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Community Support and Care | bocs.net.au

Community care is a form of empathy that pushes people to think about their wellbeing as an extension of the needs of those around them. It is a practice that can be implemented formally or informally.

Community support services can have many benefits for individuals with disabilities. For instance, one study found that community support increases the confidence of care-recipients with disabilities in their ability to continue living in the community.

Self-Care

Self-care is the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health, and cope with illness and disability with or without the support of a health worker. As the world struggles to meet its demand for healthcare services, self-care is gaining attention as an important strategy for managing chronic diseases.

A self-care routine can help you improve your mental and physical well-being, reduce stress and anxiety, boost happiness levels, and more. It can also benefit your relationships, increase productivity at work, and boost the immune system. It’s important to remember that self-care isn’t something that should be viewed as selfish. When you take care of yourself, you are better able to provide care for others.

It’s important to note that the definition of self-care varies from person to person. For example, a young person who is busy with school and a social life may need to focus on physical self-care, while someone who is retired might have more of an emphasis on psychological self-care.

Isolation

Although some people may enjoy solitude, isolation is an unwelcome state that often carries health risks. Unlike loneliness, which can occur with any amount of social contact, social isolation results from a lack of connections. Individuals who suffer from isolation may benefit from talk therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT sessions help individuals identify misperceptions and reshape negative thinking.

Communities across the globe are taking innovative steps to address the rise of isolation. They use community care strategies to connect people not only to each other but also to healthcare professionals and resources. For example, Zimbabwe’s Friendship Bench program, now adapted in eight countries from Malawi to Canada, provides a gateway to mental health support by putting trained community members on benches at clinics and communities to offer assistance with tasks of daily living. This helps individuals stay connected to the community and improves their quality of life. It can also reduce the strain on healthcare systems, a key element of the COVID-19 pandemic's physical distancing measures.

Social Media

Social media is a powerful tool for community support and care. Its accessibility allows it to reach a wide audience, especially when it comes to crisis management during times of emergency or natural disaster. It can also be used to provide education on a variety of topics.

In addition to providing educational information, a social media team can be used to promote events and programs in the community. For example, COMPASS uses Twitter to post promotions for regular scholarly events (eg, monthly journal club discussions focusing on articles addressing health equity and social determinants of health) and picture-based promotions of community partnered community health and wellness events.

Moreover, it is important for community-oriented organizations to maintain an active social media presence so that they can be a source of information during emergency situations. They can monitor all relevant queries and comments, hashtags and posts from fans and followers on their owned profiles, and respond to them as quickly as possible. Unanswered comments and questions can damage brand reputation, and the longer a problem is left unsolved, the harder it will be to recover.

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I hope this situation is resolved quickly. I hope Quackity and the cc’s are able to work to make conditions better. But in the meantime, we as an audience are going to need to be prepared for some things.

What things, you ask? Well, to begin, this situation is very similar to what happens when an unprotected labor force (in this case the admins/devs/etc) begins to communicate and band together for better working conditions (eg unions). The higher ups don’t want this. The higher ups are going to do anything and everything in their power to prevent this from happening. The higher ups WANT this labor force to be unprotected because it means that they can continue to take advantage of them and make more money off of their work. As more and more former (and, hopefully, current) admins begin to speak out, I can guarantee you that the higher ups will work to silence those still involved with the project as much as they can. If they think one of the current admins is giving out information or is about to go forward with their story, they will remove them first.

If this happens-if an egg admin suddenly stops showing up or shows up acting different than they normally do-it is because the higher ups have chosen to silence them rather than fix the underlying problem.

If this happens: WE NEED TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT.

If this turns into an actual strike on the side of the admins (which I feel would take the form of NONE of them showing up which would remove a majority of this server’s content and generate high audience support-and that’s without getting into a strike on the side of the building devs/writers/etc) we need to remember to support them. That means being vocal about what we want to see (better conditions) and letting those higher ups know that we stand with the workers.

If this becomes a strike-and I dearly hope it does-we as an audience need to support it and understand that the content we are used to may not be able to happen for an extended period of time. That’s the entire POINT of a strike; it’s disruptive.

This got away from me a little, but I think it’s important to note. I hope to fucking god that this situation is resolved quickly in favor of the admins. They have put too much time, effort, and soul into this project for some assholes in middle management to give them jack shit in return.

Support workers. Always.

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What Does a Community Support Agency Do?

Provide information and assistance to individuals seeking emergency assistance, housing or financial help. Duties include making home visits and accompanying clients to group meetings and community activities. Properly maintaining client and program records is also a must.

These professionals act as liaisons between their clients and local programs that can help them with public assistance, food, shelter, gas utility payments and jobs. They may charge a service fee, or be paid through government funds.

Socialization

Community Support Agency Llc is a mental health clinic located at 44 Dream Avenue in Delco, North Carolina. It offers outpatient treatment and partial hospitalization/day treatment services. It also offers psychotherapy and behavioral therapy. It serves adolescents, adults and seniors / older adults.

Community based programs designed to promote independence, productivity and integration. Operates from a family empowerment philosophy and includes multiple types of social supports mixed with professional interventions. Examples of these services are family support groups, parent training by lay therapists and parent aides, membership in recreational centers and transportation and homemaker services.

Community supports are services provided in accordance with an individual’s individualized plan that maximize their immediate and continued community functioning. Community support staff teach, model and practice skills with persons served in order to help them become successful in the living, working, learning and social environments of their choice. Community support services are often provided for a service fee. Some are available for free.

Education

Education services focus on enabling individuals to become more competent in the living, work, learning and social environments of their choice. Staff teach, model, and practice skills with consumers.

Education Support Services are based on the specific goals documented in each participant’s service plan. These can include, but are not limited to: tutoring and classes to receive a Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) diploma; vocational training or apprenticeship programs; community college, university or any classes to improve knowledge or skills in chosen career; and other general adult educational services.

A broad-based citywide coalition of unions and community groups fought alongside UFT members to preserve free student Metrocards, as well as middle school science labs and community arts programming. Education justice is a core UFT policy. UFT educators also participate in a variety of education initiatives, including the Brooklyn Education Collaborative, the Middle School Initiative and the CC9 Project. Education services also provide family support to address concerns, navigate the school system and connect parents with community resources.

Behavioral Health

A community support agency can help you with your mental health needs. They can provide psychotherapy, medication management and behavioral treatment services. They can also offer socialization and supervision activities. They have a team of highly trained and experienced professionals who can treat young adults, children and adults. They are also able to treat military service members and clients referred by the court/legal system.

These services are time limited based on individual need and are rehabilitative in nature. The goals are to increase self-esteem, a sense of identity and to develop meaningful relationships with others. They can also help with housing, medical and health, education and employment.

Behavioral health services can include Assertive Community Treatment Teams (ACT). These teams consist of psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, and certified peer support specialists who are available 24/7 to help adult individuals with severe and persistent mental illness live in their homes rather than institutions. They can provide an array of community-based services including medication delivery, homemaker services, and respite services.

Employment

Providing opportunities for individuals to develop and build skills necessary to maintain healthy personal, family and community connections. These services may include teaching and assistance in daily living activities, socialization, recreation, community activities, advocacy and other forms of support.

Oftentimes, community support staff will assist the individuals they serve in navigating their local communities by connecting them with formal recovery supports in order to obtain access to housing, employment and education services. They will also assist in linking to community based activities that are personcentered and designed for people with behavioral health diagnoses.

A Community Support Agency strives to recognize that everyone is a valuable member of society and works to ensure their inclusion and full community participation. They accomplish this through applied research, policy advocacy and training programs for Direct Support Professionals. They also work to elevate the profession by fostering leadership and promoting system reform. Through this, they help to transform the way that society views and values people with disabilities.

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David Tennant recently used language not often heard on Doctor Who and Good Omens which he aimed at transphobes.

David Tennant has once again made an impassioned declaration of support for the transgender community. In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT. Over the weekend, David made an appearance at the Proud Nerd convention in Germany, where he was asked by a fan about his own “relationship with gender expression”, in light of his past support for trans people. As recorded in a viral TikTok that has already accrued more than half a million views, the former Broadchurch star said: “When I was a kid, the idea of being non-binary wasn’t something that existed. It wasn’t a concept. I’ve seen that emerge, and people are able to express themselves through that. It only ever seems positive as far as I can see.” Elaborating on the “weaponisation of trans rights”, he continued: “I remember, when I was a teenager, I remember gay rights being weaponised politically. And that always felt ugly and nasty, and now, we look back on that, 30 years later, and those people are clearly on the wrong side of history. “And now, there is a similar weaponisation of these topics being taken by mostly the right-wing, or certain sections of society, trying to create friction and conflict and division where it needn’t be. It’s just about people being themselves, you don’t need to be bothered about it.” “Fuck off and let people be,” he concluded, which was met with a round of applause from the room.

Another expression of support for the trans community has come from a more unusual source – Pope Francis.

How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to transgender sex workers

The outreach reflected an unconventional pope in the most radical stage of his papacy. From his early days in 2013, when he famously declared, “Who am I to judge,” Francis has urged the Catholic Church to embrace all comers, including those living in conflict with its teachings. Now, his unprecedented opening to the LGBTQ+ community has reached its zenith — and ballooned into the most explosive issue of his tenure, fueling a bitter clash with senior conservative clerics, who have denounced him in remarkably harsh terms. In recent months, Francis has given explicit approval for transgender godparents and blessings of same-sex couples. He penned a defense of secular civil unions — once described by his predecessor as “contrary to the common good.”

The pope has sometimes contradicted himself in this area. But his more recent actions apparently take precedence over his past words.

Pope Francis and David Tennant (who portrays a devil on Good Omens) find themselves on the opposite side of MAGA Republicans. In West Virginia, for example, candidates for the GOP nomination for governor are competing with each other to see who can be the most anti-trans.

West Virginia Governor’s Race Is a Battle of Who Can Be the Most Anti-Trans

The MAGA Republican Party finds itself on the wrong side of history in this area – as well as many other areas.

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Royal mail ceo Simon Thompson has decided to go ahead with his plans to de-recognise the communication workers union by ignoring legally binding agreements and unilaterally deciding to forge ahead with changes that benefit the company, the shareholders and managers. They have recently been attempting to delay any further strike action and even trying to declare further industrial action illegal.

He has the tories on his side but we'll keep fighting until we're done. Fuck Simon Thompson. Fuck royal mail. Fuck the rich. Fuck the company. Fuck the tories backing these cunts.

Personally I think we need to more direct with methods of "communicating our intent" but we'll see about that.

If you have twitter let royal mail know they they can go fuck themselves.

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Royal mail have once again brought nothing to the table with talks and think they can break us.

There are more strikes happening and I myself shall be at my mail centre from 6am onwards.

Postal workers work day and night, we worked through the lockdown and recieved fuck all from Royal Mail bar a slap in the face. Once again I'm asking people to share this and to let Royal mail know they fucked up.

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A Community Support Program for Serious Mental Illness

The community support program provides services to maintain consumers with serious mental illness in the community. These services include consumer involved treatment planning, psychiatric rehabilitation, symptom management, support groups and outreach/recreational activities.

Clients from sociocentric cultures may have strong family networks that can be tapped in the rehabilitation process. Studies should explore strategies for incorporating cultural relevance in rehabilitative interventions.

Lifeline Connections

Lifeline Connections offers treatment services for those with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. The facility also provides a residential program for patients in need of long-term care. It is a safe environment that was designed to promote recovery and a healthy lifestyle. It is a licensed drug and alcohol rehab center. It accepts most insurance and is networked with many providers.

The facility is able to accommodate 60 patients at a time in its main department. All rooms are gender-specific, and two patients are placed into each room. The facility also offers a detoxification unit where up to 16 patients can be treated at a time.

The treatment program at Lifeline Connections includes psycho-education and individual therapy with a recovery coach. Patients can also attend community meetings and group activities. The staff at Lifeline Connections includes registered nurses, social workers, case managers, and addiction counselors. Many of the staff members are fluent in American Sign Language.

Section 29 Services

The program works with people to develop a plan for employment. It can connect them with a Vocational Rehabilitation counselor and help with job searching or finding long-term job coaching services. A person can start with the service in high school as part of their transition planning.

Often the nursing assessment is just the beginning of the process to get the waiver services that will help a person live in the community. People must apply for the waiver through DHHS. Typically the person’s case worker will make the application. If a person is looking for residential or work support services they will need to submit an application for both Section 21 and Section 29.

There are waitlists for both. As of September 2022, the waitlist for Section 21 — the comprehensive waiver that provides the highest level of support — was at 2,028 people and the waitlist for Section 29 – which is geared more toward in home and work supports – was at 218.

Benefits Counseling

A team of highly mobile, flexible counselors provides benefits counseling to consumers who are in need. This service helps them navigate complex issues related to health insurance coverage, complaints and appeals, navigating the medical bill process, as well as other financial needs.

Family Stabilization Services assist HIV-affected families in making decisions related to custody and care of children, helping to stabilize new family dynamics. This service also works closely with legal staff to refer families for legal services as needed.

Originally called “Respite” in 1994, this program is now known as Community Support-Individual (CS-I). This is a consumer driven and intensive case management service for adults and adolescents who have serious and persistent mental illness and have significant trouble managing their lives because of the nature of their mental health diagnosis. This service includes home based support, group and individual activities, work services, socialization, psychosocial rehabilitation, counseling, psychiatric and nursing services and benefits counseling. No one is denied access to this service because of inability to pay and a sliding fee schedule is available.

Community Integration

Community integration is about integrating people with disabilities into their communities in ways that respect them as individuals rather than reducing them to their disability labels. It can mean living in affordable, integrated housing that reflects an individual’s needs and preferences. It may also mean pursuing meaningful work in non-segregated employment settings, participating in religious or faith-based activities, or visiting local parks and nature centers.

Sunshine believes that true community integration only occurs when people of all abilities participate side-by-side. To facilitate this, we offer opportunities to learn and build practical life skills that help participants become more engaged in their communities.

Providing consumers with the opportunity to interact with each other in a variety of settings also encourages the development of self-advocacy, which is the ability to speak up for one’s own interests, values and beliefs. Consumers can do this by participating in regional CSP committees and through a national coalition that connects local, state and regional committees.

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