I started working for Amethyst as a Team leader in May 2024.

Before this I spent 4 years working with adults who had severe learning disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and challenging behaviour. I began my career as a support worker where I developed a passion for person centred care. This was a very challenging role which not only helped me to develop skills in providing personal care, supporting individuals with daily activities, and helping those individuals develop their own skills but it also helped me to learn and develop skills in incident management, crisis prevention and de-escalation when handling challenging and often violent behaviours.

After 2 and a half years as a support worker I decided it was time to progress my career and applied for an internal promotion to Team Leader. I spent 18 months in the role in which time I further developed my skills and passions. This role gave me the opportunity to learn and practice team management,

daily planning and general office management. These skills ensured I was able to keep the service running smoothly on a day-to-day basis.

I developed a real passion for working with people and improving lives and decided it was time to further expand my knowledge and move into a field I have always been interested in which is mental health. I discovered Amethyst and applied for the team leader role working in their new service for young adults. I am excited and eager to continue learning and developing my career with Amethyst.