Dignified Decision-Making Workshop
Navigating compassion, choice, and duty of care in complex clinical spaces
This workshop is designed for those working in clinical roles where power,
policies and protective frameworks limit the feasibility and practicality of holding compassion and honouring choice as a priority in mental health spaces. It explores Duty of Care, Dignity of Risk, nuance and Peer values. It also emphasises the role of micro-choice and enhancing decision-making as opposed to assessing whether or not a person ‘has’ it.
Recommended for
People working in clinical mental health who have to navigate complex and rigid
systems, but who still want to practise compassionately and with respect.Any level of experience working with or in Lived Experience professionally.
Duration:
1/5 hour workshop with an additional morning tea/ afternoon tea for Q&A
Format:
In-person or online. Fully customisable.
Learning Focus
Duty of Care vs Dignity of Risk
Micro-choice and enhancing decision-making capacity
Peer values within clinical frameworks
Navigating rigid systems with compassion
Creative Focus
Case-based discussion
Reflective practice exercises
Open Q&A and peer learning
Key words:
Choice, agency, autonomy, control, systemic barriers, collaboration, Lived Experience, partnership, shared decision-making, informed consent
