Apply for Go back
#1 Keeping people who use services at the centre
To earn this Open Badge, you should use the resources on our Step into Leadership website to help you meet the criteria below. You may also wish to reflect on other leadership learning you have undertaken that contributes to you meeting the criteria for example; a formal leadership programme you have undertaken or leadership learning that has been delivered by your organisation.
Provide evidence that you are able to:
- actively promote self-determination, citizenship and autonomy for people who use services, families and carers
- advocate for the central importance of people who use services regardless of competing organisational pressures and priorities
- engage with diverse individuals and communities including those who are marginalised or whose needs and expectations may pose challenge
- recognise and promote the value of people’s active participation in service design and delivery
- provide opportunity, and support if required, for people who use services, carers and communities to be fully involved as partners and co-producers
- ensure a sustained commitment to improving outcomes for people who use services, families and carers.
Submit your application
The SSSC Open Badge system relies on trust. We trust that the evidence you provide will be of your own work and based on your own skills and knowledge. By submitting an application you agree to the following statement: "In studying and completing the activities for this badge, I confirm that all the work provided as evidence will be my own." The SSSC will revoke a badge if the evidence provided is discovered to have been the work of someone else.Your evidence, name, and email address will be sent to the organisation who issue this badge