Social stories, PEC, experience of using team teach under extreme circumstances – supporting complex young people with a range of diagnosis and neurological diversity – autism, PDA. Complex communication requirements, sensory needs – management of anxiety and mental health conditions – mainly anxiety and depression, but across the spectrum of diagnoses. Qualified to support medication administration alongside risk management, tailoring care plans and PBS plans. to a point they optimise autonomy and independence.

Most people with a sense of commitment and community and follow our blueprint,  possess the core skills we are looking for – from that we look to align you to someone that  would benefit most from your experience and personality type. Kindness, Compassion, Willingness to develop and participate in someones life-story, all of those stereotypical qualities we could list.  

Give us a call, text or email a message – and we’ll look at the situation, we can signpost and provide guidance – if we feel we can provide support, we’ll carry out an assessment and take it from there. 

A buddy is a bit of a buzz-word, in lots of contexts. Diving, sports, anything where someone might be at risk if they go-it-alone, usually offers up a buddy-system. We feel that is fitting for our service and in this context it means a key-worker, the person, or one of the people that are connecting and having an impact on the people we support. A buddy will have the right ingredients and personality to connect – and the determination to work with the person or people consistently. A sense of duty, along with the right experience and attitude. 

Matching people isn’t a new thing, its been understood for a long time, that continuity is really important – almost life-changing, in terms of the impact it can have. Buddies came into being because of that – despite the awareness of continuity, it just doesnt happen as it should – we are putting emphasis on it, within our processes, and hope this improves outcomes for the people we support.

Well, it doesn’t… we’ve crunched the numbers… we work the same way as most framework services – people are our greatest resource and the way we treat one another means we are reducing costs in the long term, by ensuring people receive effective care, consistently and over a longer period, with better outcomes. Being in the community, being productive, being as independent as possible… all these things actually reduce costs, and more importantly make peoples lives better now and in the future.

We are applying to register Buddies with the CQC, for the regulated activity of supporting people with personal care. It isn’t essential to be registered, to practice and provide support to people – as long as appropriate policies and insurances are in place. But being regulated is a safeguard to ensure people are following the standards and regulations set out by government. We must register for specific activities, such as when assuming complete responsibility for someones care – rather than via a local authority or the NHS, or registered provider. We are limited and must work within a pre-existing framework until our CQC application is completed.

However, each team member must have indemnity insurance, and remains accountable, trained and vetted to the required standard irrespective of governance.