Dumfries and Galloway Shared Lives Service Principles and Values
Dumfries and Galloway Shared Lives values open communication; invites contribution and challenge accountability We work, putting the people we support at the heart of everything we do.
We champion public service and multi-agency working in our values. Our work is guided by our values and demonstrates our commitment to serving the people of Dumfries and Galloway - they are not just words; they underpin the decisions we take and are critical to how we approach what we do and the way we do it.
These values affect everything we do with the people we support, partners and each other. By living the values at work, we show the people of Dumfries and Galloway, our partners and colleagues what we are about.
Everyone lives the values by demonstrating behaviours that are right for our service.
- Putting people and their needs first.
- Ensuring the availability of high-quality services.
- Valuing, developing and supporting the social care workforce.
- Working in partnership with the individual, families and other organisations.
- Making the best use of our resources.
- Creating the conditions, with others, for equality of opportunity.
- Constantly striving to improve.
In addition, Shared Lives operate to the following principles and values:
- Enabling people to exercise power and control over their own lives.
- Providing an individualised service to people based on needs and ability.
- The individual having the right to experience a lifestyle that most people would value as desirable for themselves and their families.
- Meeting the needs of the individual and of the carer.
- Offering a consistent relationship, inclusion within social networks and the opportunity to develop personal social relationships.
- Provision of a flexible and individual service that is responsive to the changing needs of the individual and hosts.
- Recognising that hosts are an essential resource and should be valued accordingly.
- Working in partnership with care/case management to ensure that an overall package of services is available to the individual.
- Exceptionally high standards of integrity and respect for all.
- Promotion of a stable and safe environment ensuring that vulnerable people are protected from abuse and neglect.
- The achievement of positive outcomes by offering high quality placements, which meet the welfare and social needs of all assessed eligible individuals appropriately.
- The promotion of the health and personal care needs of all individuals in Shared Lives placements.
- Encouraging team and personal development for both staff and Shared Lives hosts.
- Anti-discriminatory policies, which promote equal opportunities for all and value diversity of both the individual and hosts regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnic background, age, religious beliefs, disability or marital status.
