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Ireland’s ongoing transformation—driven by legislation and policies supporting greater independence, choice, and control—shifts people from congregated settings to local community housing and expands service supports. The report presents a competency framework rationale for recruitment, retention, and development, outlines emerging skills and role changes, and discusses skills management strategies, opportunities, challenges, and associated costs.","Staff Competencies and Skills Mix for a Community-Based Model of Disability Services\nMay 2018\n\u0003Contents\u0013 TOC \\o \"1-3\" \\h \\z \\u \u0014\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930433\" \u0014Staff Competencies and Skills Mix for a Community-Based Model of Disability Services\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930433 \\h \u00142\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930434\" \u0014Executive Summary\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930434 \\h \u00142\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930435\" \u00141.\tIntroduction\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930435 \\h \u00144\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930436\" \u00142.\tContext\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930436 \\h \u00146\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930437\" \u00143.\tStaff competencies for reconfigured disability services\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930437 \\h \u00149\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930438\" \u00144.\tStaff skill-mix for reconfigured disability services\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930438 \\h \u001413\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930439\" \u00145.\tSkills management\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930439 \\h \u001419\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930440\" \u00146.\tCost implications\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930440 \\h \u001423\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930441\" \u00147.\tConclusion and suggestions for next steps\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930441 \\h \u001425\u0015\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Toc514930442\" \u0014References\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc514930442 \\h \u001429\u0015\u0015\n\u0015\u0004\nExecutive Summary\nThis paper set out to explore if and how competencies and skill-mix of staff working in disability services will need to change and adapt to meet the needs of persons with disabilities in a reconfigured, community-based, model of person centred disability service delivery. Disability services in Ireland are undergoing a significant change process. These changes are being driven by key legislation and policies that are working together to enable and support persons with disabilities live more independently and have more choice and control in their lives. This includes the movement of people with disabilities out of congregated settings to dispersed housing in local communities, and the development of comprehensive services and supports under New Directions (Health Service Executive (HSE), 2011, HSE, 2012, Department of Health, 2012). These changes have relevance to the skill-mix and competencies of staff. Staff will require a different set of skills to promote independent living and deliver a person-centred approach.\nThis paper shows how a competency framework can help staff to successfully navigate the shift to community-based working. It can assist in recruiting, retaining and developing a workforce ready to work in this new environment. A companion paper to this document, ‘A Review of Competency Frameworks for Disability Services’ found that a number of disability focused competency frameworks exist, including Ireland. This paper uses that information to present a rationale as to why a competency framework specific to staff working in community-based disability services in Ireland would be useful. A key recommendation of this paper is to develop a specific competency framework for community-based disability services in Ireland. While the work in this paper and the companion paper present useful background information and make several suggestions as to how to develop and implement a competency framework, the development of a framework was beyond the scope of this research work.\nSome of the new skills that are required for the new model of disability services are outlined, such as connecting with the community and with natural supports, and supporting with personalized budgets and assistive technology. The paper also examined potential changes to the roles of the main salaried staff. It is anticipated that there will be some role enhancement, role enlargement, role substitution, and role delegation in the context of new models of service. The paper discusses these and other skills management strategies and outlines the opportunities, challenges and costs that may be associated with these changes. However, the mechanisms through which these changes will happen, how the challenges will be overcome, and whether the end result will lead to a better outcome for people with disabilities are as yet unanswered.\nThe rep","cbCaig9qJyZYJj8D","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig9qJyZYJj8D","docx",143837,36,"English","en",105,"# Executive Summary\n# 1. Introduction\n# 2. Context\n# 3. Staff competencies for reconfigured disability services\n# 4. Staff skill-mix for reconfigured disability services\n# 5. Skills management\n# 6. Cost implications\n# 7. 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