What is TOPHOUSE?
TOPHOUSE is a project that aims to define, refine and formally establish the competences of professionals in the processes of assessment, housing & support/care provision so as to strengthen their ability:
a) to assume social and civic responsibilities by actively fostering inclusion and respect for human rights of persons at risk of exclusion, particularly persons with disabilities;
b) to work more effectively and constructively with complex needs of service users in the context of increasingly diverse societies;
by developing supporting specialist training that would integrate human rights-based approaches, such as person-centred planning and individual needs assessment, based on explicit learning outcomes, all underpinned by a new curriculum supporting those working in assessment, housing & support/care services. This would be delivered by a combination of formal and non-formal learning and is intended to lead to a formal qualification.
Partners:
Austria - Essl Foundation Project coordinator
Belgium - EASPD
Ireland - ICSH
Austria - Jugend am Werk
Spain - FTCG
Finland - ASPA
UK – Homeless Link
Funding
European Union's Erasmus+ Programme
Duration
December 2017 to November 2019
Results:
- Project Leaflet (English)
- Project Leaflet (German)
- Project Leaflet (Finnish)
- Project Leaflet (Spanish)
- Project Leaflet (Catalan)
1. Study on Promising Practices in Integrated Housing & Support EN
2. Pack on Assessment of Individual Needs and Rights EN CAT ES DE FI
3. Pack on Individual Needs and Allocation of Housing EN CAT ES DE FI
4. Pack on Support Needs Assessment EN CAT ES DE FI
5. Pack on Developing Cross-Sectoral Cooperation EN CAT ES DE FI
6. TOPHOUSE Training Course
a. Staff Guide: an introduction to TOPHOUSE EN CAT
b. Training Modules
· M1 Personalisation, choice, control and co-production PPT EN CAT ES DE FI
· M2 Human Rights, Equality and Diversity PPT (EN CAT ES DE FI)
· M3 Professional Boundaries PPT (EN CAT ES DE FI) – CASE (EN CAT ES) – QUEST (EN CAT ES)
· M4 Effective Interviewing Skills PPT (EN CAT ES DE FI) – HAND (EN CAT ES) – BAC (EN CAT ES)
· M5 Tools for Effective Assessments PPT (EN CAT ES DE FI)
· M6 Safeguarding and Protection from Abuse PPT (EN CAT ES DE FI) – HAND (EN CAT ES)
· M7 Safety planning PPT (EN CAT ES DE FI)
· M8 Building Networks and Partnership Working PPT (EN CAT ES DE FI)
c. Learning Outcomes Statement EN CAT ES
d. TOPHOUSE Curriculum EN CAT
e. Train the Trainers Course
· Guidelines for Trainers DOC (EN CAT) – PPT (EN CAT ES FI)
· Course Outlines
o M1 Personalisation, choice, control and co-production DOC EN CAT ES DE
o M2 Human Rights, Equality and Diversity DOC EN CAT ES DE
o M3 Professional Boundaries DOC EN CAT ES DE
o M4 Effective Interviewing Skills DOC EN CAT ES DE
o M5 Tools for Effective Assessments DOC EN CAT ES DE
o M6 Safeguarding and Protection from Abuse DOC EN CAT ES DE
o M7 Safety planning DOC EN CAT ES DE
o M8 Building Networks and Partnership Working DOC EN CAT ES DE
· Assessment tools:
o Assertiveness Profile DOC EN CAT ES
o Knowledge, skills and behaviours audit DOC EN CAT ES
o Action Learning Log DOC EN CAT ES
Contact
Carmen Arroyo de Sande
+32 2 233 77 22
carmen.arroyo@easpd.eu
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