Manitoba Family Services and Labour
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The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act (VPA): The Agency Guide
Description:
The training sessions on “The Agency Guide to The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act (VPA)” are designed specifically for agency staff.
The VPA is the foundation for how services are provided for vulnerable persons. Based on the workbook, “The Agency Guide to the Vulnerable Persons Act”, these sessions encourage staff to challenge themselves on how to most effectively implement the principles of the Act in their day-to-day job duties.
Participants will learn:
- How to implement the VPA Guiding Principles in the services we provide.
- How language impacts the people who are supported.
- How to work together to maximize an individual’s choices and quality of life.
- What supported decision making looks like.
- How substitute decision making fits into the VPA.
- How to create new ways of improving service delivery under the Act.
Upcoming Dates:
| Date | Region | Location |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2012 | Winnipeg | Viscount Gort |
| Thursday, March 15, 2012 | Westman | 2nd Floor Boardroom |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | Winnipeg | Viscount Gort |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | Central | Heartland Inn |
| Friday, April 27, 2012 | Central | Portage la Prairie |
TBA |
Parkland | TBA |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | Winnipeg | Viscount Gort |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | Steinbach | TBA |
| Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | Winnipeg | Viscount Gort |
Contact/Registration Information:
Agencies funded by the Community Living disABILITY Services Program are notified of training availability and the registration process by letter or email from Family Services and Labour. Registration is required. Further details on sessions in your region are available through the executive director of the agency. For more information please contact your agency management.
Publications:
The Community Living Manitoba publication, An Agency Guide to the Vulnerable Persons Act, is provided at the training event. It may also be viewed and printed from the Community Living Manitoba Website.
