Success and Sustainability Conference – Creating a New Future

The House of Wellbeing – Burying Tokenism and Making it Real

• “Not imitation or artificial”

Real

“The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing”

Tokenism

What is wellbeing?

• “A state characterised by health, happiness and prosperity”

• “ A state of health, happiness and contentment”

Wellbeing

“When we leave this world, all we leave behind is our story. So make it the best story possible.”

(The Old People)

“iridescence – Finding Your Colours and Living Your Story”

Wellbeing

Person-centred planning (PCP) is a set of approaches designed to assist someone to plan their life and supports. It is used most often as a life planning model to enable individuals with disabilities or otherwise requiring support to increase their personal self-determination and improve their own independence.

Is Person-Centred Planning about increasing an individual’s self-determination and independence or is it about enabling them tolive the best story possible?

Will identifying the following goals enable me to live the best story possible?

• My Economic Participation Goal• My Independence Goal• My Social Participation Goal• My Health and Wellbeing Goal• My Education Goal

• Roots • Branches and Leaves

• Trunk

• Rings

The Dreaming Tree

• The conditions in which people are born , grow, live, work and age. They are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at a global, national and local levels

Social Determinants Model of Health

Housing Early LifeIncome EducationRace EmploymentSocial Exclusion Food insecuritySocial Safety Net Health ServicesUnemployment Social EnvironmentsPhysical Environments Personal Health PracticesCoping Skills Healthy Child DevelopmentBiology and Genetics CultureGender Disability

Social Determinants Model of Health

House of Wellbeing

Education

Employment

House

Sense of self

Hope

Opportunity

• House – A building for habitation

• Home – The place in which one’s domestic affections are centred

House

• Career v Work

• Personal Values, Life Aspirations, Life Goals

Employment

• “When I am 100 years old and look back at

my story, what does it look like? How does it read?

• Where does my career fit into this picture?

Employment

• Generation Z will have 17 jobs across 5 careers in their lifetime

• Does our current education system support this?

Education

• Communication • Teamwork and Collaboration• Adaptability• Problem Solving• Critical Observation• Conflict Resolution• Reliability• Decision Making• Self-Motivation• Leadership• Time Management

Soft Skills

• Verbal Communication• Non-verbal Communication• Listening• Questioning• Manners• Problem Solving• Social Awareness• Self-Management• Responsibility and Accountability• Assertiveness• Self Confidence• Positive Attitude

Interpersonal Skills

• Hope • Interest

• Ability

• Independence • Mobilisation • Showing the Way

Education – H.I.A.I.M.S Model

•H •E

•E

Housing Employment Education

• 34 years• Married• 2 Jobs• 3 Qualifications• House/Car• Three Booris

Success

• Research Project • School Workshops

Hope

• Home • Employment

• Education

• $$$$$$

• Sense of Self

Opportunity

• “Burying Tokenism and Making It Real”

• How can you help your client be a S.H.O. Case?

S.H.O.

iridescence FINDING YOUR COLOURS AND LIVING YOUR STORY

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