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 ES DE FI
b. Training Modules
· M1 Personalisation, choice, control and co-production PPT (EN ES DE FI)
· M2 Human Rights, Equality and Diversity PPT (EN ES DE FI)
· M3 Professional Boundaries PPT (EN ES DE FI) – CASE (EN ES DE FI) – QUEST (EN ES DE FI)
· M4 Effective Interviewing Skills PPT (EN ES DE FI) – HAND (EN ES DE FI) – BAC (EN ES DE FI)
· M5 Tools for Effective Assessments PPT (EN ES DE FI)
· M6 Safeguarding and Protection from Abuse PPT (EN ES DE FI) – HAND (EN ES DE FI)
· M7 Safety planning PPT (EN ES DE FI)
· M8 Building Networks and Partnership Working PPT (EN ES DE FI)
c. Learning Outcomes Statement EN ES DE FI
d. TOPHOUSE Curriculum EN ES DE FI
e. Train the Trainers Course
· Guidelines for Trainers PPT (EN ES DE FI)
· Course Outlines
o M1 Personalisation, choice, control and co-production DOC (EN ES DE FI)
o M2 Human Rights, Equality and Diversity DOC (EN ES DE FI)
o M3 Professional Boundaries DOC (EN ES DE FI)
o M4 Effective Interviewing Skills DOC (EN ES DE FI)
o M5 Tools for Effective Assessments DOC (EN ES DE FI)
o M6 Safeguarding and Protection from Abuse DOC (EN ES DE FI)
o M7 Safety planning DOC (EN ES DE FI)
o M8 Building Networks and Partnership Working DOC (EN ES DE FI)
· Assessment tools:
o Assertiveness Profile (EN ES DE FI)
o Knowledge, skills and behaviours audit (EN ES DE FI)
o Action Learning Log (EN ES DE FI)
Contact
Carmen Arroyo de Sande
+32 2 233 77 22
carmen.arroyo@easpd.eu
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