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Bob Sharpe

Access To University (A2U)

By way of introduction let me first say that my role in the A2U program was that of Faculty Liaison. I provided a bridge between the academic and administrative operations of the Faculty of Arts and those of The Working Centre, our community partner. In this role I would regularly meet with colleagues at The Working Centre (Heather, Maru, Gabe, and Stephanie). Together we would troubleshoot the myriad of obstacles that students face when accessing university.  Although I did not get to know each of you as well as your instructors, I did learn of the diversity of your life experiences, your challenges, and your achievements. It was always an interesting, and often moving role.

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The Integrated Circle of Care is a fluid and collaborative approach followed by workers from different agencies weaving through St. John’s Kitchen. Within this approach, staff members from each agency are aware of their specific personal roles. However, the high level of collaboration between workers means that people can approach any worker, without knowing their agency association or specific role, and still receive support – either that worker will support the person directly, or they will introduce the person to another worker who can support the person more appropriately.

This approach makes relationships more natural and support more accessible. Workers from different agencies are easily approachable, meaning that people build relationships with multiple workers. Having relationships with different workers is important to a person’s support – it makes support from a trusted source easy to find, and means that people have a choice of worker to approach in any given situation.

In order to maintain a circle of care around a person, workers from different agencies ask for consent from the person for information to be shared between workers. Continuous communication between workers helps to ensure that people do not fall into gaps between services, and also that services are not duplicated.