Associated people Item Level Guidance People associated RAS This question asks who is involved in the support plan. It is often appropriate to involve not only the client, but with support plan their care coordinator, carer, GP, other professionals and/or organisations in the development of the support ACAT plan, particularly when the client’s needs are more complex. Identifying and including who is involved in the support plan assists the client to achieve their goals and address their identified needs. Including the people and/or organisations who are involved in the support plan: Assists the client in setting and achieving and enables these to be made known to all involved in the client’s care and service provision Encourages the client to be actively involved Manages long-term service delivery in a concise way Provides an essential checklist to ensure continuity of service delivery Encourages a team approach Increases client and carer awareness of support services available, and how and when to access them Facilitates monitoring of the client’s health and social wellbeing. An assessor can associate such people with the support plan. This can be completed by recording name, relationship to client and contact details. It also requires the assessor to identify whether the person has been involved in the support planning process, and whether they have been provided with a copy of the support plan. An assessor may set a review date of the support plan at the time of the assessment. A review may also be requested by a client or a service provider. It may be completed over-the-phone with the client. A review by an assessor will look at the following aspects: The reason a review has been requested and its impact on the client’s existing assessment information and support plan The appropriateness of the services in meeting the client’s goals
Associated people Item Level Guidance People associated with support plan RAS ACAT This question asks who is involved in the support plan. It is often appropriate to involve not only the client, but their care coordinator, carer, GP, other professionals and/or organisations in the development of the support plan, particularly when the client’s needs are more complex. Identifying and including who is involved in the support plan assists the client to achieve their goals and address their identified needs. Including the people and/or organisations who are involved in the support plan: Assists the client in setting and achieving and enables these to be made known to all involved in the client’s care and service provision Encourages the client to be actively involved Manages long-term service delivery in a concise way Provides an essential checklist to ensure continuity of service delivery Encourages a team approach Increases client and carer awareness of support services available, and how and when to access them Facilitates monitoring of the client’s health and social wellbeing. An assessor can associate such people with the support plan. This can be completed by recording name, relationship to client and contact details. It also requires the assessor to identify whether the person has been involved in the support planning process, and whether they have been provided with a copy of the support plan. An assessor may set a review date of the support plan at the time of the assessment. A review may also be requested by a client or a service provider. It may be completed over-the-phone with the client. A review by an assessor will look at the following aspects: The reason a review has been requested and its impact on the client’s existing assessment information and support plan The appropriateness of the services in meeting the client’s goals
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