Firstly we’d like to formally thank all at #teamenable for the fantastic work they do everyday and we’d like to extend our gratitude to all of the NHS workers, care and support workers and all key workers throughout the UK.
We sincerely appreciate every contribution big and small and as ever we’ll be clapping at 20:00 this evening to show our gratitude.
We are currently seeking to develop our relationship with private landlords, letting agents, social landlords, housing associations and investors to assist us in meeting the property requirements for adults with additional needs in Leicester City and Leicestershire County.
For more information or an informal discussion around what we do and how we can help you, email info@enableltd.co.uk or call Ash Omar on 07790 461 863
You might not be able to venture out or visit family – but there are plenty of things to do at home to keep kids entertained this Easter
Easter celebrations will look a lot different this year, with people social distancing and self isolating to avoid the coronavirus
Public places, including churches, are closed, and families cannot venture out to visit relatives as per the lockdown rules.
There are still plenty of ways to celebrate Easter this year, and make the most of the four day weekend.
Here are five ideas for things to do with your kids this weekend:
Hide eggs around your home and garden for your kids to find.
If you can’t get hold of any chocolate eggs, make and decorate paper Easter eggs to hide instead. You could even write different prizes on each one – whether that’s the choice of film, a slightly later bedtime or extra screen time.
Mark the occasion by getting your kids to host an Easter quiz. They can research and write the questions themselves, and come up with prizes for the winning team.
You could get your extended family involved by hosting the quiz over video chat.
There are plenty of kid-friendly films on TV this bank holiday weekend.
Film4 has Flushed Away at 3pm Good Friday, Paddington at 5pm on Saturday, and Ice Age at 12:50pm on Easter Sunday.
Meanwhile BBC One is showing all four Indiana Jones films on consecutive days over the four day weekend.
You might be struggling to get hold of baking ingredients – but there are plenty of recipes that don’t need eggs or flour.
Make Easter nests with chocolate and cornflakes and whatever decorations you have in the house.
A lot of the traditions around Easter celebrate new life, and as we head into the warmer months it’s a great time to grow some plants.
There are many vegetables that you can grow from kitchen scraps, meaning that you won’t need seeds.
Use toothpicks to balance an avocado stone over a bowl of water – with the pointy side facing upwards. The bottom half of the stone should be submerged in the water.
Place the bowl somewhere it’ll get a lot of sunlight, and change the water every day or two. After a few weeks, you should start to see a plant grow.
This doesn’t work every time, so it’s best to have a few avocado stones on the go at once.
You can also grow your own carrot plants – place the top of a carrot in a bowl of water, the cut side down.
Put the bowl somewhere sunny, and change the water every day. Before too long, it should sprout shoots.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/easter-ideas-2020-things-celebrate-21840062
The single most important action we can all take, in fighting coronavirus, is to stay at home in order to protect the NHS and save lives.
When we reduce our day-to-day contact with other people, we will reduce the spread of the infection. That is why the government is now (23 March 2020) introducing three new measures.
Every citizen must comply with these new measures. The relevant authorities, including the police, will be given the powers to enforce them – including through fines and dispersing gatherings.
These measures are effective immediately. The Government will look again at these measures in three weeks, and relax them if the evidence shows this is possible
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/full-guidance-on-staying-at-home-and-away-from-others
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Impact on Service Provision
For an initial 3 week period (effective 23rd March), employees delivering 2:1 support will not be permitted to assist people that access our services in activities that contravene government advice, this means activities outside of the home can no longer take place without breaching new guidance.
We will consult with our users and their families if we think this applies to them to assess if external support for the purpose of exercise (once per day) can be achieved on a 1:1 basis.
We will continue to support the people that use our services on a 1:1 basis externally, solely for the purpose of purchasing essential provisions.
There is not currently specific advice in respect of 3 individuals travelling within a vehicle for the purpose of an activity, as a car is a controlled environment, until instructed otherwise, we will permit car journeys, however service users and staff exceeding the 2 person limit will not be able to exit the vehicle for the purpose of shopping or exercise. – Our advice is to support service users to remain at home as far as is reasonably practicable.
We are writing to update you on changes to our approach in response to COVID-19. Following an update in government advice.
What is social distancing?
Social distancing measures are steps you can take to reduce the social interaction between people. This will help reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19).
They are:
Everyone should be trying to follow these measures as much as is pragmatic.
These measures will impact on the routines of the people that use our services
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All other measures remain unchanged
We continue to monitor the situation and will keep you up to date with any further developments.
Yours sincerely,
Tracy Males and Ash Omar
This article outlines how we are responding to the outbreak of Covid19, as well as how we plan to approach any future decisions as the situation develops.
We will always act in the best interests of people who use services – so while it’s appropriate to recognise the need for us to focus on delivering support, we will always balance this with our responsibility to check that the safety of service users is maintained.
This is a fast-moving situation which may involve us changing what we do and how we do it (this may impact on current activities and support schedules as the situation develops). We are currently monitoring Government and NHS advice to ensure that we are abreast of best practice guidance.
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Current Guidance
COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It’s caused by a virus called coronavirus.
Wash your hands frequently and catch coughs and sneezes in a tissue
One of the ways we become infected, or pass on viruses to others, is through the droplets in coughs and sneezes – for instance through someone who has a virus, coughing onto their hand, then touching a door handle.
A simple and effective way to protect yourself from coronavirus is by making sure you wash your hands frequently with soap and water, or a hand sanitiser if you are out and about. It’s particularly important to wash your hands once you get home or arrive at work or before you prepare or eat food.
If you are unwell it’s vital that you catch your coughs and sneezes in a tissue, or use your arm if needed, throw the tissues away, then wash your hands.
“Catch it, bin it, kill it”
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Stay at home if you have coronavirus symptoms
Stay at home for 7 days if you have either:
A high temperature
A new, continuous cough
Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.
You do not need to contact 111 to tell them you’re staying at home.
Stay at home advice
It’s important to stay at home to stop coronavirus spreading.
Do
Try to keep at least 2 metres (3 steps) from other people in your home, particularly older people or those with long-term health conditions
Ask friends and family and delivery services to deliver things like food shopping and medicines – but avoid contact with them
Sleep alone if possible
Regularly wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds
Try to stay away from older people and those with long-term health conditions
Drink plenty of water and take everyday painkillers, such as paracetamol and ibuprofen, to help with your symptoms
Don’t
Do not have visitors (ask people to leave deliveries outside)
Do not leave the house, for example to go for a walk, to school or public places
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Urgent advice
Use the NHS 111 online coronavirus service if:
You feel you cannot cope with your symptoms at home
Your condition gets worse
Your symptoms do not get better after 7 days
Use the 111 coronavirus service
Only call 111 if you cannot get help online
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Our staff have completed a range of training that underpins current guidance
Hand Hygiene – This course explores the Chain of Infection with a focus on the mode of transmission and how the chain can be broken by practising the 5 Moments of Hand Hygiene. The course also demonstrates the correct procedures for hand washing and the use of hand rub.
Personal Care – This course explains how to provide personal care in a safe and hygienic way, including hand washing, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and disposal of waste.
Infection Control – Is also a mandatory training course that gives you an understanding of how infections can easily be transmitted and put people at risk.
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We continue to monitor the situation and will keep you up to date with any further developments.
Yours sincerely,
Tracy Males and Ash Omar
Support Worker (Leicester City)
Contracted/Part-time (22.5 hours per week + Sleep-in duty)
We have an exciting opportunity for a Male Support Worker to join our team within our Leicester based service.
As a Support Worker you would be part of a team providing care and support to an individual with a learning disability to the highest standard.
You must be 21 or over and have held a full UK driving licence for at least 12 months.
We recognise that to ensure we are providing a good service it is important that we attract the right candidates to work at Enable, therefore, we would like to hear from people who have the following values:
Shifts Available
An example of the type of shifts that will be on offer are:
Benefits
As part of the Enable team, you will receive:
Job Type: Part-time
Salary: £9.00 /hour
Part-time hours: 22.5 per week
Community Support Worker (Loughborough)
We have opportunities for Casual Support Workers to join our team within our Loughborough Town Centre based Community Outreach Team. Supporting a young gentleman with Autism to maintain his independence in the local community, this will involve assistance with;
Due to the flexible nature of the support required, we are looking for staff living local to the Loughborough area.
What is a Casual Support Worker?
As a Casual Support Worker for Enable, you will be provided with shifts in advance based solely on your own availability, a casual contract is ideal for individuals with limited availability, students or perhaps someone looking to supplement an existing salary.
A driving licence and access to you own vehicle is essential (local journeys only).
As a Support worker you would be part of a team providing support to individuals with additional needs to the highest standard.
We recognise that to work in a care and support setting the individual is most important in ensuring that a good service is provided. Therefore, we would like to hear from people who have the following values:
Benefits
As part of the Enable team, you will receive:
Join over 15,000 organisations that have signed up. Disability Confident organisations play a leading role in changing attitudes for the better. They’re changing behaviour and cultures in their own businesses, networks and communities, and reaping the benefits of inclusive recruitment practices.
The scheme helps employers recruit and retain great people, and:
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Our Glenfield based team were announced as runners up at this afternoons Care Awards hosted by LeicestershireLive (Leicester Mercury) at the Mercure Hotel in the heart of Leicester City.
Enable have sponsored the awards for two years and were pleased to see one of our teams nominated for an award, 12 months ago when we first sponsored the award, we were not operational, fast forward one year and we now have a 20 strong team operating in Leicester City and Leicestershire County and we are extremely proud of all of our employees.
Article by LeicestershireLive 7th January 2020 – Spending your working life devoted to the care of others is something that is rightfully worthy of praise. Supporting the Lifetime Achievement Award is care provider Enable Inclusive Support. A spokesman for the company said: “Enable Inclusive Support are proud and excited to be sponsoring the Leicester Mercury Carer of the Year Awards.
“It is a great opportunity to discuss all the good work and practice that social care workers do and to recognise those who have truly been remarkable.
“As a care provider who offers support to adults with additional needs within supported living, we know that on a daily basis workers bring their passion, skill and dedication to ensure that their service users are being supported to have the best quality of life they can have.
“Enable is a new care provider bringing together more than 25 years’ worth of health and social care experience to provide support opportunities to enhance the lives of adults with additional needs, through flexible innovative and person-centred support.
“Enable use support options that are enhanced through the use of software and technology to give the staff team more time to be with the individuals we support.
“Enable embraces the advances within health and social care and will continue to be adaptive in response to how the industry moves.”
Now in their seventh year, the awards are about rewarding, recognising and celebrating the care profession.
Our Glenfield team have been nominated and confirmed finalists in the special recognition category for the Leicestershire Carer of the Year Awards 2019.
Enable are so proud of this team, at short notice sacrificing their Christmas and New Year with their families to support an individual in crisis. What a selfless act, what ever the outcome at tomorrow’s event, they’re already winners to us!
The care awards will be held at the Mercure Hotel in Leicester City on Thursday 30th January 2020 and is hosted by LeicestershireLive, what a way to kick off the year!