Autism
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Our Approach
The MacIntyre approach starts with our DNA and our purpose statement.
This means ensuring everything we do is guided by our values and principles.
The MacIntyre DNA is the way that we talk about the essence of MacIntyre.
Sarah Burslem, MacIntyre CEO
This easy read guide explains a bit more about our DNA and can help people to think about what it looks like for them.
We also have a DNA song and dance routine. This really gets the language of our DNA stuck in your head and makes it unforgettable!
Our staff inductions
All staff learn about our DNA during MacIntyre’s thorough induction programme which uses face-to-face and online programmes of learning. Further discussions through support and supervision, team meetings, events and further training consolidate the importance of this approach throughout a career at MacIntyre. MacIntyre staff surveys consistently show the recognition that staff feel we live our values.
Great Interactions™
In addition to the DNA, staff are trained in MacIntyre’s Great Interactions™ and this helps us make sure every interaction is a great interaction in line with our values.
The Great Interactions Ten Facilitation skills have formed a foundation to our approach to offer good support. The facilitation skills were created after watching video footage of really great support and analysing what it was that that a good support worker did at a given moment that led to a positive experience for the person they were interacting with.
We know that, whatever contact they have with MacIntyre, the one thing that means more than anything else to the people we support is the way that we interact with them, every day and in all situations. As a result of Great Interactions™, we believe that all our staff can understand what it really means to deliver great support and have the tools to keep on learning and developing their skills.
Learn more about our approach
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