Sector Training Activities

Towards a Better Life - SRV with John Armstrong

An exploration of the Social Role Valorisation Framework with regard to people who are marginalised 

This 2 day workshop is designed to assist participants to:

• Understand social devaluation and its consequences for people who are marginalised;
• Learn about SRV as a means of addressing those experiences of devaluation;
• Gain clarity of personal values in regard to issues of devaluation and one’s personal service to people who are devalued; and
• Strengthen, support and confirm one’s commitment and purpose to individuals who are wounded by devaluation.

The ideas in SRV theory often pose a challenge to participants as
they directly address what is really involved in achieving valued social roles
within ones community. In this way SRV becomes an ongoing stimulus to examine
what is authentically optimal for people with a devalued status.

The Australian Government’s Social Inclusion Agenda’s vision is “of a socially inclusive society... in
which all Australians feel valued and have the opportunity to participate fully
in the life of our society.”. The question is, how can we make this a
reality? This workshop provides opportunities to see where change can occur.

Participants will be asked to consider and discuss how
individuals, human services and society contribute to the marginalisation of
such people. The event will inspire participants to imagine the good life and
consider how we may support people who have been denied so many beneficial
features of a good life to have better lives and greater involvement in their
communities. The importance of valued social roles will be considered, and how
positive roles can be supported and developed.