About Affinity Trust
At Affinity Trust we support over 900 people with learning disabilities across England and Scotland, helping them live as independently as possible.
Affinity Trust Description
Here at Affinity Trust, we are dedicated to supporting people with learning disabilities to live the lives they want to. Whether helping someone to live in their own home, providing opportunities to make new friends, experience new things or gain work that is rewarding and enjoyable, Affinity Trust aims to ensure that those we support have the opportunity to live life to its fullest. Our mission and values are at the core of our service.
Many of the people we support have come from institutional settings and we have worked with them to transform their level of independence and often, as a result, their quality of life. Supported living is our main area of support, and we are committed to offering this model for people with learning disabilities in preference to typical residential care homes.
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We see challenging behaviour as a form of communication. Through their behaviour, the person is communicating that their needs are not being met.
Our job is first to understand that behaviour and what causes it, and then to develop plans both to prevent it, and respond to it when it does occur: https://affinitytrust.org/…/special…/ challenging-behaviours/
Jobhunting this weekend? See all our latest vacancies, from a team leader in Argyll to a support worker in Aylesham: https://affinitytrust.livevacancies.co.uk /#/
"My staff listen to what I want. Support is going good” - meet Paul, who has Asperger syndrome, and who we've been supporting in his home in Oban for the last eight years: https://affinitytrust.org/what-we…/meet -people-we-support/…/
Supported living is our preferred approach to supporting people with a learning disability and autism, as we believe it gives people more rights, choices and control: https://affinitytrust.org/what-we-do/supp orted-living/
A recent Sky News investigation, based on NHS Digital data, showed that the number of people in assessment and treatment units in England has fallen by just 80, from 2,395 in March 2015 to 2,315 in September 2018. Please join us in signing this petition to stop the detention of people with autism and learning disabilities in assessment and treatment units:
Andrew's been enjoying activities at Score Community Opportunities in Hereford for more than seven years - and it's his birthday today. Happy Birthday Andrew!
Happy St Andrew's Day to the 101 people we support in Scotland - including (clockwise from top left) Kathleen, Paul, Fiona and William.
Meet Andrew, who we’ve been supporting for nearly six years. Since starting to live on his own, Andrew’s confidence and skills have increased, and he's become much more independent.
Find out more at http://www.affinitytrust.org/…/meet-peo ple-we-…/meet-andrew/
We're signed up to the Driving Up Quality Code because we want to provide the best support and services for people with a learning disability: https://affinitytrust.org/…/our-st…/d riving-up-quality-code/
Adam's been enjoying activities at Score Community Opportunities in Hereford for the last seven years - and it's his birthday today. Happy Birthday Adam!
Jayne has no spoken language, but communicates through gestures and actions. We support Jayne to express her needs in a positive way, through staff who know her well and who she trusts: https://www.affinitytrust.org/…/meet-pe ople-we-suppo…/jayne/
We've been supporting Robert for nearly seven years - and it's his birthday today. Happy Birthday Robert!
Support that's based on an understanding of people’s behaviour, mindful of people’s preferences around communication, and as least restrictive as possible. Find out what Positive Behaviour Support means to us: https://affinitytrust.org/…/spe…/posi tive-behaviour-support/
We look for people who believe that everyone has the right to live a fulfilling life, learning disabled or not, and are keen to make a change in someone’s life. Find out what we offer our staff: https://affinitytrust.org/careers/why-wor k-for-us/
Darlene works at a house in St Leonards-on-Sea, part of a team supporting six people, all of whom communicate through facial expressions and body language. Find out what she loves about her job: https://affinitytrust.org/…/me…/meet- darlene-support-worker/
Christina, who we've supported since 2014, had been through a difficult period. Now, with support from her team, she is seeing her mother and friends again, and her health has improved: https://affinitytrust.org/…/christina-r econnects-with-fami…/
Based close to the centre of Leeds, our Opportunities Service provides a broad range of community-based activities for people with learning disabilities.
The activities we offer are dictated by the interests and skills of the people we support, like Ndukwe, pictured below.
Contact us to find out more: https://affinitytrust.org/what-we…/oppo rtunities-services/…/
Many people with a learning disability have little or no experience of work, paid or unpaid. One exception is Reece, who works in his local hospital: https://affinitytrust.org/what-we…/meet -people-we-support/…/
love teaching at affinity trust hereford every one is so enthusiastic and willing to learn and they are all a true inspiration of how to have fun. they truly lift my spirit every session.
It's woderful at what you all do for all who has learning difficulties doing what youe's do has made all of these people have a great start in life taking them out or playing games with them even sleeping over when they are having a bad night to make sure they are safe you all fo a fantastic job it takes a special person to care for people with learning disabilities x
It's lovely to see all the hard work you do and all the different activities on offer .....
I was on agency but affinity trust offered me a job and without them I would not have a house or car as I would still be on agency
I was in Surrey today meeting some of the wonderful people we support and their amazing teams, I am so proud to work for an organisation that cares so much about what we do and really makes a difference to peoples lives.
I have worked with Affinity Trust for about 6 months now, starting as a bank worker but now full time. I love my job, the ongoing support from my managers has been excellent, and as you are expected to deliver a professional service, the training I have received has been first class. You couldn't ask for a better job, or more worthwhile profession.
Im a service User on Southends Outreach company ive been with them for about 3 years, Got evicted from my old flat which hurts me Some off the staff are friendly and care, Helen, Nickie Jay, Veronica Ellis, Terri-ann care, but some of them don't care how ive had loads of changes to go through, I have Autism I Hate changes and they took someone of the rota even though I was promised how if she works at this willow mews service she would still be happy too see me because I am always short on staff and don't always like meeting new people.. However they have now stopped us both from contacting each other by phone and need a letter stating permission that we can see each other on 17th November. its classed as bullying, Im really hurt over it :(
Poor in every sense and people should head to glassdoor review site and read the reviews and leave reviews as well to have their own say on what they are like....