Recovery oriented services deliver support

Recovery oriented services deliver support that balances the person`s dignity of risk alongside duty of care requirements, with an understanding that both are essential elements of recovery. In the table below, explain the following terms and give an example of how they apply in a mental health context.

1. Dignity of risk Dignity of risk means you have the right to live the way you choose even if ones choices involve risk allowing you to learn, grow and have better quality of life

2. Duty of care Duty of care is the legal responsibility, to ensure people are not harmed.

Duty of care means we have the duty to asses situations and intervene if there is a risk of, Death, serious injury or harm to another person or self Example of how this applies in a mental health context?