Graig Llwyd – Values in Care is a 6-bedroom home in Pontypridd, we provide individualised, tailored support to 6 individuals with learning disabilities, autism and challenging behaviour.
Learning disabilities
Autism
Challenging behaviour
I joined Values in Care in April 2023 when looking for a new challenge. I chose to work in Values in Care as I was very impressed by the exceptional care and support that the company provides, as well as all opportunities for all People We Support such as education, animal therapy and horticulture.
I have worked in the Social Care sector for over 20 years, I have supported both children and adults with a wide range of diagnosis such as autism, learning disabilities, and mental health. I started my career as a Support Worker and progressed over time to Registered Manager.
Being Registered Manager at Graig Llwyd enables me to support individuals to achieve person centred goals and positive outcomes, to see their faces light up when achieving even the smallest of goals makes the role extremely rewarding.
I also have a passion for developing staff and supporting them to achieve their career goals, providing them with the knowledge and skills to progress, this gives me such pride to support the next generation of aspiring leaders within the care sector.
I began working in Social Care sector since January 1996, this was soon after I finished my degree in BSc Behavioural sciences. I commenced employment as a support worker with a not-for-profit organisation working with adults with learning disabilities. This was during the time when Ely hospital in South Wales was in the process transitioning people from hospital to resettle in the community into supported living accommodation.
I continued my employment with the organisation, developing in my career with various roles across the organisation, working with different models of support including supported living, respite, community support and residential manager roles.
I have worked in senior management roles for the last 15 years mainly in operations and quality assurance. I have been a Registered Manager since 2014 with two providers in the last 27 years.
I am a trainer and been the organisational lead for person centred practise, ensuring that people supported live lives to their full potential and are encouraged to have greater choice and control. I feel passionate that people are at the forefront of their own support provision ensuring that the quality-of-service provision is exceptional.
I have recently joined Swanton Care, Values in Care as the Regional Director in August 2023 and look forward to working within this organisation to continue my career development supporting people and staff to reach their goals and aspirations.
Divisional Director Kate Pearce is the Responsible Individual for Graig Llwyd . To find out more, visit our Meet The Team page.
All the people we support at Graig Llwyd – Values in Care, are encouraged and supported to live a fun, active and fulfilled quality of life and all have very busy vocational planners. We strive to create many social activities for the people we support to enjoy, such as Our Summer BBQ or The Queen’s Jubilee. For more great articles visit our news section.
Utilising person-centred care, we always ensure that the individuals we support are at the centre of any new decisions or choices in their lives and are supported when accessing new activities or opportunities of their choice.
Feedback from parents of people we support to the recent CIW inspector were:-
“It’s first-class care”
“All staff have been brilliant, I would 100% recommend this service”
