Realistic Person Centred Support
Helping service users, professionals and family members across Bristol and the South Gloucestershire.
Who we are
Aspirations Support is a provider of bespoke Supported Living Services and Community Outreach Services to people with learning disabilities and/or mental health needs. From our beginnings nearly fifteen years ago, when we opened our first supported living home, we have steadily grown to a company of over 200 staff delivering these services to over 50 individuals in 21 supported living homes.
Families
What we do for
Families are important to us and we work closely with family members and advocates so that we can benefit from their knowledge and experience.
We know that families and advocates have a lot of knowledge about their relative or friend and we welcome working with you in the planning stage and throughout the time we provide support. We will encourage regular contact, including visits, invitations to review meetings, helping with communication and defining roles and responsibilities. We will also keep you up to date with how we are supporting your relative or friend and ensure that you are involved. We also welcome your involvement more broadly in our organisation and look forward to working with you to improve overall care and support.
Supported Living Family
In order to find suitable properties for service users we set up ‘Enterprise Properties’.
Although not exclusive to Aspirations’ service users ’Enterprise’ works with property owners and developers to source suitable properties for supported living tenancies. Enterprise then provides a landlord service which is friendly to the needs of individuals with learning difficulties and mental health needs. Aspirations support individuals to assume and maintain the full rights and responsibilities of an individual tenancy. Working with our sister organisation ‘Enterprise Properties’ we will aim to find the right type of house, flat or bungalow …whether the need is to live with or without others, Aspirations can help those with learning difficulties and/or mental health support needs, take on and enjoy the full rights and securities of an individual tenancy. Our highly dedicated and flexible support team ensures effective and caring support is provided around the clock. They will support and encourage individuals to make their own choices and decisions to live full, happy, independent lives in which goals are met and achievements are celebrated.
Community Outreach Family
For individuals needing a service from home or in the community, including personal care provision, Aspirations can provide your loved one with a caring and supportive outreach service.
For individuals with mental health support needs, learning disabilities or a mixture of the two, and who need or prefer to base their support from a previously established home situation, Aspirations provides a Community Outreach Service. This team will visit at home and/or in the wider community and provide support with daily living needs on a 1-1 basis. This team delivers fantastic quality person-centred care in all shapes and sizes! From a few hours to help with a specific need over a short period of time to more intensive and extensive support to help achieve a full-scale transformation of life opportunities, this team can and will effectively assess, support and deliver positive outcomes.
Who we support
People Not Conditions
We do not believe that conditions define the person. We support adults with learning disabilities and we also support adults with mental health conditions. We support people with all levels of need; those who are ‘semi-independent’ and able to do most things for themselves and also those with more ‘complex’ needs or with more ‘severe’ conditions.
Mental Health
We support people with psychotic conditions such as schizophrenia, mood conditions such as depression or bipolar, trauma conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder and also conditions relating to substance abuse and eating disorders.
Learning Difficulties
We support people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC’s) and also people with various types of ‘syndrome’ such as Down’s syndrome (trisomy) and Williams syndrome. We support individuals ‘physical’ conditions often associated with learning disabilities such as epilepsy and cerebral palsy
Professionals
What we do for
We pride ourselves on developing effective working relationships with our professional colleagues. Understanding expectations and needs of professional colleagues forms a specific part of our staff supervisions, training and guidance. Staff attending meeting or supporting appointments are well informed and prepared with a high standard of communication skills to match.
Supported Living
Professionals
Aspirations supports individuals to assume and maintain the full rights and responsibilities of an individual tenancy. Working with our sister organisation ‘Enterprise Properties’ we will aim to find the right type of house, flat or bungalow …whether the need is to live with or without others, Aspirations can help those with learning difficulties and/or mental health support needs, take on and enjoy the full rights and securities of an individual tenancy. Our highly dedicated and flexible support team ensures effective and caring support is provided around the clock ...they will support and encourage individuals to make their own choices and decisions and live a full, happy independent life in which goals are met, and achievements are celebrated.
For individuals with mental health support needs, learning disabilities or a mixture of the two, and who need or prefer to base their support from a previously established home situation, Aspirations provides a Community Outreach Service. This team will visit at home and/or in the wider community and provide support with daily living needs on a 1-1 basis. This team deliver a fantastic quality of person-centred care in all shapes and sizes! From a few hours to help with a specific need over a short period of time to more intensive and extensive support to help achieve a full-scale transformation of life opportunities this team can and will effectively assess, support and deliver.
Community Outreach
Professionals
Service Users
What we do for
Our service users are what really matters. Here you can find all the information you need about our services and the type of care we provide.
We aim to give you exactly what is required and the right level of support you need. Our friendly team will support you in keeping up with skills or pastimes you enjoy and also help you to find new ones.
Supported Living
Service Users
Community Outreach
Service Users
If you need a service based from where you are currently living, our outreach service could be just what you need...
Our outreach service can help you with all manner of home based support. We can provide personal care to help you look after yourself, we can help you to keep your house clean and tidy and we can help you do your shopping. We can also help you maintain and grow your current interests, keep in touch with friends or attend social clubs where you can make new friends! As with all our support we will provide exactly whatever is required to meet your needs.
Are you looking for somewhere new to live? Perhaps you need to leave home and get your own space or maybe you need to live in a different area or with different people?
We can help you find a new place to live, either on your own or with others. We can help you look after your home. We can help you to do everything you need to live happily in your new home. We will help you to keep your house clean and tidy. We will help you do your shopping and we will help you to pay your rent. And of course, we will help keep you happy and well in your new home.
Testimonials
You can see that you're helping to make a difference within someone's life - Anonymous, Support Worker
Love my job, love the team I work with. Best job I've had. - Natasha Nunn, Support Worker
I spend every day making a meaningful difference to people's lives, supporting vulnerable people and people with learning disabilities in and outside the community and also promoting their independence, gives me a fulfilled feeling of some achievements in the society. - Anonymous, Support Worker
Great company! Nothing is ever too much trouble. The people I support, I feel get a really good consistent service - Paul Tuffin, Support Worker
I love the role I have been given and am very grateful to have had the opportunity. I have developed great relationships with the service users I support and it is really rewarding to have the opportunity to help make a difference in their lives and to see the progress made in aspects that I felt I played a role in to help make that change. - Gemma Baker, Support Worker
The Team
Management
Joe Imber
Founder
Colin Ivey
Service Director
Claire Ewing
Finance Manager
Chloe Parker
HR Manager
Briden Tanner
Operations Manager
Lisa Woods
Business Manager
Stephen Wright
Assistant Finance Manager
Lesley Jatta
Properties Manager
Clare Blandford
Scheduling Manager
Emma Venn
Supported Living Manager
The Team
Care Team
Sam Massey
Team Leader
Kirsty Deacon Team Leader
Alana Ferris
Team Leader
Bridie Deacon
Team Leader
Ruth Lillywhite
Team Leader
Mike Webb
Team Leader
Pete Lee
CO Team Leader
Rachelle Sully
CO Team Leader
Training
All of our Training is fully accredited by a range of recognised agencies, including ‘Acorn Health and Safety’ and ‘Curve Learning and Development’. There is an emphasis on providing bespoke elements in our training, with generic learning points illustrated by examples and case studies from our own experiences with our own service users. This ensures a comprehensive package of contextualised training for our staff and equips them fully to apply their learning in practice with the people they support. A Positive Learning Culture New staff receive a thorough paid induction as well as paid shadowing hours , where there is the opportunity to work alongside experienced staff before starting any lone working, signalling a commitment and investment in staff training from the outset.
We have great training facilities at our office base including a fully equipped training room as well as smaller rooms for more individual or small group work in which to provide thorough and engaging training across all mandatory and specialist areas for all our staff. Some of our training is outsourced to expert agencies but much is delivered by our own internal team of enthusiastic and dedicated trainer-trained Team Leading and Management staff. A Positive Learning Culture is in this way embedded across our organisation. Specialisms, Qualifications and Development Opportunities Specialist training and professional qualifications are identified for all staff in subjects and at levels respective to their specific roles.
All support workers are encouraged to undertake level 2 and/or 3 Health and Social Care qualifications. Team Leading and Management staff are supported to undertake level 4 and 5 qualifications in Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care. Administration, Finance and other clerical staff are supported to undertake relevant software training and/or relevant CIPD or other specialist administrative training and/or qualifications. We are passionate about providing these professional development opportunities to our staff, fully supporting them in gaining all the relevant skills and knowledge needed to provide outstanding quality person-centred care and support to our service users.
Careers
If you're looking for a great opportunity in health and social care, Aspirations Support can offer you - Competitive rates of pay and various job role opportunities are available. - Professional growth and a positive work environment. Here are some of the benefits and opportunities you can expect when you join our team: - Full Induction and Ongoing Training: We provide comprehensive induction and continuous training opportunities, including qualifications in health and social care - Future Opportunities for Advancement: We believe in promoting from within and offer clear pathways for career advancement. - If you are passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a dynamic team, we would love to hear from you! To apply, please visit www.indeed.co.uk or through our website for more information.
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