The 10 core
standards
To achieve the Enabling Environments Award, you
will need to produce evidence in each of these areas. These are the
areas the Enabling Environments Advisory Group has identified as
making some services and organisations stand out as particularly
successful and nurturing for all of the people involved.
BELONGING
The nature and quality of relationships are of primary
importance
BOUNDARIES
There are expectations of behaviour and processes to maintain
and review them
COMMUNICATION
It is recognised that people communicate in different ways
DEVELOPMENT
There are opportunities to be spontaneous and try new things
INVOLVEMENT
Everyone shares responsibility for the environment
SAFETY
Support is available for everyone
STRUCTURE
Engagement and purposeful activity is actively encouraged
EMPOWERMENT
Power and authority are open to discussion
LEADERSHIP
Leadership takes responsibility for the environment being
enabling
OPENNESS
External relationships are sought and valued
The variety of
sectors
Enabling Environments can be found anywhere
people live, work or come together for a specific purpose. This
includes:
- wards
- day units
- schools
- supported accommodation
- working environments
- voluntary groups
- faith communities
It is quite possible to see common threads or
themes in what is positive or enabling across these many different
environments. Yet the language used in different contexts and
settings to describe this common core of experiences and principles
or concerns does not always help to identify these shared themes or
values. This can make co-operation between agencies harder, and
services may seem fragmentary and disjointed.
The Enabling Environments project aims to
bridge older distinctions between clinical and non-clinical
settings, to develop a single common core vocabulary, applicable
across a range of agency and service environments.
Sectors represented in our consultation phase included a variety
of staff together with clients, service users and members from:
- NHS
- Voluntary sector
- Social care
- Housing
- Education
- The church
- Private business
Check how close
you are
We have prepared several criteria to help you
demonstrate that you meet each standard. Download this
document to have a look and see whether you are already an Enabling
Environment.
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