At Equal Care, our model of care is built around four key parts of the co-op: Circles, Platform, Teams and the Commons. These are the main dimensions that shape how we organise, deliver, and support care and support work.
The interactive Theory of Change map lets you explore these dimensions and see how the work carried out within each of them connects to specific outputs – the things we do or produce as part of our everyday activity.
Step 1: Locate the four key coop dimensions
This starting view shows the core structure of our model.
Step 2: Explore the outputs linked to each one
Clicking on any of the coloured blocks will reveal all the outputs connected to that part of the co-op. If you'd like to look closer, use the Focus function to zoom in on one area.
Click to reveal the outputs related to these four dimensions:
💻 Platform Outputs
People receiving support and their families can see and interact with their care data.
Communication and coordination tools enable collaboration between formal and informal care and support.
Platform clarifies relationships, roles and responsibilities with Teams and Circles – i.e. “Hats”.
The platform facilitates giving and receiving informal support through a Care Coin system (gift, save, spend).
Supportive Conversations help identify the relationships that promote people's well-being and meet their quality of life needs.
The platform helps teams and circles access local resources that enrich quality of life.
🌱 Commons Outputs
Commons resource circles with volunteers
People gift time, skills and resources to teams and circles.
Commons connects circles to local resources and community networks that can enrich the quality of lives of team members.
Local circles have diverse and representative memberships, including other organizations with common values.
Circle's establish partnerships with local community hubs and anchor organisations to expand service offerings.
Service evaluation measures cooperative connections between teams, circles and local community networks.
Circle Outputs
Multi-stakeholder service evaluation measures the social climate, individual well-being and quality of life of Circle members.
Circles recruit locally to support locally.
Key roles for circles to start and support teams are shared amongst circle members as "Circle Hats".
Circles connect teams to local resources and community networks that can enrich the quality of lives of team members.
Circles operate semi-autonomously from the wider co-op with distributed decision-making authority.
Key roles or "Circle Hats" are nominated by circle members sociocratically.
Teams are started, supported and ended through local circles.
Teams Outputs
People giving and getting support consent to each other in a mutual match.
Teams operate semi-autonomously from the local circle with distributed decision-making authority.
Key operational roles for each team to self-manage are shared as “Team Hats”.
Key roles or “Team Hats” are nominated by team members sociocratically.
Teams connect the people they support to the local community networks and meet more quality of life needs.
Teams collaborate with social workers and other care professionals supporting the people they care for.
People receiving care build their own team, choosing friends, family members, local volunteers and vetted Equal Care workers as team members.
Peer learning communities, observation, training and coaching are team-specific.
Multi-stakeholder service evaluation measures the social climate, individual well-being and quality of life of Team Members.
Care workers are paid more.
Care workers choose what their hours are and where they will work.
