St Chads delivers all four services from ACC’s Living My Life to enable self determination, build capability and support vision. These components are designed to support you in your everyday life of where you live, what you do, where you go and who with.
Tailored Supports
St Chads will support you to achieve meaningful and active participation in your community. With your whānau/family, we will firstly develop a personalised support plan based around your aspirations and life roles to:
- Build confidence, self-determination and decision-making skills
- Strengthen ability to participate in meaningful life roles
- Develop and maintain relationships and social connections
- Access and engage with natural, mainstream and funded supports in the community
Supported Living
- managing personal routines
- navigating the community
- household management (e.g. budgeting, meal planning)
Supported Activities
- cultural, recreational or social activities
- volunteering
- participation in group activity programmes
Supported Employment
- identifying employment goals
- building job-seeking skills
- support with workplace adjustments or communication
Supported Transitions
- moving from school to adult life
- transitioning from residential care to independent living
- adjusting to new roles or environments following injury
- transitioning to greater independence by building natural supports and reducing reliance on ACC-funded services, where possible
In discussion with your ACC Recovery Partner, we will then provide individual and group supports tailored to your needs, preferences and individual goals.
Facilitated Pathway Map
St Chads will support you to explore the different parts of your life and understand what is important to you. We will work with you and your whānau/family to:
- Explore your life aspirations
- Identify your circles of support
- Understand your strengths
- Articulate the important cultural practices, values, relationships and roles in your life
- Envisage possible learning, education and employment pathways
Together, we will co-design and produce a visual map to illustrate what a good life might look like.
Independent Facilitation
This service supports tāngata whaikaha to explore, understand and make informed decisions about the supports and opportunities available in the community.
- Identify cultural, community and employment opportunities that align with your aspirations
- Exercise choice and control over your support options and providers
- Strengthen your ability to participate in valued life roles and contribute to community
Coaching to Self-Manage
Do you want to understand what self-management involves? We will assess your readiness to manage your own day-to-day supports and services and transition you into self-management of daily living, activities and supports, if you choose to do so.
- Identify the services or items you wish to self-manage
- Understand how to manage your supports and services
- Become aware of available support
- Understand responsibilities and implications of self-management
Phone our General Manager, Kathryn Curran, on (07) 347 8515 or contact us on the form below for more information.