ABSTRACT

Background: Professionals play an important role in supporting the social relations of persons with a disability. This study looks at professional practices supporting or strengthening social relations of persons in independent supported living, by integrating the perspectives of adults with a disability, network members and professionals.

Method: Fifty-one semi-structured interviews were carried out.

Results: Identified practices were: facilitating social situations, connecting with current and new network members, getting to know the person with a disability really well, delivering person-directed work, being a sounding board, being a safety net, working with an empowering attitude, seeing and exploiting opportunities. Influencing factors were related to the person with a disability, the professional, the network members and the broader environment.

Conclusion: Identified practices were small actions rather than structured or programmatic interventions. An unique combination and complex interplay of factors was found within each case, where negative factors could be counterbalanced by positive factors.

摘要

背景：专业人员在支持残疾人的社会关系中发挥着重要作用。这项研究通过整合残疾成人，网络成员和专业人员的观点，研究了支持或加强独立生活的人的社会关系的专业做法。

方法：进行五十一次半结构化访谈。

结果：确定的做法是：促进社交环境，与现有和新的网络成员建立联系，真正很好地了解残疾人，交付以人为本的工作，成为一个健全的委员会，成为一个安全网，以赋予权力的态度开展工作，发现并利用机会。影响因素与残疾人，专业人员，网络成员和更广泛的环境有关。

结论：确定的做法是小动作，而不是结构化或计划性的干预措施。在每种情况下，都可以发现因素的独特组合和复杂的相互作用，其中负面因素可以由正面因素抵消。