Seven Steps to Self-Direction - how to work with your team to put the right supports in place to live a good life

Seven Steps to Self-Direction

How to work with your team to put the right supports in place to live a good life.

Are you looking for practical ideas on how to direct your supports in a cohesive, effective and long-lasting way? The 7 Steps to Self-Direction shows you what needs to be in place so that a self-directed arrangement has the best chance of success. 

This workshop is ideal for people with disability and the supporters around them who are interested in moving to, or improving self-directed support arrangements. Your support network might be made up of family, friends and workers, and the 7 steps show you how to build the right relationships in this team to foster respect and a common understanding of what good support looks like for you. 

"This was a good and different way of understanding who people are and what is important to them" 

This popular 1 day workshop has been redesigned into an online series of 3 interactive sessions being facilitated by Sharon Bourke. There will be a total of 3 teams participating, which can be made up of extended family, workers and other supporters. You are encouraged to bring as many people from your team as you can (maximum 7 per team) to embed the learnings and maximise the benefits.

The 7 steps involve intentional thinking and planning and are covered in detail across 3 online workshops. They will be very interactive, with ample time for team strategy, sharing ideas and questions. 

This is a fantastic training opportunity for staff and you will also receive supplementary resources along with 2 x 90min individual follow up consultations with Sharon.

Step 1: Start with the Person
Step 2: Develop a vision and plan
Step 3: Make a good match
Step 4: Learn to support the person well
Step 5: Build relationships of trust in the team
Step 6: Solve problems quickly and creatively
Step 7: Check for resilience

"It was so valuable to bring family and workers together as a team to work on new and stimulating ideas"

Download the flyer here (pdf)

Download the accessible version of the flyer here (word)

About the Presenter:

Sharon Bourke is a skilled facilitator and professional development consultant who is one of the creators of the 7 Steps framework. While at CRU, Sharon has worked with multiple families & organisations to promote rich & meaningful lives for people with disability. In partnership with her youngest son Dan, Sharon has chosen to self-direct funds that support him. Sharon has a deep and practical understanding of the disability sector, the NDIS framework & what it takes to self-direct supports successfully.

"7 Steps was brilliant and well moderated by Sharon, whose insight was astonishing and so beneficial"

Important information:

Nov & Dec 2020 (dates TBC) 

$1500 per team

3 x 3hr online workshops

7 Steps book & additional resources

2 individual follow-up consultations

How to Register your Interest:

• Please register your interest by clicking on the purple Register button
• You will then be contacted by a CRU team member to discuss dates and the booking process
• Numbers are limited to a total of 3 teams participating (up to 7 people in each team)
• Want to include more than 7 from your team? Contact CRU for individual workshop options

NDIS Participants

See the Learning Outcomes below to help you decide if this is a reasonable and necessary support to help you (or your family member) achieve your goals.

Participants in this workshop will:

• Understand how a framework for self-direction of supports could be applied to their own circumstances;
• Analyse the requirements for supporting the person well, in ways that assist the person to achieve their goals and live the life they want;
• Develop skills around recruiting suitable staff and creating, maintaining and monitoring a high quality, person-centred support arrangement;
• Develop and apply a practical problem-solving framework as a key safeguarding strategy;
• Evaluate the resilience of the person supported and the support arrangement as a method of safeguarding the quality and sustainability of the support arrangement.