Dimensions 2020 Strategy

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Dimensions wants to support people in the best way possible and the way that is right for them.

Dimensions is going to do research into how to support people in the best possible way. Research means to study something carefully to find information about it.

Dimensions wants a future where everyone is included and everyone has the chance to live the life they choose.

It wants the people it supports to be involvedn with their local communities.

Dimensions wants to support people in the best way so that others can follow its example.

This booklet tells you what Dimensions is doing till 2020. Personalisation

Dimensions wants you to have the best support.Dimensions wants you to be safe.

Dimensions wants to work out new ways of supporting people based on research. Research means to study something carefully to find information about it.

Personalisation is about having choice and control in your life.

Dimensions wants to make sure you get the things you need and support you to get the most out of life.

This new way of supporting people will focus on the changes that it makes to people’s lives.

Example

Experts in Dimensions have studied how we support people very carefully. For example, they have found out how to support people when they are upset and need support to focus.

John gets upset and then he finds it hard tofocus on anything.

Staff in Sheffield get information from the experts to find the best way to help John focus when he gets upset.

John is now much happier because he gets the support he needs.

People

Dimensions wants to have staff who love their work and are great at their job. Dimensions wants to help staff to be the best they can be.

Dimensions wants everyone who works for Dimensions to feel included and wants staff to respect each other and all the ways they are different.

Dimensions wants staff to feel responsible for the things they do.

Dimensions wants it to be clear who is responsible for the jobs that need to be done.

Example

She has had lots of training and meetings withher manager.

Linda came to work for Dimensions in 2009.

She feels like she is an important part of her staff team. She feels like she is an important part of her staff team.

She knows that she is doing something she loves and she is doing it really well.

Getting more involved

Dimensions wants to make things better for all the organisations that support people, so that everyone’s support gets better.

Dimensions wants to get even better at working with other organisations.

It wants to support families to speak up and be heard.

It wants to speak up to make sure your voice and the voice of the people it supports is heard loud and clear.

Example

Dimensions will work with this group.

Some of the people we support decide that they want the government to do something differently.

They will make sure that their message gets heard.

This will help to let everyone know that the voice of people with learning disabilities and autism needs to be heard.

Getting bigger and better

Dimensions wants to support all the staff who work in the main offices to do the best job they can do.

Dimensions wants to help people to have a good home.

Dimensions wants to keep finding out about new ways of supporting people and thinking about the different people it can support in future.

Dimensions wants to support more people with complex needs. These are people who need more support because of their health or how they are with other people or how they look after themselves.

Example

Darren has autism and lives in a house that is designed especially for him.

Dimensions wants to support more people like Darren.

Darren needs a lot of support to live the life he chooses.

Dimensions has a lot of experience supporting people like Darren so it knows it is the best organisation to help Darren get the most out of life.

Organisation

Dimensions wants to put all the skills people have and all the things that it owns to the best use possible.

Dimensions wants to do even better at learning from its mistakes and the things it does well.

Dimensions wants to give staff and the people they support more control.

Dimensions wants more people to make decisions about the things that happen in their area.

Example

Cynthia’s staff would normally have to wait until they had spoken to the staff in the offices at Dimensions in Theale before they could make big changes to her support.

If you would like any more information about any of the things that this booklet talks about or if you have any questions ask a member of staff.

Cynthia lives in Oxford and needs to make some big decisions about her life as her support is changing.

Now the boss of Dimensions in Oxford can make those decisions which speeds things up so that Cynthia can get the support she needs faster.

This is a guide to the Dimensions 2020 Strategy for people we support.

Dimensions Easy InformationDecember 2016