Provide Active Support

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CU2654 Provide Active Support 1.1 Explain how the key characteristics of active support differ from the hotel model The hotel model is where the staff take over and the service user is a spectator of their own lives however active support encourages the service user to take active participation in every part of their lives; it provides the support that is needed to meet the needs of the service users. Active support is a way of making sure service users are able to engage and participate in their own support. 1.2 Define the terms Promoting independence: Means when service users have the power to decide different options available to them by providing them with a variety of information, they can own decisions, and share responsibility for the outcomes. The purpose of this is to help service users to regain or learn new skills and to live their everyday life and stay within their community Informed choice: Means that about service users’ rights for a decision about diagnostic or therapeutic procedure that is based on choice, which requires that the decisions be voluntary and that the client has the capacity for choice. This rest on 3 elements: possession of a set of values and goals, ability to understand information and communicate decisions, and the ability to reason and deliberate. Valued life: Means promoting a person centre approach in all areas of care as this will balance the activities that contribute to a good quality of life for individuals, incorporating vocational, domestic, personal, leisure, educational and social activities. 1.3 Explain how use of active support can promote independence, informed choice and a valued life. The use of active support means that this will promote independence of the service used, as it is looks at encouraging them to take part in all aspect of their lives, it is giving them the

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