Mental Health

Joan and Peter have been working together for about 2 years. Joan is Peter’s support worker. Joan arrives at work to find Peter, not himself. The normal routine includes preparing Peter’s morning coffee while she gets paperwork organised for the medical appointments they are attending. As Peter’s primary long-term support worker, Joan has established a

How do we help our clients experience activities when they may seem hesitant? We know that we should allow for the dignity of risk in allowing choice and control of how one chooses to live their lives and how they choose to do so. The role of the support worker is to find creative, stimulating

When we are commencing work as support workers what should we know before we meet and what does my new client need to know about me?  Jack reached out for support. Jack is new to this role and has worked with 3 people that could have been long-term but ended up being short-term- lasting between

Case Study Do our own beliefs impact our service delivery? Remember Terry and Rita who we have already met. When we consider their age, their occupations throughout life, how they manage their spending habits, their style of communication with each other, it can be easy to project our own values and beliefs. Let’s consider how

Case Study The importance of documentation, and how it can impact our mental health Imagine living all your life where people have said things about you like: struggling with feeling empathy lack of variance in tone and facial expressions struggling to understand humour, sarcasm, and other abstract concepts lack of emotional self-awareness   What would

Case Study Hailey and Jane Jane lives in an SDA (Shared Supported Accommodation). Jane enjoys the freedom and choice of her own support workers. Jane has the support of the Flair & Fine Care team. Jane has really felt at home with the team and her life has been a consistent dream. Jane needs the

Case Study We all remember the first day jitters. Hailey has started working at Flair and Fine Care. Hailey is excited to be finally working with people who she feels need her support  This is Hailey’s first position as a Support Worker. Hailey has had her induction pack discussed with her, demonstrating she understood the

Choice and CONTROL Why is this important for happiness and what does this mean as support workers for the NDIS?   The NDIS provides support workers under many categories. For most, we are employed under Improved Daily Living. This category is used to develop, maintain, or increase skill development. By increasing skill development, evidence demonstrates

Case Study Damien has been working with Tim for 6 months. They enjoy a routine that is fragmented at times, with Tim needing external support for his Psychosocial needs.  When things are routine for Tim he can get understimulated and needs to create his dopamine hit.  Tim lives with inactive ADHD and Autism. Tim is

What is Coercive control? Coercive control is a range of behaviours utilised by an individual person to gain and/or maintain control over another person. The goal of the perpetrator is: To devalue their target. Terry and Rita have been married for 48 years this November. you have been supporting Terry following an accident with his