Annual Wellbeing Report 2023 final - Flipbook - Page 2
Active
Prospects
Active Prospects is a charitable organisation that provides
high-quality, impactful supported living, residential and
community services, activities, and employment, for people
with learning disabilities, physical and mental health needs
and autistic people across South-East England.
We also featured among the top employers for our
wellbeing approaches and for women’s engagement.
We are ambitious for our people, staff, and
organisation to live aspiring lives and we are so
proud of the energy, commitment and achievements
that are made by everyone, to deliver our purpose.
We have won national awards in social enterprise,
workforce development, employee wellbeing, Covid
leadership and positive behaviour support, highlighting
our sector-leading innovation and creativity.
This review specifically considers our work
supporting people with complex needs, and the
outcomes and achievements people have made over
the last year. We also consider which approaches
work; our future plans; and some of the challenges
we face when supporting people with complex needs.
We achieved a ‘Great Place to Work’ large employer rating
of 17th nationally, and the top placed care organisation,
for our sector-leading employee engagement.
What are complex needs:
At Active Prospects we support over 30 people that
are considered to have complex needs. We define
this as:
+ having multiple diagnoses including autism,
learning disabilities, serious mental illness; and
+ histories of behaviour that puts themselves or
others at risk of harm, or significantly impacts
quality of life; and
+ frequent previous placement breakdowns or
frequent or long-term hospital admission.
We now support 5 individuals who were in hospital
settings between 10 and 26 years and have been
settled in supported living for over 2 years. Many of
the people we support have experienced traumatic
life events, disrupted relationships and education,
and may have become institutionalised.
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