6. Creating a Personal Care Plan for Adult Volunteers
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Principles of Intimate Care when working with young people and adults
- 3. Definitions within the Intimate and Personal care policy & Procedures
- 4. People involved in creating an Individual Support Plan – definition of role
- 5. Creating an Individual Support Plan for young people
- 6. Creating a Personal Care Plan for Adult Volunteers
- 7. Intimate & personal care: Support Practices
- 8. Guidance on who can provide intimate or personal care support
- 9. Guidance for Appointments
- 10. Training & Validation
- 11. Specific Safeguarding Considerations
- 12. Further Resources
- 13. Review
- Appendix
6. Creating a Personal Care Plan for Adult Volunteers
Just as we would for our young people we also adopt a strengths-based approach when looking at reasonable adjustments for our Adult Volunteers. This means that as well as the individual’s needs or challenges, we consider their strengths and the support they may have. This should include enabling them to be as independent as possible. All the principles are the same, however Adult Volunteers should complete the form in Appendix 3 of this policy, rather than an Individual Support Plan.
Wherever possible, The Scouts will make reasonable adjustments to facilitate participation. However in accordance with our legal responsibilities and our purpose, we will place the needs of young people first. This may mean that The Scouts are unable to make reasonable adjustments as they fail to correspond with our Safeguarding Policy. In these circumstances a decision may be taken that an adult cannot perform certain roles and responsibilities within Scouting. The Personal Care Plan should be reviewed once a year, or when there is a change of circumstances.