Perth and Kinross Resources
Welcome to the Perth and Kinross Resource page.
Here you will find resources that can be drawn on by you or the people you support in Perth and Kinross when you need and want informative information and tools.
Personalisation and Self Directed Support
The Perth and Kinross Self Directed Support team provide in house support for clients, families, private sector, health and social care partnership and the 3rd sector, across all ages and client groups.
This is done through 1 to 1 conversations and group sessions with clients and families, groups and new and existing workers, as well as on going support with locality teams to promote personalisation through the SDS process, to enable choice, flexibility and control.
The Self Directed Support Team and the Learning and Development team work in partnership, striving to continually meet the personal learning needs of individuals and teams by being responsive and exploring personalisation and SDS across all localities.
http://www.pkc.gov.uk/selfdirectedsupport
BEFRIENDING SCHEME FOR CARERS
The Befriending Scheme for carers in Perth & Kinross is a new initiative which hopes to enable communities to support one another and to bridge the gap between the support unpaid carers are currently able to obtain and the support that they need, particularly to have a break.
To learn more please click on the link below
Social Prescribers
Social Prescribing starts with a conversation. It maybe a conversation with a GP or with someone else from the Social Work Team.
Social prescribing has been shown to offer social and practical support to people with a wide range of challenges and health conditions whose needs are not currently being met through existing services.
The overall aim of Social Prescribing is to improve the health and wellbeing of people by signposting and supporting them to access and use community-based activities and provide a different response to those provided by Health and Social Care services.
Want to know more and how you can make a referral then click the link below...
Easy Manual Handling
What’s it about?
The Easy Manual Handling website is a user friendly resource for people to access, share and support or be supported in Perth and Kinross.
Looking for information to support the people your support or loved ones can be a challenging experience, however the Easy Manual Handling Website is filled with lots of easy to understand information, guidance and videos it aims to support your journey through manual handling and is available to you day and night.
Please click the link below to the Easy Manual Handling Website:
Conditions
Ensure you are well informed about some of the conditions that people you support may live with, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dementia, Tourette’s Syndrome and Autism. Easy Read is a form of accessible information, made easier to understand by using short simple sentences and pictures. Please click the link below for more information on the above conditions in Easy Read format.
Health
General health and wellbeing is so important to us all, we need to have a general understanding of a range of ailments that we will all come in contact with at some point in our lives, such as Anxiety, Dementia, Epilepsy and Pneumonia to name a few. That being said some of these can be difficult to fully understand, so again we have attached some more information in the Easy Read Format. Please click the link below for more information.
Money
Ensure you are well informed about money as it is something we all deal with on a daily basis. We want to assist in any way we can and provide helpful information on general banking, free personal care, managing your money and more. This information is also in an Easy Read format using short simple sentences and pictures. Please click the link below for more information.
Services
You my come into contact with a number of vital services such as access to work, criminal justice, autism support, general rights and more. The Easy Read Format of this information further allows for a basic understanding of these services, their use and how it may affect individuals. Please click the link below for access to this information.
Technology
The ever evolving nature of technology requires a basic understanding. This can change on a day to day basis but as long as we look at the basics our knowledge should only need a slight update when required. Things such as online banking, how to use zoom and staying safe online are so important to understand. Using the Easy Read Format this information is easily accessible and can be accessed through the link below.
