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What is the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and why does it matter to autistic people and people with learning disabilities? Members of the Public Engagement Network (PEN) Advisory Group coproduced this video to answer these questions in their own words. PEN Advisory Group is made up of autistic people and people with learning disabilities who come together to share their experiences and opinions...

The Family Partnership Group strengthens the links between Choice Support and the families they work with by hosting online events and providing training for staff on how to manage good family relationships. This year they launched The Welcome Pack. An excellent resource created by the group to answer the many questions families and people new to the organisation have about us. It can be found ...

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Introducing Choice Support's Public Engagement Network, which supports people whose voices are not usually heard to engage with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our aim to is use feedback on care to help improve health and adult social care services. Find out more: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engagement-network Contact us: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engagement-network/get-involved 00...

Many people now have a mobile phone. We use them to talk to people or to contact people by text, or by sending photos and other images. ‘Smart’ phones are great to have. They can keep us safe if we need to get in touch with someone in an emergency. They can help us to find our way by using the ‘maps’ app. We can meet people on the phone and make friends. These are the good things about mobile p...

Evelyn, a support worker at Choice Support caught Covid in March 2020. She was very ill and had to go into hospital. Thankfully she survived, but she now wants to encourage everyone to take the Covid vaccine. Evelyn tells us about her experience.

Whether you have the vaccine or not is your choice. No one is forcing you to have the vaccination. But Linda, Choice Support manager, is very strongly encouraging you to have the vaccine to protect yourself from this terrible virus. For more information about the vaccine: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-vaccine/ or check out the information on the ...

No one is forcing you to take the vaccine but Arleigh, Choice Support manager, strongly recommends that you do take it when offered. Debbie Bankole Williams, Director of Finance and IT "Whether you have the vaccine or not is your choice. No one is forcing you to have the vaccination. But we are very strongly encouraging you to have the vaccine to protect yourself from this terrible virus which ...

As part of National Safeguarding Week we are running a series of workshops and events for our staff. This video raises awareness about how people in our local communities can help us keep the people we support safe.

What matters? Hello, the end of the week once again, and the vlog this week is called ‘What matters?’ Two little words can make all the difference… In health care the question usually asked is, ‘what’s the matter with you?’ In social care we ask the question ‘what matters to you?’ Now I know that both these questions are generalisations. Good practitioners always look at what the problem is and...

The why question? Hello, it’s Friday once again and the vlog this week is called ‘The why question’. I was reading an article this week about working differently during the pandemic. With so many people working from home, they said that this is the first time that their families have understood what it is they do. Some people said that working from home meant they lost a sense of control, adren...

It’s Friday once again and the vlog from Sarah Maguire, our CEO, this week is called ‘Sitting in the waiting room’. We’re 16 weeks in now to the COVID-19 pandemic, and at times it feels like we're sitting in a waiting room, waiting to see what will happen next and wondering how life will change with the passing weeks and months. What Sarah knows won’t change is Choice Support’s vision and our d...

Hello, it’s Friday once again and Sarah Maguire, Choice Support's CEO vlog14 this week is called ‘Looking out for each other.’ Sarah is reflecting on the fact that lockdown measures have caused many people to be separated from their loved ones for long periods of time, and with many homes allowing no visitors, people are at greater risk of isolation, and at times bad practice. Sarah recommends ...

Sarah Maguire, CEO Choice Support talks in her Friday vlog this week about listening to the voice of experience from people we support. You can read the new Supported Loving sexuality and relationships charter and watch the video about it on our website here: www.choicesupport.org.uk/about-us/blog/new-sexuality-and-relationships-charter Find out more about Choice Support and what we do here: ww...

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