SKILLS II

The aim of SKILLS II was to improve skills and change lives through self-determined support. The main purpose of disability services is social inclusion and equal citizenship for people with disabilities. However, often disabled people experience that either support systems do not support individual choices, or that staff working in disability services lack the necessary skills to support people individually, or that managers/chief social workers/community leaders lack the skills and competencies to promote change in their organisations. Many disabled people are still forced to passively accept the services and support offered to them, even if this type of support and services are not appropriate for them. Self-determined support is an existing mechanism for people with disabilities to gain more control and freedom of choice in their daily lives, but it is not widely used in Europe, although it has been shown to be an effective way for people with disabilities and organisations to organise services in a person-centred way.

To increase demand for primary learning about self-directed support, we have partnered with:

• Social workers who assess needs and develop support solutions
• Managers in service providers who can adapt their working style to support self-direction
• System leaders who can increase opportunities for people to use self-directed support

https://easpd.eu/project-detail/skills-ii/

SKILLS II - Improving skills, changing lives was funded by Erasmus+ and implemented between 2019-2022. In this project, apart from Puzzle, the participants were:

SERVICES for people with developmental disabilities (Finland)

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (Belgium)

Anffas Onlus, Associazione Nazionale Famiglie di Persone con Disabilità Intellettiva e/o Relazionale (Italy)

The Centre for Welfare Reform Limited (United Kingdom)

In Control Scotland (United Kingdom)

CONFEDERACION PLENA INCLUSION ESPANA (Spain)

FUNDACION APROCOR Spain