Professionally skilled. Personally committed.
Good care depends on good people.
Behind every Specialist Care service is a team responsible for helping the people we support feel safe, respected, listened to and involved in their everyday lives.
Our staff are professionals, but the quality of their relationships matters just as much as their technical knowledge.
We want people who take time to understand the individual, communicate well, remain dependable and support people to have greater choice and independence.
Hands-on leadership
Our directors remain actively involved in Specialist Care and its development.
They provide strategic leadership and governance while maintaining oversight of quality, service development and the values on which the organisation was founded.
As Specialist Care grows, our intention is to retain the accessibility, responsiveness and accountability of a focused specialist provider.
Leadership within our services
Our registered managers are responsible for the quality and safety of the regulated services they lead.
They work closely with the people we support, staff teams, families where appropriate and external professionals to ensure care remains safe, effective, responsive and person-centred.
Managers provide leadership, supervision and oversight to their teams, helping translate care plans and professional recommendations into consistent everyday practice.
The people who make care happen
Our support teams work alongside people every day.
They help individuals maintain routines, attend appointments, access the community, develop practical skills, pursue interests and work towards their goals.
Just as importantly, they listen.
Our expectation is that every person is treated with empathy, dignity and respect and that staff enable people wherever possible rather than unnecessarily doing things for them.
Good support requires good preparation
Supporting people with complex needs requires staff to have the right knowledge, skills and confidence.
Training is shaped around staff roles and the needs of the people they support and may include:
- safeguarding
- mental health
- Positive Behaviour Support
- person-centred care
- medicines
- mental capacity
- Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training
- health and safety
- first aid
- infection prevention and control
- appropriate safety and breakaway techniques according to role and assessed need
Formal training is supported by induction, supervision, competency assessment and ongoing professional development.
Want to Join This Team?
If you share our values and want work where relationships, responsibility and compassion matter, we would like to hear from you.