Supported Decision-Making Service

Supported Decision-Making Service for Persons with Disabilities | Service Model

The Human Rights Center for People with Disabilitis

Background

In August 2014, as part of a European Union grant, Bizchut launched the Article 12 Pilot Project,

designed to test the supported decision making model on the ground. Several organizations

partnered in the pilot project: Beit Issie Shapiro helped to structure and supported the formulation

of the model, as well as trained participants; and the Jerusalem Municipality Welfare Department

helped find participants and spread the word about the pilot, which was held in the Jerusalem area.

The pilot had an advisory committee composed of government and civil society representatives,

as well as persons with disabilities and their families. The Office of the Commissioner for Equal

Rights for Persons with Disabilities at the Ministry of Justice hosted all advisory committee

meetings and partnered in promoting the knowledge gathered in the pilot in a concluding

conference.

Schedule A

includes a short review of the pilot, beginning with its purposes and goals, through

its stages and structure and ending with dilemmas that came up during the pilot and the major

insights gained from it.

provides the summary of the assessment study conducted

throughout the pilot.

details the pilot’s training program.

1. Pilot goals and purposes

Pilot purpose:

Persons with disabilities over the age of 18 will enjoy freedom and independence in making

decisions about their affairs.

Pilot goals:

1. Developing and formulating a ‘supported decision making’ model.

2. Running a pilot for twenty people, currently under guardianship in the Jerusalem area.

3. Disseminating the model among persons with disabilities, family members, professionals and

policy makers in the field.