CASE STUDY STORIES FOR - De Parys - Consensus Support
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CASE STUDY STORIES FOR De Parys
How the team at De Parys
supported Michael with his
Mental Health during the
COVID pandemic
Michael, an individual with Prior to the lockdown, Michael he began displaying behaviours
learning disabilities and would go home once a weekend more frequently and with greater
autism moved into De Parys, a to see his family. He liked to spend intensity.
residential learning disability time with his mum and dad and
service in Bedford, Bedfordshire visit his sister, niece and nephew, as He would often ask the team,
in March 2019. well as spending time outside with “When is this disease going away?”
the family dog, Marley.
At De Parys, the friendly, dedicated As well as impacting on his own
team takes a person-centred The close relationship and regular wellbeing, his behaviours were
approach to support each contact he had with his family also having a significant impact
individual with their bespoke had always contributed positively on the other supported individuals
needs. The focus is on supporting towards Michael’s mental health living at De Parys as well as the
individuals to develop daily living and his overall sense of wellbeing. support team.
skills that enable them to develop Although he continued to
greater independence as well maintain contact through regular Recognising that Michael needed
as supporting them to become phone calls, the loss of in person additional support with his Mental
actively involved in meaningful contact affected his ability to Health during this challenging
activities of their choice within their cope. In addition to this, Michael time, the team took part in a
local community. also suffered the loss of a close Care Programme Approach
friend, that he had known for over (CPA) meeting to discuss how
From the time Michael moved 27 years, who sadly passed away to move forward. The team also
into De Parys, he was well-liked with COVID. made immediate referrals to the
by everyone and was known as a Consensus, in-house Positive
very funny and easy-going person. Struggling to cope with the Behavioural Intervention Team
Everyone enjoyed his sharp sense loss of routine, the restrictions (PBIT), as well as Mental Health
of humour and always found him to imposed by the pandemic and Services and Social Services.
be a pleasant companion. the stress of not knowing when Following the referrals made by the
things would go back to normal, team, Michael was allocated a social
Following the start of the first
COVID lockdown, everything
began to change for Michael.
While the lockdown was a
big upheaval for everyone, it
affected Michael the most. By
the beginning of April, the team
began to notice a difference in his
demeanour and over the course
of the next few months, Michael
became increasingly aggressive
and agitated.
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worker who was able to organise sessions with the support team,
and co-ordinate Multi-Disciplinary providing guidance on how to
Agency meetings and act as the recognise triggers and de-escalate
professional middle-man between a situation before it results in
the service and external health behaviours, which enabled the
professionals. team to feel much more confident
and able to support Michael when
Michael was also assessed by he was feeling unsettled.
a psychiatrist and prescribed
medication to help stabilise his Through their work with Amber, the
moods and behaviours. team also discovered that one of
the triggers for Michael was staff
Michael is much more handover times when there was
an increase in the number of staff social worker has now been able to
relaxed, settled and in the service, because Michael take a step back and he now has a
confident about the future found the amount of people review with his psychiatrist every
overwhelming. three months. His relationships with
Positive Behaviour Support the other supported individuals
To overcome this, at staff handover and the support team have also
In addition to support from external
times, Bruno designated one reverted back to how they were
health professionals, Michael also
member of staff to be with Michael prior to the pandemic, with
had dedicated time with Amber
in a quiet area away from the staff everyone enjoying spending time in
Charlton, Consensus inhouse PBIT
area, which worked well for him and his company.
Practitioner for the Central region.
the incidents soon stopped.
Conclusion
As a Behaviour Practitioner,
Amber’s role involves assisting Keeping Michael busy and active As of today, Michael is much more
support teams and supported was another PBS strategy that relaxed, settled and confident
individuals with complex support was recommended by Amber about the future. He often
needs with Positive Behavioural to support the reduction in his participates in activities around
Support (PBS) strategies and behaviours. the house and since the lockdown
approaches that help to reduce eased further, he has been getting
anxieties and behaviours and The team supported Michael to out and about to get take away
improve their overall quality of life. increase his level of activity through coffees at the local coffee shops,
supporting him to go for regular going for walks and going one day
After meeting with Michael and walks outside, colouring, karaoke a week to a nearby farm.
Service Manager, Bruno Barbosa sessions and being actively involved
to assess Michael’s needs, Amber in planning and preparing meals. He is also enjoying taking part in
conducted several online workshop the activities that the service does
At De Parys, each supported to support the local community,
individual cooks a meal for the rest such as delivering sandwiches to
of the household on at least one the local homeless shelter and more
night of the week but for Michael recently, baking and delivering
this was increased to two nights, handmade cakes to the doctors
because cooking was an activity surgery as well as the nursing home
he really enjoys and helped to keep on their street.
him focussed.
Michael will also be receiving
Positive Outcomes his second COVID jab shortly
After the additional support was which has further encouraged his
put in place for Michael, his mental wellbeing as he can now see a
health improved significantly; his pathway out of the pandemic.
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