My name is Denise Smith but I like to be known as Dee, I lost my husband last year so things have become so much more important to me, with my family and friends around me and my love of our Golden Labrador Marley I have been able to start looking forward and looking toward the future. I’ve been working within the care setting since 2009 – My first role in support industry was working with challenging children, this was a job I thoroughly enjoyed however due to health issues I was unable to continue, I had other jobs in between but never seemed to settle until I for found my next role as an enablement worker for the last 5 years I found my calling working in mental health within the adult social care team and loved it. I enjoyed getting to know individuals and enabling them to help themselves to move on with their lives. After some time I found I was seeing the same people returning time after time due to failing to fall into the right category, there would be no other support for them once the intervention stopped leaving them to fall back into old habits. This use to upset me and at times make me feel quite angry, this is my reason why! Why I decided to offer my service's, It’s my hope to help clients maintain their abilities to a level where clients continue moving forward so there is a less likelihood they will fall back into the viscous revolving door cycle. I have also worked with clients who struggle with clutter/hoarding and have seen first hand how completely clearing a home without working on the reasons would have a devastating effect on the client. To have a deep clean completed or being evicted from their home without working on those reasons can leave the client with long lasting trauma and other mental health issues. Making a difference to someone’s life is why I love working as a enablement/support worker.
