At Godfrey Care, we understand the value of supporting the professional development of our colleagues – not only in teaching core skills and qualifications, but also broader training in other disciplines that enhance the delivery of complex care and help to achieve consistently positive outcomes.

We recently saw an excellent example of this approach at our Ash Tree House service in Burton-on-Trent. The support team received training in sensory yoga, a practice which provides a wide range of benefits for both mind and body, including self-regulation, sensory integration, improved motor skills, and improved communication. Sensory yoga can also reduce anxiety while increasing awareness of the body and emotional state to develop self-compassion and a healthy self-image.

Those benefits are invaluable to the people we support. With that in mind, Godfrey Care’s Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) team led a training session for the Ash Tree House team, giving them the knowledge and understanding to run sensory yoga activities in the service.

Our Ash Tree House colleagues already put their training to good use with some very successful yoga sessions, receiving an enthusiastic response from the residents. Sensory yoga is set to become a regular fixture at Ash Tree House and the SALT team will be supporting other Godfrey Care services with similar training.

Well done to our colleagues at Ash Tree House and thank you to the SALT team for supporting their success!