AN EASY USER GUIDE - Create my Support Plan
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1. some words are underlined The words that are underlined are words that have a definition attached to them If you hover your mouse over the word the definition will appear vioney you get from the council government or other organisations Click on the box to go our Money amp Funding information page When you are in the main pages of Create my Support Plan you will find a section called this means things like You will find bullet points of short examples of that particular area is about This means things like Having people to talk to e Relaxation and time out Finding the right kind advice e Support with medication supporting independent living 5 An easy user guide EB stone 1 sign Up Name The first thing to do when you enter i Create my Support Plan is to register using your name and email address oninis You will have your own personal account which only you can access Password confirmation The full terms and conditions for using Create my Support Plan are available here Ls egen pas Top fip Choose a password you will remember easily but do keep it safe Sa Stage 2 My Support Plans Once you have registered you will be asked to start a new support plan Please enter the details below about this support plan When you start a new support plan you will need to complete This Support Plan is fo the short form It asks you your This Support Pian is b2. vse ected EE TE E 15 supporting independent living 3 An easy user guide Before you get started You might have noticed this already but if you look at the top left corner you will see these icons amp Info and Advice Q Find a Service Login Contact Help Click here to go back to the home page Click here to contact WECIL Click here to the directory your register support plans your Click here to arera profile page and the in and arera out site map Click here for Help There are a number of different ways you can choose to view Create my Support Plan In the right hand corner you will see these buttons They are called web accessibility functions T rex only ae igh nm Smaller text size Bigger text size Largest text size f Select Language pe Click here to Click here to access access the resources menu If you click here the If you click here screen will only show text If you click here you can VIE you can choose the No images no logos the text on the page go bigger language you or smaller want If you click here the screen will go yellow Some people find it easier to read it like that supporting independent living 4 An easy user guide When you are in your support plan you will find an example story of what other disabled people have done You will recognise it with this symbol gt When you enter Create my Support Plan you will notice that
3. An easy user guide Create My Support Plan 4 Making choices and 5 Finding support and 6 Staying safe and dealing supporting independent living 1 An easy user guide Hello Welcome to our easy user guide to Create my Support Plan We have created this guide to help you start using Create my Support Plan And we hope that you will find it useful To keep it simple and easy to use we have divided it into 10 stages When you see this symbol EAP you l know that we are onto the next stage We will be with you at every stage of Create my Support Plan so if you are ever in doubt just look at this easy guide to Create my Support Plan and you should find the answer At the end of each stage you will find some top tips to help you get the most out of Create my Support Plan We do make changes from time to time so some of the things in this guide might look a little bit different to the website but we will do our best to keep it updated Thank you for using Create my Support Plan The Create my Support Plan team Top tip Save this guide onto your desktop or print it out so it is always easy fo access if you need it supporting independent living 2 An easy user guide Contents Before you get started ssssssssocosesssssssssssseeeeseeeseeeseeceeeeeeeeeecececeeeeee 4 EL 6 EL 6 TEN 7 TEN 8 EN 10 SUS Oras orca cena serosa taeaw ees yaa ewesas E n EL 12 EN 13 AE 15 SAGE IO EE EEE E ce an
4. al and emotional health My memory remembering things Health and Wellbeing Household and domestic tasks Housework Moving around at home Getting out and about using transport Communication Other Anything Else about Daily Living Ca EI If you do not need support with any of the items mentioned go back to the main menu and select another tile If you only need support for one or two of the items mentioned then just select the nes that need Then pr ntinue ones that you need Then press continue If you need support for all of the items mentioned you can select all of them Then ress continue C p Continue Top tip If you are not sure if you need support with one of the items mentioned it s probably best to select if You can always unselect it later supporting independent living 0 An easy user guide Ca Stage 6 The next page will look like this It will ask you what you are doing now and what you think needs to happen Example Let s say that you have chosen Daily Living and only select Eating drinking and preparing meals You will now see two sections with How manage now and What I need to support with or what needs to change Eating drinking and pre paring meals how manage now Please enter your answer fn the box below Example choose and eat fjealthy meals three times a day I like the food m
5. complete The action plan is where you can plan for the support you might need for a specific item For example if you selected personal care in Daily Living and you mentioned you needed more P support to wash your hair then you can think about how you are going to plan for this here Stage 8 confinues on fhe next page supporting independent living 1 2 An easy user guide D The action plan asks you a set of questions Some of them might not be relevant to what you have entered in that case just leave it blank 9 Action Plan 1 items to complete What Needs to Happen Here is a short explanation of each section of the action plan is about f What Needs to Happen Here we have made a few suggestions about you might need Just click on the ones which you think are good for you and it will appear in the box If you don t see anything that is useful or if you have other ideas you can type it the box Who needs to be involved Who could do this d Who needs to be involved Who could do this You should consider yourself people you already know people you already pay You can also Find an organisation or Find someone you could pay People you already know may include Harry my partner and Caroline my mum Click to insert the term into the text below EE If you entered the names of people who already support you in the About Me section Stage 4 these will come up here Simply click
6. eing name who the plan is for who is ai doing the support plan and who nacre you like to share this with else please explain People agree to share this oan Top fip You do not have to give your real name if you do not want People do not want to share this Support Plan with You might need fo put your real name if this is for your social worker or local council supporting independent living 6 An easy user guide Ca Stage 3 Now that you have given your support plan a name and have registered you will get to the main menu There are nine categories all together on the screen These are called tiles The tiles are 1 About me 6 Staying safe and being prepared for 2 Daily living problems 3 My way of life 7 Looking after others 4 Making decisions 8 Budget calculator 9 View your support plan so far PDF 5 Finding support and choosing staff document That is what it looks like 6 Staying safe and dealing with any problems 7 Looking after other people 8 My Budget and Funding Top fip Take your time and have a browse through the different categories Read through the type of questions asked Read through the examples we have provided on the right hand side of the screen The more you know Create my Support Plan the easier it will be fo use it supporting independent living 7 An easy user guide ts Stage 4 You can start with any section you want Here s a short d
7. escription about what each category is about D About me Here you can enter information about you It asks you about what is going well in your life what is not going so well your qualities and the people who support you 1 About Me This tile is a little bit different from the others because it is about knowing you rather than explaining where you might need support It is a good place to start with because some of the information you put it here can be used later in the plan Daily living This is about the basic things we all need daily or most days to live our lives It asks you about the support you need for personal care keeping active food and drink and other things My way of life This lis about the support you might need to live your life how you want to It asks Making choices and you about the support you decisions This is about need for your interests your having choice and control hobbies your friends and over how you decide 4 Making Decisions Choice and Control other things what to do and make decisions It asks you about the support you need to make big decisions or day to day decisions OG supporting independent living 8 An easy user guide Finding support and choosing staff This is about the kind of people that could us SUpport you and who you employ It asks you about the supp
8. get my point across and communicate J Involved in decisions and know what is happening O Getting out and meeting people I Doing new things or working or learning J Safer and prepared for problems LI Able to care for someone else O Other Having the right kind of support can make a big difference to your life Select the boxes that you think are relevant to you You can also enter your own ideas supporting independent living 4 An easy user guide Stage 9 Now that you have finished this section you can press continue which will take you to the next page Continue GJ If you are planning for more than one item it will take you to the next one If not it will give you a short summary and you can click complete or go back and make changes 42 Daily Living You ve supplied the following information in this section Personal care how manage now am ok once I m fip and ready but l m worried about falling over again What I need support with or what needs to change need some help with the getting in and out the bath and getting dressed Complete This Section GJ Stage 10 And that is all you need to know Now that you have become more familiar with the process you can navigate your way round Create my Support Plan without any problems Top tip I think weve deserved a nice cup of fea milk no sugar please and a few scrummy biscuits supporting independent living 5
9. on the name and it will appear in the box If you have other ideas you can type them in the box How often do you want this to happen Here you will see that there are four different How often do you want this to happen Times Per Day possibilities times per day times per week one Times Per Week One Off off or other For times per day enter the numbers Giit of minutes For times per week enter the number of days Select one off if this is something that just needs to happen once Select other if the others three options don t work supporting independent living 3 An easy user guide How long does it take each time ge How long would it take each time Enter time in minutes Here you can enter the number of minutes a particular activity takes How much would it cost How would this be paid for N A There is no cost Direct payment or Personal Budget Arranged by my Council With my own money Not sure yet Other Select the option which is suitable for the support you are planning When must this start happening 6 When must this start happening If you have a specific time or date when this needs to happen by enter it here Otherwise leave it blank What difference will this make to my life mi The difference this will this make to my life is I will be LI More independent J Managing my basic daily needs Healthier feeling better in myself Able to
10. ort you need to choose who supports you and who you could employ Staying safe and dealing with problems This is about keeping yourself other people and your possessions safe It asks you about the support you need to keep safe and prepare a back up 7 Caring for Others View my support plan so far It will open in a new window and show you all _ the information you have entered in PDF document Top tip Everyone is different so if you think there are areas where you do not need support then you do not need fo complefe them OG supporting independent living 9 Creat My An easy user guide 3 Stage 5 Now that you have a good idea of what is in this tool it is time to get stuck in Choose any section you want from the main menu When you click on one of the tiles you will see a list of choices which you can tick These are the different areas which relate to that particular tile f Daily Living This part of your plan is about the basic things we all need daily or most days to live our lives You only need to select the things that you need and are important to you You can also add your own ideas by clicking Anything Else For each section you select you can add as much or as little detail as you want to what is working well already and what needs to change Once you have done this you can plan what needs to happen Food and drink Personal Care My ment
11. y personal assistant cooks for me What need support with or what needs to change Please enter a single item per box Use add another to access another box Example want to be able make meals for myself more and need to eat at more regular times remove EE i add another Add another You will notice that in the What I need support with or what needs to change section you can add or remove boxes If you enter one item at a time it will be useful when planning for your support in the next stages Top tip If you select text from anywhere on the page and drag it in the empty box it will copy and paste the text for you supporting independent living An easy user guide ca Stage 7 Now that you have entered the information you want you have three choices Plan for this now which will direct you to the action plan Go to Stage 8 Save and Continue which will direct you to the next item if you l selected one If you have only selected on items in Stage 5 then it will direct you to a summary page You may Discard Changes which will delete everything you have entered for that area Top fip You can come back fo all the pages at any time so dont worry if you forget fo put something in You can always come back fo it later 3 Stage 8 Once you have completed at least one section of Create my Support Plan you will see a new tile appear 9 Action Plan 1 items to
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