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Supporting Connections - SAVVI

 

The SAVVI program is offered to pension-level residents of  Supported Residential Services

 

Supporting Connections Workers  operate in a manner that is:

  • Client centred
  • Proactive
  • Responsive
  • Targeted
  • Collaborative
  • Capacity building
  • Consolidate service structures developed by the SAVVI Facility Cost Relief Project

 

Aims of the program

  • Identify unmet resident health and social needs and assist them to access appropriate services.
  • Build skills/capacity of proprietors and staff to identify resident needs, improve care planning and better manage challenging behaviours.
  • Build skills/confidence of residents to access services and participate in activities as independently as possible.
  • Strengthen links between pension-level Supported Residential Services and local services including developing new service approaches where appropriate.