Our staff can offer a wide range of knowledge, skills and experience that is learning disability specific and we have a pool of associates who are all learning disability specialists across the United Kingdom.

• We are an independent not for profit organisation, with a reputation based on 40 years’ experience
• Our value base focuses on human rights and support delivered with dignity and respect
• We have a track record for turning policy into practice and use an evidence based approach
• We work in partnership with vulnerable people and the people that support them
• We will listen carefully to what you need and offer practical direction, support and advice assuming the role of critical friend
• We have access to a wide pool of knowledge, skills and experience
• We can bring a lot of experience in working with services that support vulnerable and  disadvantaged groups including people whose behaviour may be described as challenging, people who are described as having complex needs people with profound and multiple learning disabilities

What kind of things can we help you with?

• Determining the quality of supports and services in partnership with people with learning disabilities and family carers
• Workforce development, including assessment of individual and organisational learning needs, induction programmes and qualifications support
• Supporting the development  of improvement programmes
• Organisational  reviews , audits and consultancy in  positive behaviour support, and restraint reduction
• Meaningfully Involving people with learning disabilities
• Becoming a person centred organisation
• Working in partnership with family carers
• Keeping people safe
• Investigating complaints or bad practice
• Developing  leaders

What we can't help with

• Individual behaviour assessments
• Advice on specific behaviour issues
• Clinical supervision
• Individual mentoring through qualifications
• Consultancy support or mentoring to training providers who teach people to use restrictive interventions