Transcript MOY RESOURCE CENTRE

MOY RESOURCE CENTRE
Dungannon Road
Moy Co. Tyrone.
BT71 7SN
TEL: 028 87 784 832
FAX: 028 87 784 669
WHERE ARE WE?
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Moy Resource
Centre is located
in the centre of
Moy village, in
the grounds of
Roxborough
House.
AREA COVERED
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The Team provides
services to visually
and hearing impaired
people who live in
the Armagh and
Dungannon District
Council area.
MOY RESOURCE CENTRE
SENSORY IMPAIRMENT TEAM
TEAM LEADER
Valerie McDonagh
SOCIAL WORKERS
Frances Steenson
Mavis Eagle
Sharon McMurran
Maggie Burrows
SOCIAL WORK
ASSISTANT
Denise Lavery
REHABILITATION
WORKER
Pamela Clarke
PERSONAL
SECRETARIES
Valerie Burnett
Jennifer Agnew
REFERRAL SOURCES
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E.N.T. Consultants
Audiologists
Other Statutory Agencies eg. Older
People’s Team
Voluntary Organisations
Social Workers/Social Work Assistants
G.P.s
Self referrals/ Relatives
WHY WE EXIST
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Social Workers, under legislation have
DUTIES and POWERS that give rise to
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY and
ACCOUNTABILITY.
HPSS Order 1972 Articles 4a, 4b,15.
CSADP Act 1978 Section 1&2
DP Act 1989 Section 4
DDA 1995 Section 20(a), 21(b)
N I Act 1998 Section 75 Schedule 9
Human Rights Act 1998 Article 14
SOCIAL WORK ROLE
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Assessment
Provide information and advice
Equipment
Promote awareness through training
and education
Liaison with other disciplines
Groupwork
Assistance and advice on coping
mechanisms
EQUIPMENT
LISTENING DEVICES
Room listening device (loop system).
Personal Communicator.
Car loop.
Inductive coupler.
EQUIPMENT
ALERTING DEVICES
Doorbells
Telephone alerting devices
Smoke alarms
Alarm clocks
Pagers
Baby alarms
EQUIPMENT
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Converse 200 and tone caller
Textphones
Videophone
Mobile phone neckloop
GROUPWORK
Hear and Their Group (3rd Thursday)
Tinnitus Group (2nd Wednesday)
Deaf Club (3rd Tuesday)
Craft Class (1st Thursday)
Gardening Club
REGISTRATION
Deaf with speech
Deaf without speech
Hard of Hearing
STATISTICS
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Northern Ireland
16-60yrs
0ver 60yrs
Total
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Mild/Moderate Deafness
62,000
140,000
202,000
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Severe/Profound
3,000
14,000
17,000
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All Degrees/Deafness
65,000
154,000
219,000
DEAFNESS
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Deafness is a generic term which covers
a wide range of hearing loss
Deaf with a capital D denotes people
who regard themselves as part of a
linguistic cultural minority group. (Deaf
people).
deafness with a lower case d is used
when describing hearing loss in general.
Hard of Hearing denotes people with an
acquired hearing loss.
THEORY
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Social Model of Disability (Oliver 1990)
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Loss
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Disengagement Theory
THEORY
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‘Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs.’
However, contrary to Maslow’s
theory, the Deaf community
formed as a result of an oppressive
society, having achieved a strong
sense of ‘belonging’ despite the
fact that lower level needs may not
have been met.
NINE COMMANDMENTS
For relatives, friends and
those caring for Hearing
impaired people.
1. Hard of hearing people
need to see you clearly
2. Face the light and the
person at all times
3. Include hard of hearing people in
your conversation. Let them know
what you are talking about
4. Don’t hide your mouth,
eg. Behind a newspaper
5. Talk directly to hard of
hearing people
6. Speak clearly, not too fast
and repeat if necessary
7. Don’t shout into the ear or
hearing aid.
8.Tell hard of hearing people
what you are laughing at.
9. Avoid unnecessary noise to get the
persons attention before speaking