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Assessment
and Care Planning Applications
to Hayfield Support Services are usually made by a statutory authority. This
authority will provide detailed information regarding the applicant’s
personal, family and social background, including details of any occurrence of
challenging behaviour and how this has been dealt with.
Applications also require to include a standard medical report.
All information provided in the application will be treated in the
strictest confidence. All
applicants undertake a basic 6 week residential and/or day care Assessment
Period. Each
applicant is assigned a named residential key worker and/or day care instructor,
who has responsibility for monitoring the applicant’s progress, and collating
information from other staff or outside agencies. At
the end of the Assessment Period the key worker and / or instructor will produce
a detailed report on the applicant, using a standard recording format (copies of
this format are available to referring authorities on request). The
Assessment Reports produced are compiled with the knowledge and assistance of
the applicant, to the level of their abilities, and the final reports are made
available to the applicant and the referring authority. This may be adapted to
suit the levels of understanding of the applicant, e.g. this may be in pictorial
format. The
Assessment Reports produced by key-workers / instructors highlight an
individual’s abilities as well as their needs.
The reports give recommendations as to whether the applicant would
benefit from a placement in Hayfield, highlight any instances of challenging
behaviour, and provide individual goals which a placement would seek to
facilitate. Following
the Assessment Period, a planning meeting is held which includes the applicant,
their carers, their advocate, representatives of the referring authority,
relevant staff and Hayfield management.
This meeting will decide whether a placement at Hayfield is appropriate,
and about the nature and purpose of such a placement.
Decisions are also taken about the goals to be set for the applicant’s
development, about any specific measures to be taken to deal with challenging
behaviour and about the services to be provided in pursuit of these decisions. The
assessment process provides information which is then collated in order to
produce an individualised Care Plan and Risk Assessment for each service user.
(see also the Policy document on “Risk Assessment”) Throughout
any placement in Hayfield, responsibility for the planned work being done with
an individual service user lies with the named key-worker and/or instructor, in
cooperation with other members of staff
and other agencies as appropriate.
Key workers and instructors are regularly supervised by their line
managers. Managers
are responsible for ensuring that individual service user records are kept up to
date, and that they contain the appropriate information, with particular
reference to medical information and details of all instances of challenging
behaviour. During
all placements in Hayfield, each service user has their overall progress
reassessed at a full Review Meeting, at least twice a year. Each
Review Meeting follows a format similar to the initial Assessment Meeting, with
the production of reports and the involvement of the service user, their carers
and representatives.
New issues are addressed and new goals set for the next review period. In
the case of someone who is Deaf and has Autism, the original plan may stay in
place or the goals changed to suit their levels of progress. It is important to
note that the levels of progress may appear to be slower for people with Autism. At
the time of each Review the service user’s Care Plan and Risk Assessment will
be re-addressed and amended in the light of any new information or developments. Where appropriate, individual planning includes working towards the finalisation of the placement. In such cases, Hayfield staff assist in the identification of future needs, and in the formulation of individual Community Care Plans.
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