Support Planning & Brokerage
Our Aims and Objectives is to empower vulnerable people to lead a ‘life more ordinary’ and enhance the quality of their life.
This will be delivered by :
- Getting to know the individual
- Finding out about their hopes and aspirations
- Enabling them to help develop their own plan
- Help them think about what the support to implement this plan would look like
- Action Plan
- Empower and enable the individual Implement their plan
We Use
Choice & Control
Prices
All work will be calculated on an individual basis depending on the individuals requirements required. This will be calculated following a detailed brief to scope the necessary work, from which an estimate will be provided.
As a ‘rule of thumb’ Support Planning & Brokerage services are priced at 12 hours or 2% of the RAS Personal Budget depending on individual requirements.
Services
Brokerage
Support services that enable individuals to direct their own support
Advocacy
Enabling individuals to have a voice to ensure that their needs & wishes are identified, views respected & rights protected
Support
Services which enable individuals to live a ‘life more ordinary’
Information
Facts provided about local community services, etc. that can help the individual seeking support
Facilitation and Enablement
Enabling individuals to lead the life they choose, facilitating their hopes & aspirations in a practical and realistic way
Researching
Researching community services, work and training opportunities, travel options, etc.
Sign Posting to Help, Advice & Training
Providing individuals with details of local services and opportunities that can help them through any difficulties, help them develop skills, provide them with advice e.g. the benefits maze, job seeking, etc.
Planning & Developing Support Plans
Enabling individuals to develop a support plan that can achieve their day to day living needs, hopes and aspirations, etc.
Co-ordinating Support & Resources
Setting up systems that can help the individual co-ordinate their support staff or develop support tools that can help them implement their support plans. PaperChase can also take on the co-ordinating role
Negotiation & Mediation
Helping the individual negotiate their requirements. Helping individuals by providing mediation opportunities e.g. between the individual and their support staff or work experience opportunities, etc.
Training
Providing training for the individual or their support staff or both. Training may include travel training, managing their Personal Budget, managing their staff, developing new skills, etc.
