Beauty is a Support Worker at our Short Break service who joined us in 2004.
“Life Path Trust is an equal opportunity employer that cares about its staff. She likes meeting new people. At our respite service there are new people almost every week, which means that there are more challenges and experiences to overcome.”
She has cared for others all her life as she enjoys looking after people, mainly those with learning disabilities. Being a support worker can make a difference in a person’s life, it is important to meet their needs and to support people to live more independently. She supports our Citizens on daily activities including going on holidays or day trips, helping them to learn new skills: for example, cooking, loading the dish washer/washing machine or doing the cleaning. It is all about becoming more self-sufficient.
There are a lot of positive things about supporting people with learning disabilities. Once Beauty supported a man who needed to regain his capabilities. She supported him on a one to one basis. And, after a while, after repeating things again and again and again, he got his confidence back, he gained more independence as he was starting doing things for himself once again. She supported him to go to places where he had lost contact with old friends. He is now happy with more people around and he is able to do things on his own. It is so rewarding for her to reflect on his achievement.
She likes meeting new people. At our respite service there are new people almost every week, which means that there are more challenges and experiences to overcome.
Beauty says she appreciates that Life Path Trust values diversity and inclusion in the way it supports its staff and provides all the training required in order for staff to keep their knowledge up-to-date.