Circles of Good Practice

                     Ailsa Craig                            Bell Rock

                          Richard Doyle                                   Jane Savage

                                                                      

                                                           

                      Lismore                             Turnberry

                         Audrey Crilly                                  Allison Savage

                                                                  

                                         

Lighthouses

What do lighthouses have to do with circles of good practice you may ask?

Audrey, Jane, Allison and Richy have been given the opportunity to lead and develop each circle of good practice. Our guiding principles lead us to recognize the importance of unity and it made sense to link to the lighthouse - a symbol representing the vision of Support for Ordinary Living. Each of the four circles has adopted it's own lighthouse to represent it.

Our collective vision for the future clearly aligns with the mission of SOL where each individual we support will be the primary focus and each man and woman will be supported to have enriched and fruitful lives.

Circles

Over the past year, SOL have sought to restructure management and staffing models. We have moved away from the traditional hierarchical organisational, model, where we had split the operational work of the organisation into two halves, North and South Division. In September 2008, SOL introduced an innovative, and successful, alternative to this.

This new organisational structure, as devised, is based on the idea of a ’circle of support’ around the person to assist and ensure that we continue to provide a responsive person-centered service to each of the individuals we work for.

We have called them ‘Circles of Good Practice’

The direct support staff are engaged and supported to ensure that a personalised service is delivered to each individual.

• Support Worker – acts in a flexible support role to service users.
• Support Manager – manages/supports/guides the team of support workers.
• Resource Coordinator – manages processes, such as staff rotas and, ensures financial regulations ,policy compliance and delivers out of hours information and support to teams.
• HR/ Admin - one post per circle, this role offers a full range of administration and HR support to their allocated circle.
• Practice Development Manager – this individual leads and develops the work of their circle

The four ‘Circles of Good Practice’ are named after Scottish Lighthouses, Turnberry, Lismore, Ailsa Craig, and Bellrock, reflecting our vision and mission, and helping to keep this Lighthouse symbol at the very heart of our work.

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