Yes to You: The Lifeways Social Care Podcast

How Jessica left school with nothing but now manages 19 services at Lifeways. About Lifeways:  Lifeways is the UK’s largest team of support professionals providing support for adults in the community. We support adults with diverse and complex needs, including learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries, and mental health conditions.  As the supported living secto...

From retail and childcare to life-changing roles in mental health support – two Lifeways service managers, Margie and Nicki, have shared why they never look back. About Lifeways:  Lifeways is the UK’s largest team of support professionals providing support for adults in the community. We support adults with diverse and complex needs, including learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities,...

For more than 20 years, Clive Pullen lived and breathed hospitality. But he stepped out of the comfort of familiar routines and into the unknown world of social care - and into Lifeways. About Lifeways:  Lifeways is the UK’s largest team of support professionals providing support for adults in the community. We support adults with diverse and complex needs, including learning disabilities, autism,...

Fresh from winning the Change Management category at the Personnel Today Awards, we're joined by our Chief People Officer James Westwood-Beere who shares how he walked his cowboy boots from the corporate HR world into social care and how Head of HR Theresa Hyde was able to ditch her purple shell-suit to embark on a career that makes a difference in a care setting. This honest and open convers...

In this episode of Yes to You, the Lifeways social care podcast, our host Paul is joined by Mark Spraggs, the Managing Director of Mental Health at Lifeways.  On the occasion of World Mental Heath Day, Mark talks about: ·         how we still need to repeat that mental health is a universal human right ·         why we need to talk about our own mental health a lot more ·         the power and imp...

In this episode of Yes to You, the Lifeways social care podcast, our host Paul is joined by Jo Lourmpa, Lifeways' Lead Specialist Support Manager, who is our in-house expert on Positive Behaviour Support. Jo trains teams in understanding how to better support people, particularly those living with Acquired Brain Injuries, using Positive Behaviour Support as a tool. About Lifeways:  Lifeways i...

In this episode of Yes to You, the Lifeways social care podcast, our host Paul is joined by Richard Cunningham, Service Development Director for SIL, Lifeways’ mental health specialist. Richard and Paul discuss how SIL supports people severely affected by mental ill health, how its self-contained flat schemes work, and how SIL works in partnerships with local authorities. About Lifeways:  Lifeways...

In this episode of Yes to You, the Lifeways social care podcast, our host Paul is joined by Kieran Money, who’s a Lifeways Enquiry, Referrals and Engagement manager. Kieran and Paul discuss the how to secure funding for social care, why it’s important, and some of the nuances of seeking funding for yourself, a family member, or a person you support. About Lifeways:  Lifeways is the UK’s largest te...

In this episode of Yes to You, the Lifeways social care podcast, our host Paul is joined by Alac Pengelly, our Regional Director for the South Region. Alac and Paul discuss the importance of community-based support, Alac’s role, and why he believes that community-based settings, not private specialist hospitals, are so vital for positive outcomes. About Lifeways:  Lifeways is the UK’s largest team...

In this episode of Yes to You, the Lifeways social care podcast, our host Paul is joined by Launa Novas-Hughes, our Enquiry, Referral and Assessment Manager for the West Midlands, and Sally-Ann Heap, who’s the mother of Christopher, who we as Lifeways support at Haddon Court, our supported living service near Peterborough. Sally and Launa discuss Christopher’s transition to the service from the fa...

In this episode of Yes to You, the Lifeways social care podcast, our host Paul is joined by Karen Roberts, Lifeways’ Group Head of Health and Clinical Governance, to talk about supporting people living with multiple complex needs – and what Karen’s learned that's worth sharing with commissioners, social workers, and family members.  About Lifeways:  Lifeways is the UK’s largest team of suppor...

In this episode of Yes to You, the Lifeways social care podcast, our host Paul is joined by Jodie Allen-Cawley, Lifeways’ Head of Quality and Health & Safety, to discuss how co-production and personalisation help social care providers avoid ‘serviceland’ – an all-too-common scenario where people receiving support are led by their teams and the rhythm of the service they live at. Jodie also loo...

In this very first episode of Yes to You, the Lifeways podcast, our host Paul is joined by Will Oborne, Community Engagement and Business Development Manager for Lifeways’ East region, to discuss navigating the transition from children’s to adult services. Child-to-adult transitions usually means 17 or 18-year-olds who move from a parent’s home, school or facility into a supported living, or resid...