Focus on the Individual: Person Centred Planning – March 2021

This accredited Level 6 course, Focus on the Individual – Person Centred Planning examines how a person centred plan is implemented, facilitated and evaluated. It explores the organisational structures and changes required to support a person centred service that is focused on individualised supports and care. The ten-week programme, which blends online learning with intensive workshops, has a strong practical bias. It:

• Provides a clear step-by-step process for creating a Person Centred Plan (PCP) for the person you support
• Encourages critical thinking/reflection about your role, the challenges you face and the organisational issues you encounter

The course is aimed at first-line personnel whose role involves:

• Facilitating person centred plans with people using the service; and/or
• Performing a supervisory role within an organisation that supports PCP

After completing this course you should be able to:

• Discuss the origins, key concepts and philosophical framework underpinning person centred planning (PCP)
• Explore the steps involved in PCP – including:
  •  Discovery
  • Facilitating a circle of support planning meeting
  • Action planning
• Evaluate your own progress in developing the essential skills and techniques of an effective PCP facilitator
• Critically discuss the PCP process as a management and quality of service question including examining:
  • Various approaches to management change
  • The role of leadership in the positive implementation of the PCP process
  • How the PCP process can be used as a quality measure for service users.