Meet Russell, who is supported by MacIntyre in Warrington.
Russell is a positive and approachable person, enthusiastic about sharing his journey and his lived experience since he moved into his own tenancy supported by MacIntyre.
Recently, Russell spoke about suffering and recovering from a stroke for an article as part of Stroke Awareness Month. He was very proud to present his story to his friends at Warrington Speak-up and to the people and staff that live and work in his house.
Bringing recruitment to life
Russell has also been actively involved with supporting a recruitment drive for MacIntyre in Warrington. He attended a careers drop-in community event to talk about his day-to-day life. He described his life experience before and after being supported by MacIntyre, and the positive difference his MacIntyre staff team has made.
Making induction personal
Russell also meets new recruits during their induction in Warrington and at the most recent session spoke about his passion for music and film, and presented his knowledge of music and film statistics during a Q&A with the new recruits.
Talking to Social Care Students
Russell has now extended his work in the community even further. We connected with the Health and Social Care team at Warrington and Vale Royal College and were invited to do a talk and Q&A session with the Year One students.
Russell spoke passionately about how happy he is and what a ‘gloriously ordinary life’ looks like for him. He also addressed perceptions of what social care is through his experience and the positive relationship he has with the staff who support him and his house-mate.
A successful outcome
The session was so successful that Russell has been asked to attend at the college again to talk to the second year students.
Russell on his recent experience working with the group and college:
It was fantastic I very much enjoyed talking to the students. It was quite exciting for me and I liked that they asked me lots of questions. I am very proud of myself and the staff and the students were very nice and friendly.
Course tutor Katie spoke about the experience:
It was a really good session today with Russell and the students found it really interesting on hearing about Russell and how he engages with the community through his work with MacIntyre.
Russell is so positive about engaging with others in his community and helping people to understand exactly what ‘good’ looks like when it comes to Social Care.
