To be a great support worker, one of the talents you need is out of the box thinking, so today, let’s see if you have that ability… Betty (not her real name) needs colour in her life (well, on her walls). Beige, battered and cluttered. Betty let us know she wanted a clean sweep through […]
Today we feature Trina Bright, Discovery’s Head of Coaching and Practice Support. Trina has dedicated the past 35 years to supporting people with learning disabilities and people with autism. If you’re suffering knockbacks at school; if those around you are saying ‘you can’t…’; if you keep getting turned away from jobs you want – we […]
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and we couldn’t let it pass without giving a shout out to some of our colleagues that are talking openly about their mental health. After all, we all bring our whole self to work. We dedicate today to all our colleagues dealing with mental health and those who […]
At Discovery, we’re proud of the inspiring people in our Somerset-based team, it happens because we recruit people for their values first and experience second. Your values are more important to us than your skills because we can train you, but we can’t change you. If your values don’t fit with ours, it’s not going […]
At Discovery we talk a lot about Active Support. Active Support is how we help someone to become more independent.It’s all about tiny steps – that’s to say, steps that might seem tiny but which can make a huge difference to a person’s life. For example “Eddie”, a young autistic man, is used to clapping […]
Scott (not his real name) is man in his sixties with learning disabilities who has also been diagnosed with early-onset dementia. So we thought now was the time to draw up a making memories list to help Scott live his best life, despite his health challenges. It was ambitious considering Scott doesn’t like heights and […]