Autonomy

Autonomy Within Professional Practice

I am currently on placement at a Learning Disability Centre in the North of England, which has been open since 1974.
The centre aims to support 120 people who have moderate to severe learning disabilities, current ages ranging from nineteen to seventy six years of age. The centre has a number of well-established partnerships with a wide variety of agencies and organisations, which enhances service delivery offering a more varied and inclusive service.

The centre aims to support people to play a full and active roll within their local community, through the provision of a programme of activities. This is achieved by using a key worker system and a person centred approach.
This encourages multi-disciplinary teams working, supporting and developing individual service users.
(Halton Borough Council 2000)

Each person has their own person centred plan (see appendix 1) and timetable relating to daily activities within structured aims and o...