The vision of HILA Homes has always been to project a voice and a service within the social sector in the Maltese Islands. Hence, the participation in the ESN event was a natural course for HILA Homes. The European Social Services Conference (ESSC) acts as a platform to establish a grounded understanding of the social perspective whilst building on research and innovation that continue to strengthen the foundation and align with the philosophy of care HILA Homes nurtures.
Our vision in the social sector
A social construct is built on the journey of every person individually. In this way, to guarantee that a person-centred approach is used, HILA Homes ensures that the model of service delivery fosters an implicit and solid narrative that reflects our values. Such values, which include autonomy, dignity, safety, development, and equality, are central, and all contribute to ensuring that the person is always at the centre of what we do. Autonomy contributes to respecting each individual in their self-expression, and empowering people through self-determination has always been central to the opportunities we give to every person in equal ways in relational contexts.
Person-centredness at the core
Equality, at HILA Homes, is relevant to the possibility of the expression of one’s potential. To be granted equal opportunities and to relate on equal terms sustains the right approach that might be a relative reality in society. Additionally, to contribute to self and others sets challenges to opportunities. Such opportunities can be referred to as the development that HILA Homes believes is within every person's potential, and how to gear such potential to contribute to oneself and others. Indeed, every person deserves the possibility to develop, and through the services provided, the development is ensured in a life journey that is built on the possibility of meaningful contribution and one’s ability to succeed.
“To relate and understand that every person should be sought as a person by exercising dignity is key in HILA Homes' approach to every individual and the projection of every person”.
Understanding that to err is human is directly linked to the capacity of ensuring safety in a holistic way, which assures that a culture of inclusion is fostered, set on education. Every person should be allowed to learn and project oneself in the absence of failure and harm. Furthermore, every person shall be given the existential space to feel safe in a society, which remains at the core of HILA Homes' services. However, the foundations of all values are tied by HILA Homes' position on the inherent respect for people through the expression of dignity. To relate and understand that every person should be sought as a person by exercising dignity is key in HILA Homes' approach to every individual and the projection of every person.
The relationship between the balance of dignity and the inherent expression through values and respect as a right of every person sets the foundation for the journey of HILA Homes and the person-centredness, which contributes to the very scope embedded in the projection of well-being, as much as projected in this event.
