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The North Okanagan Community Life Society [NOCLS]
is committed to the provision of services founded on the following
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Commitment
to the concept of normalization:
NOCLS shall provide and/or develop residential services
based on the principles of normalization, ‘utilization of means
which are as culturally normalized as possible in order to
establish, enable, or support personal behaviors, appearances, and
interpretations which are as culturally normalized as
possible”. [Wolfsenberger] |
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Commitment
to individual rights:
NOCLS
is committed to uphold the human and legal rights of persons
served in the residential service system. |
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Commitment
to community-based service development:
NOCLS shall be committed to the operation and development
of community-based residential services as so to provide permanent
alternatives to the institutionalization of mentally handicapped
citizens. NOCLS shall
further ensure the development of community-based services is
conducted in such a manner as to promote the highest possible
degree of social and economic integration of mentally handicapped
citizens into the life of the community. |
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Commitment
to system comprehensiveness:
NOCLS shall provide a range of residential services which
will ensure that suitable options are available so the individual
can develop and then be maintained at his optimum level.
This assumes that each individual will be enabled to
function in the least restrictive living situation as possible. |
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Commitment
to the utilization of generic services:
NOCLS shall accept the responsibility to ensure persons
served by NOCLS shall utilize such generic services as are
possible. |
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Commitment
to regionalization: NOCLS
shall ensure mentally handicapped persons shall not, under
ordinary circumstances, have to leave their home region to receive
the community-based residential services they need. |
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Commitment
to planning and orientation to the future:
By assessing the future needs of current Clients and the
projective needs of mentally handicapped individuals in the
region, NOCLS shall plan its future programs in cooperation with
other services and/or planning bodies. |
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Commitment
to program quality:
NOCLS
is committed to operate and develop services which shall be of a
quality enhancing to the dignity and needs of mentally handicapped
persons. |
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Commitment
to evaluation and assessment:
NOCLS is committed to the concept of ongoing evaluation and
assessment of its programs and policies to ensure high quality
service is maintained. |
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Commitment
to individual program planning:
NOCLS shall accept responsibility to ensure that within the
residential service system a suitable individual program plan be
developed with each Client. |
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Commitment
to integrated programming:
NOCLS shall ensure individual Client program plans are
developed and coorindated with the other services he requires. |
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Commitment
to staff quality and development:
NOCLS is committed to the utilization of the best possible
staff to deliver the services under its jurisdiction.
It is further committed to the promotion and development of
staff and man power training needs. |
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Commitment
to innovative services:
NOCLS
is committed to providing the best possible residential services
by ensuring there be an awareness of new techniques, trends, and
development in the field of residential services and where
appropriate these be utilized. |
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Commitment
to appropriate age and sex groupings:
NOCLS shall ensure individual residences be structured to
include an appropriate age and sex mix. |
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Commitment
to economy:
NOCLS
is committed, in the provision of its residential services, to
maximize costs / benefits and cost / effectiveness while ensuring
Clients’ best interest are served. |
North Okanagan Community Life Society
2400-46th Avenue
Vernon, BC V1T 9N5
Phone
250-545-5153
Fax 250-558-0753
Email: garry.molitwenik@nocls.com
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