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Exclusion. Decisions regarding the
assessment, admission and continued placement of Deaf individuals and
individuals with Autism in Hayfield are taken jointly at meetings involving the
service user, their family / carers, representatives of the referring authority,
appointed advocates (if this is appropriate) and Hayfield staff.
It is acknowledged that Hayfield accept responsibility of care for all
service users, and that staff will endeavour to work within
the policy and procedures laid down. It
is recognised that situations may arise which require Hayfield managers to take
decisions unilaterally or at short notice, with regard to whether a previously
agreed placement is allowed to continue. Hayfield
Support Services has been specifically developed to meet the needs of Deaf
people who experience additional problems, such as psychological or emotional
difficulties or specific disabilities such as Autistic Spectrum Disorders, which
may on occasions result in the service user exhibiting disruptive or even
violent behaviour. Staff will attempt to deal with such situations, if and when
they develop, and this will be regarded as part of the learning process which
the service user experiences. (See
policy document “Challenging Negative Behaviour” and the policy on “Physical
Intervention”). However,
in the event of an incident or series of incidents being regarded as presenting
an unacceptable level of risk to the disruptive person, to other
service users or to staff; or where the level of disruption being caused is
significantly harming the work of Hayfield, consideration may be given to
terminating that person’s placement. All
efforts will be made to avoid exclusion, where possible. In
the event of a major incident, e.g. involving serious physical or sexual
assault, or drug dealing, the service user’s referring authority may be asked
to remove them from Hayfield immediately, or to make alternative arrangements
for them while investigations are made. In
a situation which deteriorates gradually, every attempt should be made to seek
to resolve the difficulties caused, and the referring authority should be kept
informed of all developments. Any
move towards exclusion should be done with the knowledge and co-operation of the
referring workers, and wherever possible, notice of pending exclusions should be
given. In
the event of exclusion being necessary, Hayfield will co-operate to provide any
information or assistance which may enable the successful relocation of the
excluded person. In certain circumstances
Hayfield may consider accepting an application for an excluded person to be
re-admitted, but Managers reserve the right to refuse a re-application where
this is deemed inappropriate.
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