CB.3:4.5 - Prepare changes of participation and return

When a person takes a different responsibility, explain the work it adds, the decisions they may make, the help they can obtain and how they can stop or hand it over. Skill in the community’s subject does not automatically supply facilitation, moderation or maintenance capability. Obtain the missing preparation through a capable colleague or the relevant HCD contribution.

For a bounded first attempt, agree what the person will do, what support will remain present and what result or difficulty they will return. Choose that attempt from the responsibility itself. Someone preparing to host a case exchange can rehearse opening the question, separating clarification from advice and closing with the recipient’s next step. The support provider remains responsible for the help they accepted.

Use OCE.6 when a real organisational appointment, resource allocation, permission or enabling relation must be established. A community invitation can propose the contribution; the appropriate owner establishes the relevant authority and access. For informal voluntary activity, a clear accepted arrangement can suffice where no formal assignment is required.

On return after absence, recover what has changed that affects the next action: the current material, contact, convention, access or responsibility. Supply a short update and a suitable next use. Do not require repeating unaffected orientation or explaining a private reason for absence. If the old contribution is no longer wanted or feasible, agree a smaller one or its end.

When stepping back would leave a relied-on activity unsupported, arrange the handover or change the activity’s promise. Permission to leave remains meaningful; continuity requires another feasible contribution, not an indefinite obligation on the departing person.