Module 1 Learning Exercise Objectively review the Mission Statement (Purpose or Mandate) of a mental health service in your area where you work, volunteer or participate. Note: If you are connected with a mental health organization, review the Mission statement specific program or service that you are affiliated with. • Include a copy (scan if necessary) of the Mission Statement with your submission. • Take the Mission Statement at face value. Identify (quote) the actual words within the Mission Statement that reflect the What (ultimate aim), How (philosophy, interventions) and Who (intended population) of the Mission Statement. If any or all of the components (i. e. What, How, Who) are not evident indicate this. Your analysis rather than quality of the Mission Statement is what is most important.
• Based on your critical analysis of the service’s mission statement, and your reading of the Farkas article, how well does the service resemble (or not) a “Recovery Oriented Evidence Based Program”? Learning Rubric: Scanned copy of Mission Statement Included. 1. 0 mark ‘What’ accurately analyzed. 1. 0 mark “How’ accurately analyzed. 1. mark ‘Who’ accurately analyzed. 1. 0 mark Reflection (ROEBP) included. 1. 0mark A) Component one: Include a copy (scan if necessary) of the Mission Statement with your submission. This is the mission statement from Community Living Manitoulin, where I am currently employed Mission Statement: Community Living Manitoulin advocates for, promotes, and facilitates the full participation, inclusion, and citizenship of people who have an intellectual disabilities b) The ultimate aim (the what) that this mission statement is trying to convey is?
Community Living Manitoulin wants to assist the people that they are serving to be able to have the same opportunities and ability to fully participate in their communities (both the micro and macro communities) as all members of society do. Basically, this mission statement is stating that the agency wants to break down barriers, stereotypes, and prejudices for people with intellectual disabilities (which also includes psychiatric disabilities) so that they can have the same opportunities to live a meaningful and productive like any other member of Society.
This includes the ability to gain meaningful employment, education, a home, a say how their government is being run (voting), a say over their own medical treatment and have the ability to make choices over their own destiny (empowerment). The mission statement is trying ensure that people we served have the same opportunities in life that we all want. C) How (philosophy, interventions)? In the Community, Living Manitoulin mission statement its uses the terms advocates for, promotes, and facilitates. I believe these terms are what the Agency are using to try to demonstrate how they will implement the mission statement.
The word advocate means that the agency’s staff, managers, and board members supports the individual by fighting for equalities, defending their human rights, and helping the individual to express their feelings and have their voice be heard when talking to medical, legal, and political professionals. The term promotes in this mission term, is meant to mean that all members of the Agency are help to promote the rights of the individual to achieve to equalities and inclusion in society.
Again, they can do this by defending the erson’s basic human rights, promote the individual strength and value to society (i. e. helping them to gain meaningful employment,) Using positive language and identifying the person as a person with valuable roles and not just a person with a disability. (for example: John is a Student, Athlete and a big brother that has a dual diagnosis vs John is a Schizophrenic). Also, we can use the term “promote” when we encourage the individual to make their own choices over their life and what they want to achieve and not trying to have these people fit into our values, roles we want for them.
We need to promote the individual to become empowered. The term “facilitates” in this mission statement refers that all members of Community Living Manitoulin are there to assist the individual in meeting their goals, we as staff members need to provide information to the individual so that they can make inform choices and need to modify the things that are necessary for the person to live a meaningful life. (provide a wheelchair ramp instead of stairs in a workplace, or negotiate shorter work hours for the person if he or she becomes overwhelmed. The term facilitates doesn’t mean the staff member does everything for the individual, it means we assist the individual so that they can reach their own goal. d) Who (intended population) of the Mission Statement. The mission statement by Community Living Manitoulin intends to covers both the people with developmental disabilities, (dual diagnosis) and the staff, administration and other providers of service employed by Community Living Manitoulin. In our Agency, the Mission statements, as with the Goal statements and Visions are hung on the wall in every program area.
These statements can also be found as letter head as all official correspondence, memos, and letters. Each individual is read the mission statement during annual person centred plan meeting and reviews. Every year, staff must review the mission statement and sign that they understand, and a sign copy is put into their personal file. I believe underlines the importance of the mission e) Based on your critical analysis of the service’s mission statement, and your reading of the Farkas article, how well does the service resemble (or not) a “Recovery Oriented Evidence Based Program”?
In the Farkas article, The author describes a Recovery Oriented Evidence Based Program as program that consists of 4 main components which are, person orientation, person involvement, self determination/choice and growth potential. In the first component, person orientation Farkas describes the people we serve are more than just their diagnoses and we as care professionals need to recognise the different value roles are individuals occupy. We as care professional need to identify the person in their value than just a patient. (for example, Sam is a brother, volunteer, and a good friend, not just a psychiatric patient).
Community living Manitoulin, tries to downplay the disability that a person may experience, instead emphasis is put on describing the strengths and values of the individual. (for example, John is a hard worker who makes a good cup of coffee instead of John suffers from anxiety and is a residence in our shelter workshop. ) The Agency is big on using this type of positive language in all aspect of our operation. Most of the counsellors who work with our people wouldn’t know their diagnosis unless they look through medical files which is a big change from twenty years ago. The second component, Farkas describes is person involvement.
Person involvement gives the person who is receiving services an active role in deciding what, when and how their care plan is delivered. At Community, Living Manitoulin, we have a Person Centre Plan that the individual develops with the assistance of staff members. In this plan, the individual set goals (both short term and long terms) they want to accomplish. The goals include what kind of jobs they would like to attend, how they would like spend their money (if they want assistance with budgeting or not), where and with whom they would like to live with (By themselves or with roommates).
The goals can also include vacations, retirement or going out for supper. The person centre plan are reviewed on a ongoing basis and staff members are obligated to assist the individual in reaching these goals unless the individual decides he or she no longer want to achieve this task. The third component that the article discusses is Self determination /choice. Farkas describes this as the individual having the ability to make choices in all aspect in their own recovery process.
At Community, Living Manitoulin, the individuals have the ability and are encouraged in making choices in all aspect of their life. For example, a person can refuse medication, assistance or to participate in any program. They also have the right to choose to end services whenever they feel fit. They can choose if they want to be employed and where or decide to partake in dangerous or risky activities without fear of reprisal from staff members. We as staff assist the individual in making informed decisions by offering them information and resources available to educate them in their choices.
The fourth component is growth potiential, Farkas describes this as a belief that the person can recover regardless of their disability. In Community Living Manitoulin definitely believes that a person can growth and recovery from their disabilities. Community Living believe and assists the person to learn the necessary skills to function successfully in their community. Again we are trained as staff not to look at the person disabilities but at their strength and how to modify jobs, life skills to suit the individual so that they learn to function in society independently or with as little help possible.