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 […]
Darryl, joined Discovery as floating support worker, six months before this interview, meaning he covered in homes that were short staffed, but after coming across a supported living home in Bridgwater he didn’t want to leave. But, what lead him here in the first place? The call to be a support worker:I’ve worked in care […]
How lockdown meant Brett transitioned to support work and wished he’d done it five years sooner: I’m Brett, I’m twenty-eight, and I’ve been in the leisure industry since I was sixteen. I worked my way up to a senior operations manager, then when Lockdown happened, I got made redundant and put on a casual contract. […]
We just got off a WhatsApp with the delightful Richard, who Discovery supports. Richard and Ruth are an engaged couple from Street that agreed to talk to me about their relationship thanks to Beccy Simmonds, Inclusion officer for Discovery, who set the meeting up for us. What a wonderful, fun-loving couple! Ruth delighted in reliving […]