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The Role of Speech Therapy in Reducing Challenging Behaviour

Through personalised interventions, collaboration with health professionals, and ongoing support, speech therapy empowers people and their support network to manage and reduce behaviours that challenge, ultimately improving their quality of life....

Specialised Support From Our Expert Therapy Team

Our therapists understand the challenges that people who require complex care face. That's why they undergo extensive training focused on health and well-being. Our therapy team is dedicated to helping people decide how to navigate their feelings and manage their own behaviours, leading to a more fulfilled life....

Empowering Engagement: Autism-Friendly Activities

How an autistic child experiences the world around them highly depends on their neurodivergent mind. Their unique way of sensory processing and processing information is an important part of their rich inner worlds. It's essential that autistic children engage in autism-friendly activities to ensure that they are stimulated and find the process of learning fun and enjoyable. ...

Mental Health Crisis: Signs and Coping Strategies

Navigating a mental health crisis demands a keen awareness of subtle signs—profound shifts in mood, extreme fatigue, or persistent anxiety. Swiftly reaching out to a mental health professional becomes an anchor in times of crisis, as their expertise guides the journey to stability. Recognising mental health emergencies as urgent highlights the impact of timely support. Let's cultivate a caring society that values mental health just as much as physical health, making getting treatment not just a choice but an empathic imperative....

How Healthcare Providers Can Demonstrate Value to Case Commissioners

A common goal between healthcare providers and case commissioners' is to improve the health and well-being of the individuals they serve through various means. These goals may include access to appropriate healthcare services and the coordination of care across different providers and settings to promote continuity and effectiveness. Additionally, they aim to support individuals in managing chronic conditions, achieving optimal health outcomes, and empowering individuals and their families to participate actively in their care and decision-making processes....

Safeguarding Children: Roles and Responsibilities of Health and Social Care Professionals

Safeguarding policies and procedures cover a wide range of issues, including child abuse, neglect, exploitation, and radicalisation. They also include guidance on how to recognise signs of abuse, how to respond to concerns, and how to report them to the right local authorities. Safeguarding children involves ensuring that they are protected from hostile environments and have the opportunity to grow up in safe and supportive environments....

The Role of Occupational Therapy in Addressing Global Developmental Delay

While occupational therapists are often associated with hospitals and clinics, they also work in schools, community settings, and people's homes. Rather than focusing solely on the challenges, occupational therapists often use a strengths-based approach, supporting the individual's strengths and abilities. Therefore, early intervention with occupational therapy (OT) can significantly impact the development of children with a global development delay (GDD)....

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS): How it Works

Each behaviour serves a purpose. Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) helps individuals, particularly children, learn new behaviours to replace challenging ones. It can also support autistic people and people living with intellectual difficulties, developmental differences and social challenges....

How Does Global Developmental Delay Affect Learning?

Global developmental delay (GDD) can significantly impact learning by affecting a child's ability to reach developmental milestones. Academic skills may also be challenging, requiring additional support and accommodations to access the curriculum and make progress. Therefore, early intervention and individualised support can help individuals overcome challenges and reach their full potential in learning and development....

Tips for Autistic Individuals to Manage Masking Autism

Masking can have a significant impact on mental health, with studies indicating that individuals who engage in masking behaviours may be at higher risk of anxiety, depression, and burnout. Autistic individuals who engage in masking may also have unique support needs, requiring strategies that are holistic and person-centred....

Strength-Based Approach Examples in Health and Social Care

In the UK, the adoption of strengths-based practices and approaches varies across different sectors and regions. While there is no specific data on the exact percentage of usage, strengths-based approaches have been increasingly integrated into social care and other services. For example, the Care Act 2014 emphasises the importance of strengths-based assessments and support planning in social care....

The Impact of Autism Masking on Mental Health

Masking is a coping mechanism often observed in individuals within the autism spectrum. However, not everyone on the spectrum engages in masking to the same extent or in the same way. The impact of masking on mental health should not go unnoticed. We need to create accepting and inclusive environments that can help reduce the need for masking and support better emotional health outcomes....

Open Letter from Louisе Bray on 2023 Reflections and 2024 Plans

Celebrating Our People’s Achievements at the Care and Support West Awards

Part of our team attended the Care and Support West Awards, held in Birmingham, to celebrate our finalists for their excellence and impact. ...

Catalyst Care Group 2023 Survey Share Your Voice and Help People to Better Understand Health and Social Care

Celebrating Five Years of Making an Impact

International Women’s Day

Women's History Month is the perfect time to honour women's contributions to history, society, innovations, and technology. Every year on March 8th, we celebrate International Women's Day (IWD), the recognition of women's rights and achievements worldwide. The whole month is dedicated to promoting gender equality and women's inclusion at all levels of our society. Raising awareness of gender equality reflects the importance of women's rights and what more we can do to achieve equal gender opportunities....
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Benefits for Support Workers at Leaf Complex Care

Our support workers at Leaf Complex Care focus on the humanised approach of tailored care and support. Our organisation is CQC regulated and offers a wide range of services to people who require complex care in the comfort of their own homes. The support workers at Leaf Complex Care aim to give vulnerable people the confidence to become more more independent and involved in their community....

Leaf Complex Care – Proud to be Certified as a Great Place To Work®

A Great Place to Work® prioritises the satisfaction and well-being of its people, fostering a culture of diversity, respect, trust, and teamwork. Recently, Leaf Complex Care has been certified as a Great Place To Work® organisation, and this recognition only empowers us to impact the lives of the people who work with us and those we serve. ...

Faster to the complex care you need: Leaf Complex Care launches new website

UK - Bristol, Exeter, Slough, and Midlands, 10.10.2022 - Leaf Complex care, one of the best-tailored complex care and support providers for people with mental and physical challenges, is thrilled to announce the launch of its new website....

Leaf Complex Care CQC

Congratulations to Leaf Complex Care Exeter who were rated ‘good’ across the board in their recent CQC inspection...

The impact of COVID -19 on the Complex Care Sector

The impact COVID-19 has had on the care sector is profound with the virus having been a huge health concern for vulnerable people with complex care needs. Many people with complex health and social needs are at high risk of complications associated with the infection so the social distancing measures that were introduced have proved to be particularly difficult for people who depend on care services....

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