to meet the needs and aspirations of those people using them whilst helping to promote social inclusion amongst participants. We are especially interested in the overlaps between person centred planning, the recovery concept of mental health and self management.
5) NP5 is a small but diverse organisation working with people with learning disabilities in Scotland. We help people plan good lives in the community. Our support is tailored to the individual. We provide support, information and confidence building activities through one to one work, group work and activities. Most of our activities take place in the town, although we work with schools in the rural areas. We have a training café for people with learning disabilities.
Currently we have over 70 members. Our information and enquiry service is available for people with learning disabilities, their families, carers and professionals. We run training courses on Person Centred Planning and are supported by volunteer staff.