“Never giving up on anyone!” finding & keeping great people working for small supports organisations

Helen Bown (NDTi Associate) shared the themes and messages from a review of the “small supports workforce”, looking at what national and organisational data reveals alongside conversations with staff working for three established small supports organisations. This work aimed to identify key factors for attracting and retaining staff who deliver exceptional support for a good quality life. We also examined differences between these approaches and those of traditional social care organisations, sharing findings and exploring major themes revealed.

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Discover how NHS England funding helped seed nine new Small Support organisations, with more to come, plus reports, resources, and peer network insights.

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Working with Multi-Disciplinary Teams and Small Supports

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Fiona Ritchie (NDTi Associate), with Anne Worrall-Davies, Clinical Lead, Learning Disabilities and Autism, Children and Young People, NHS England, and Helen Toker-Lester (NDTi Associate), discussed the opportunity Small Supports present Multi-Disciplinary Teams to deliver a truly person-centred discharge to support that will stick with the person through thick and thin.

Human Rights and Small Supports: The foundation of everything we do

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With Kirsten Peebles and Charli Clement (NDTi and people with living experience) talk about their work in delivering human rights training, the importance of human rights for Small Support organisations and getting it right by each person they support.

Reducing Restrictive Practice in the Community – Alexis Quinn with Bill Love

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With Alexis Quinn from the Restraint Reduction Network. Bill (NDTi) and Alexis talk about restraint reduction and how the person-centred practice of Small Supports organisations and the focus on relationships provide a really strong blueprint for the long-term elimination of restrictive practice.
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Evaluation of the Small Supports Pilot in Leeds 2022-2024

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Report documenting the outcomes of a two year pilot in Leeds to develop new small support organisations for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people.