What is support work? 💭 The core of what we do is supporting people to live independently in their own home, and to get the most from what their local community has to offer. Supported living is all about enabling people to live in their own home independently with tailored support. It promotes independence and allows people to live with dignity and choice. As a support worker working in supported living, your role is to promote a person’s independence at home. You may also be helping people to access healthcare, employment, and social activities such as planning a holiday, or building relationships. 🤝 Community support is more varied and flexible than supported living. It involves shorter periods (for example, a few hours each week) and helping people with specific tasks to support their independence, often outside of their home. 🔗 Anyone can be a support worker so head on over to our careers page to learn more about how you can start changing lives today! https://loom.ly/R6AxsOk (fb)

One of our Service Quality Directors, Jordan, has been seemingly inexhaustible lately! He has been travelling around Scotland, speaking at several events to promote Thera Scotland and the work of our wonderful staff, and informing people about the types of support we can offer. 🤝 First was Enable's quarterly self-advocacy forum in Motherwell! The self-advocacy forums are an opportunity for people with lived experience of a learning disability to come together and discuss the issues affecting them, sharing in ideas, solutions, and support for one another. Next stop was Dumfries at a National Involvement Network meeting hosted by ARC Scotland. This event focused on finding employment as someone with lived experience of a learning disability and/or autism. Jordan was asked to give a short presentation about his own experiences in this area and his professional and personal journey to becoming Service Quality Director and taking a leadership role within a support organisation. This is another example of Jordan's tireless approach towards advocacy and his determination to ensure people with a learning disability have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. 🔗 Read more about Jordan's experience at these events on our blog! https://loom.ly/6-RJDcI Photo credit: The National Involvement Network, ARC Scotland (fb)