Supporting Personal and Professional Development

BigDog undertakes to provide the highest quality of care and support possible, dependent on our participant’s abilities and support needs, by way of an ongoing commitment to education, enhancement of opportunity and improvement of lifestyles within resource capabilities.

I will value and promote the physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and professional development of all people with a disability and all others who provide support and professional services directly or indirectly to them.

I will act within the scope of my role to:

Help the people I support directly or indirectly to understand their options and the outcomes of their choices for their health and development

Promote the health and safety of the person by engaging them in the assessment of risk and strategies for prevention of illness, accidents or injury as is relevant to my role as a

Disability Professional

Be proactive in the identification and reporting of individual situations of abuse or neglect

Ensure that participants have opportunities to participate as fully as possible and make choices about the services that they receive

Ensure that services are provided in the least restrictive way possible and in the least intrusive way while maintaining the safety, wellbeing and dignity of participants

Report immediately any breeches of this principle to my immediate coordinator