In adherence with the Agency's Holistic and Person-Centred Approach, the Resource Services work hand in hand with the person having a disability while striving to design and offer individualised support services that would enable and empower the persons with a disability to realize their vision, dreams and hopes in life to enhance their quality of life.

Aims:

The Resource Services are considered to be the backbone of the Community and Residential Services offered by the Agency. Following the allocation of service, members of the Resource Team follow the person from the point of assessment through to the initiation of service, followed by regular, planned service reviews.

The Resource Services assess and evaluate, through Person Centred Planning, individuals  with a disability who have been allocated services or who receive SAPPORT Services and develop intervention plans that support the individual with a disability and his / her family or carers to meet his / her desired objectives.

In adherence with the Agency's Holistic and Person-Centred Approach, the Resource Services work hand in hand with the person having a disability while striving to design and offer individualised support services that would enable and empower the person wtih a disability to realize their vision, dreams and hopes in life to enhance their quality of life.

Description:

SAPPORT's Resource Services are provided by a team of professionals with a degree related to the disability field, consisting of supervisors and professional support workers. The supervisors ensure that the services are running in line with the mission statement of the Agency. Hence they ensure that the rights of the clients are being respected, their quality of life is enhanced, and provide members of staff with training, supervision and direction. The professional support workers assist the residential supervisors in tasks such as staff scheduling and staff meetings, relate directly with clients on their daily programmes and accompany clients for professional appointments when so required.

The following are some of the tasks carried out by the Resource Services:

• Ensure adequate management of SAPPORT residences and Community Services through the services of full-time Supervisors who administer services at Fgura & Kirkop Residences, Vajrita I, Vajrita II, & Villino Maria and the Community;
  
  
• Supply additional professional support to the above-mentioned services through the input of full-time Professional Support Workers;
  
  
• Carry out any necessary professional assessments with persons having a disability already in receipt of services, or whose services are in the process of initiation;
  
  
• Guarantee appropriate support to persons carrying out frontline duties in both Residences and in the Community through a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, On-Call System;
  
  
• Conduct and/or participate in regular reviews to ensure effective service provision both in relation to Community and Residential clients.