# Equal Care's Model

- [Our Purpose](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/our-purpose.md)
- [How we work](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/how-we-work.md)
- [Sociocracy](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/sociocracy.md)
- [Circles](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/circles.md)
- [Long term decisions](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/circles/long-term-decisions.md): These are the decisions which affect how the co-operative does its work over at least a six month timescale. This also covers any decisions mentioned in the Rules of incorporation.
- [Everyday decisions](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/circles/everyday-decisions.md): How Equal Care gets things done, day to day.
- [Circle records](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/circles/circle-records.md): Keeping track of what each Circle is doing and why it matters.
- [Consent](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/circles/consent.md): How we make decisions together at Equal Care
- [Proposals](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/circles/proposals.md): How Circles make decisions with input and integrity
- [Teams](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams.md)
- [Why we use the Teams model](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/why-we-use-the-teams-model.md): Putting relationships at the heart of care
- [Who's in?](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/whos-in.md): Who can be part of a Team
- [Team Starting](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting.md): The first steps toward building support
- [The role of a Team Starter](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/the-role-of-a-team-starter.md): Getting Teams off the ground
- [1. Starting a Team: The First Contact](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/1.-starting-a-team-the-first-contact.md): What happens when someone reaches out
- [2. Beginning the Relationship](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/2.-beginning-the-relationship.md): The first proper conversation, and where it leads
- [3. Finding the Right Match](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/3.-finding-the-right-match.md): Beginning to build the team
- [4. Supportive Conversation & Trust Assessment](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/4.-supportive-conversation-and-trust-assessment.md): Co-creating a picture of what good support looks like
- [4a. Example of a Supportive Conversation](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/4.-supportive-conversation-and-trust-assessment/4a.-example-of-a-supportive-conversation.md): A person-led starting point for great support
- [4b. Example of a Trust Assessment](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/4.-supportive-conversation-and-trust-assessment/4b.-example-of-a-trust-assessment.md)
- [5. Profiles and promises](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/5.-profiles-and-promises.md): Getting clear on who we are and how we’ll work together
- [5a. The Getting Support Promise](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/5.-profiles-and-promises/5a.-the-getting-support-promise.md): An agreement between people receiving support and the co-operative
- [5b. The Getting Support Profile](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/5.-profiles-and-promises/5b.-the-getting-support-profile.md)
- [5c. Worker and team member profiles](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/5.-profiles-and-promises/5c.-worker-and-team-member-profiles.md)
- [6. Building a team](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/6.-building-a-team.md)
- [6a. Finding and welcoming new members](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/6.-building-a-team/6a.-finding-and-welcoming-new-members.md)
- [6b. Trialling new team members](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/6.-building-a-team/6b.-trialling-new-team-members.md)
- [7. Getting Organised: Roles and Hats](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/7.-getting-organised-roles-and-hats.md): Clarifying the first organising steps within a team
- [8. Stepping Back: Team Independence](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/team-starting/8.-stepping-back-team-independence.md)
- [Dealing with conflict and change](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/dealing-with-conflict-and-change.md): Support teams in navigating challenges, disagreements and transitions with clarity, kindness and accountability.
- [Conflict support](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/dealing-with-conflict-and-change/conflict-support.md): Helping teams respond to tension or disagreement in a healthy, constructive way
- [How to leave a team well](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/teams/dealing-with-conflict-and-change/how-to-leave-a-team-well.md): Supporting teams through departures in ways that honour relationships, ensure continuity, and offer opportunities for reflection
- [Hats](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/hats.md)
- [Team Hats](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/hats/team-hats.md): Sharing Responsibility
- [Circle Hats - Process](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/hats/circle-hats-process.md)
- [Circle Hats - Operational](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/hats/circle-hats-operational.md)
- [Care Commons Organiser](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/hats/circle-hats-operational/care-commons-organiser.md)
- [Peer supervisor](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/hats/circle-hats-operational/peer-supervisor.md): "(You're brilliant). How are you doing...?"
- [Platform](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/platform.md)
- [Co-production](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/co-production.md)
- [Implementing co-production](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/co-production/implementing-co-production.md)
- [Context of co-production in social care](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/co-production/context-of-co-production-in-social-care.md)
- [Governance for co-production](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/co-production/governance-for-co-production.md): How Sociocracy Supports Co-production
- [Ownership for co-production](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/co-production/ownership-for-co-production.md): Why ownership matters
- [Care Commons](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/care-commons.md)
- [Radical Candour](https://play.equal.care/equal-cares-model/radical-candour.md): Speaking truth with care: how we navigate difficult conversations together


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