Find the Right Support Worker Before School Starts Again

The school holiday passes faster than we think. One day you were clocking out and the next day you are getting ready to start another school year with new routines, new teachers, and new classrooms. When changes are happening, sometimes your child might need a slight bit of help to adapt to them. This is why the right time is now to hook up with a support worker at Support Network. Starting on a vacation can make your child more prepared, more confident and less nervous at the time when school starts.

Helping Your Child Ease into the School Routine

Even when your child is just entering his/her first year of preschool education, or it is the beginning of another school year, it can be tremendously helpful to have a person to accompany him/her. Our support workers may assist the development of a life of independence by using soft instruction and schedule establishment.

Support workers assist with the practical aspects of morning such as making breakfast possible and the need to tie shoelaces, which one can forget to do, or just does not feel up to it, and packing a school bag, and checking up on homework. A nice serene morning at home usually introduces a longer pleasant day at school.

It is the case with after-school as well. Your child can be assisted by a support worker through unpacking, getting out of uniform and sorting lunch boxes and tackling the homework without any links. These mini measures make children gain more control and feel at home.

Getting to and from School Safely with Travel Training

For those children, who are becoming more independent and are prepared to now be able to travel to school on their own, travel training with an adult support worker can ensure the process is both safer and less stressful. They will teach your child to make use of public transport tools, learn how to consult timetables, how to top up fare cards, etc., be it by bus, train, ferry, tram, taxi, etc.

When it comes to those initial trips, the support worker will accompany your child at this point to help build up their confidence, ensure that accessibility demands are met and to aid them with social connections too.

Support Around Extracurricular Activities

Does your child love music, the sport, drama, programming, Scouts, or swimming, or anything else orthogonal? Regardless of whether these activities occur in school or in the community, the presence of a support worker can enable your child to feel engaged, involved and ready in environments where they are not that familiar.

New experiences could be too much to the children, and a familiar face accompanying them can help. Support workers are also able to help in overseeing the homework activities around the hectic schedules as well as allowing your child to be able to process his or her day in a slow manner.

School Pickups, Drop-Offs, and Everything in Between

Mornings and after school have the potential to be a juggling game, especially when there is more than one child in the picture. Our support worker can intervene to provide that support by helping with school drop-ups, pick-ups, and after school transport to other engagements such as dancing or sports practice.

They may also assist your child to leave the door in the morning or make a snack and begin to do homework in the afternoon. It all boils down to a simpler life--a simpler life to you as well as to your child.

Try a Few Shifts to Find the Right Fit

It is excellent to reserve two trial sessions before settling in with a new support worker. This will allow your child to see each other, get to know each other, and trust each other. It will be some time with some bonds and that is absolutely normal. These trial shifts allow you to observe the way your child reacts to it and how the support worker can cope with the idea of getting acquainted with them directly.

How to Find the Right Support Worker

With Support Network, you will find it easy to find someone who can suit the needs of your child. Or you may view the profiles of various support workers according to what they promise, whether that is personal care, domestic assistance, or social support. You can even search by experience with specific conditions, which can include, autism, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities or vision impairments.

Are you searching for someone who shares the same interests with your child or has got the same culture? We also have filters that will assist you in focusing your search to somebody who truly understands your child.

Alternatively, you can even advertise a job highlighting the needs of your child, personality and how they want to be taken care of. It is at that point that employees are able to contact them because of just having a great fit.