
AMSI’s Role in Personal and Social Support Services
AMSI develops voluntary, non-regulatory standards, vocabularies, Context Guides, and analytical tools for understanding and determining the quality of personal, social, and employment support services.
AMSI considers a defined Support-Service Quality Object as a whole—its intended functions and intended results, internal composition, boundaries, interfaces, lifecycle and operating conditions, evidence, uncertainty, Critical Conditions, and the limits of any Quality Claim.
AMSI Framework
AMSI applies the Whole Quality methodology to connect:
Support-Service Quality Objects
Intended Functions and Intended Results
Boundaries and Interfaces
Quality Factors and Quality Indicators
Quality Outcome Criteria and Evidence
Critical Conditions and Non-Compensability
Support-Service Quality State Determination
Bounded Support-Service Quality Claims
Together, these concepts make support-service quality visible, understandable, evidence-supported, and responsibly bounded.
Who AMSI Serves
AMSI resources support:
• Individuals receiving support • Families • Support professionals • Service providers • Vocational Rehabilitation professionals • Policymakers • Researchers • Standards developers
AMSI Publications
AMSI publications lead readers from foundational concepts to practical support-service applications:
Foundational Articles on Support Quality
AMSI_VOC1 — Support-Service Applied Vocabulary Standard
Personal Aid Quality Core Standard
Vocational Rehabilitation Job Coaching Core Standard
Personal Aid Context Guides
Vocational Rehabilitation Context Guides
Quality State Determination Tools and Diagrams
Publications and Analysis
Updates
Updates on AMSI standards, publications, and practical support-quality work.
See the whole Support-Service Quality Object.
Understand its intended functions and intended results.
Understand its boundaries and interfaces.
Observe Quality Factors and Quality Indicators.
Use sufficient evidence.
Determine the Quality State.
Make only bounded Responsible Quality Claims.