Amethyst Diversity Projects

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Amethyst Diversity Projects

• Amethyst Human Services Policy Framework

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About Amethyst

• Over 20 years experience, in Human Services NSW
  Government agency
• Developed statewide policy for NGOs
• Developed tender specifications for disability
  grants and HACC funding
• Developed compliance guidelines interpreting
  statewide legislative requirements
• Contract managed HACC and disability NGO
  providers
• Compliance monitored HACC and disability NGO
  providers

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Amethyst Human Services Policy Framework

• Amethyst Human Services Policy Framework (AHSP)
• AHSP Framework is about realising and documenting
  the great work you are already doing in a fashion
  that reflects legislative compliance and the
  latest directions in human services

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Amethyst Human Services Policy Framework
Planning
Outcome Measures
Change and Reflection
Legislative Compliance
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Person Centered Approaches

• Historically, human services were provided in a
  one size fits all model. This was limited and
  in many instances resulted in over servicing,
  de-skilling and de-valuing people by giving them
  a higher level of intervention or support than
  needed
• Person Centered Approaches focus on individual
  need, dreams and hopes and are highly flexible to
  ensure that people who seek services and
  supports, and their families are the drivers of
  their own life plans, having control over
  important decisions that effect them

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Social Role Valorisation (SRV)

• SRV is relevant to people in society who are
  already, or at risk of being societally devalued
• Historically, people with disabilities have been
  devalued and subsequently disadvantaged. Examples
  of people with a disability being devalued
  include, segregation and negative language used
  to describe their disability
• SRV principles mold supports so that the result
  is image and competency enhancement of people
  with disabilities. Their perception of
  themselves, their role within their family, home,
  work and their community are positively increased

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Continuous Improvement

• Peoples lives, needs and wishes are not static
  and therefore, lifestyle planning must be
  flexible and regularly reviewed to accommodate,
  support and encourage this change
• Periodic reflection on how legislation and
  standards are implemented in light of new
  research and directions in relation to human
  services best practice is essential
• Staff should be trained as required to ensure
  that adequate competencies are possessed to
  deliver services and supports in line with the
  services policy position
• No two services will have the same policy
  position if person centered approaches are the
  core of all planning

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Amethyst Policy Development Process

1. Identification of policy development need in
   partnership with service manager (I.e legislated
   standards of practice)
2. Identification of key consultation stakeholders
3. Conduct consultations using the Amethyst Human
   Services Policy Framework, applied to the
   legislative standards
4. Identify examples of complying practices, how
   they used PCT, SRV and where they can be improved
5. Link to related policy and legislative
   requirements, reference material and training
6. Identify a date for review
7. Service staff to sign in agreement as part of the
   terms of their employment