Vision & Values

Who Are We?

Godfrey Care provides specialist residential and supported living services for individuals with learning disabilities, complex needs, and associated behaviours that challenge. We deliver high-quality, personalised support to maximise each individual’s independence, opportunities, and quality of life.

We are a social care provider supporting people with:

  • Learning disabilities.
  • Behaviours that challenge and/or complex needs.
  • Associated diagnoses such as autism, mental health conditions, epilepsy, diabetes, and other conditions.
  • Forensic backgrounds and those transitioning from hospital discharge.

We deliver a wide range of support, enabling individuals to live as independently as possible, with tailored care that meets their unique needs.

We work with individuals to help them live the life they choose, focusing on their potential rather than their disability or how their health needs have impacted their ability to do things.

Our Vision & Mission

Godfrey Care is a specialist social care provider with ambitious plans to support more people with complex needs in the years to come. We are different from other providers due to the professional experience, skills, and expertise of our team, our impressive, spacious, and robust environments, and our ability to be creative and innovative. We genuinely believe we can make a difference in people’s lives, and our mission statement, “Together, we will build your future,” embodies this ethos.

Our specialist teams use the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) approach. Our services, designed for a small number of residents, allow individuals to enjoy comfortable, high-quality environments that feel like typical family homes. In 2023, Godfrey Care introduced a transformative approach to delivering support for individuals who present significant risks to themselves, others, or their property. Our aim is to develop robust community environments with self-contained living spaces within residential care homes or supported living settings, offering 24-hour specialist support. These spaces ensure safety for our team while maintaining a warm, homely feel and focusing on re-enablement and restriction reduction.

At Godfrey Care, we support individuals to develop life skills and progress toward greater independence using the Active Support model. Our holistic, person-centred approach is tailored to each individual’s history, preferences, values, and goals. Support planning and outcomes are driven by the individual’s voice and aspirations, with collaboration from their circle of support and professionals.

We prioritise the least restrictive measures necessary to ensure individuals’ safety and well-being. Godfrey Care also emphasises the importance of positive risk-taking to enhance quality of life. We work in line with the principles of the Mental Capacity Act, empowering individuals to make decisions and co-produce robust support plans that reflect their needs and preferences.

Our Values

We are Inclusive

  • The people we support are at the centre of everything we do, and we are ambitious about helping them achieve their life goals.
  • We include and involve the people we support in shaping who we are.
  • We accommodate diverse needs, preferences, and expectations, challenging stereotypes at every opportunity.
  • We encourage active participation from individuals and their wider circle of support.

We are Resilient

  • We foster a supportive culture.
  • We care about everyone’s mental health and promote well-being as essential.
  • We encourage open and honest communication, feedback, and the sharing of ideas.
  • We invest in our team’s learning and development, including behavioural skills and mindsets.

We are Innovative

  • We improve the quality of life for people, reducing reliance on continuous care and support.
  • We leverage digital technology to support individuals in the least restrictive way.
  • We enhance the roles of support workers through digital services.
  • We challenge risk aversion and develop creative care models.
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Learning Disabilities

We are members of the Learning Disability Alliance. The LDA defend the rights of people with learning disabilities and their families.

Challenging Behaviour

Many individuals accessing the services of Godfrey Care have presented behaviour that may be considered challenging. Training delivered through our partnership with NAPPI UK ensures that staff are equipped with a range of strategies to support such situations.

Autism

We appreciate that each person on the Autism Spectrum has different needs and the training delivered through our partnership with NAPPI UK ensures staff are aware of the difficulties faced by individuals on the Autism Spectrum and more importantly how to effectively support these individuals in a positive and person centred way.

Epilepsy

Godfrey Care have ensured that staff are trained to effectively support individuals who live with Epilepsy. Training delivered by NAPPI UK ensures that staff are given the underpinning knowledge required to recognise different seizure types, identify triggers to seizures and to know how to support a person before, during and after a seizure.

Nappi

Proud to be partners of Nappi UK.