Your stories
7th March 2022
"Shine Support and Development Worker Debi made a Care Needs Assessment for me, an OT Assessment, and contacted Adult Social Care in my area to get me the right support."
"I had just lost my dad a little while before my phone call from Shine Support and Development Worker Debi. My dad had been my carer, and I found myself living in my family home alone and without support. I did not have a job and I wanted to move to Mansfield in Nottingham where I used to go to college when I was younger."
"Shine Support and Development Worker Debi made a Care Needs Assessment for me, an OT Assessment, and contacted Adult Social Care in my area to get me the right support. I then started to receive support from my Local Authority’s Adult Social Care who referred me to the 100 Club for support through a local charity with someone phoning due to the pandemic lockdown at that time. I then found I had the confidence to relocate with the support from my Local Authority’s support worker.
My brother sold our family home, and I then had the funds to buy a flat in Mansfield.
Debi from Shine then supported me by making referrals through my new Local Authority and my care was transferred. I then had support through their enablement programme and still have the same Support Worker who now only provides support when I need it the most. I was also referred for travel training which helped improve my confidence on public transport. I then received support with another OT referral from Debi for bathroom and kitchen adaptions. I have a date for the renovation coming up this month and next.
I also received support from Debi to build a new CV and managed to gain employment as a swimming teacher and I work at my local leisure centre three days a week.
I have recently had the confidence to apply for a volunteer position as a Support Worker in a Supported Living Home for young people through my Local Authority after being referred by my Support Worker."
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