Support guides

We produce a variety of support guides for both professionals, families and individuals.

Most are available for download on our website.

Resources for families and individuals

Aside from providing support we offer the following resources for individuals and families:

If you need additional support, please send in a support enquiry.

Our resources for professionals

We have several years’ experience in providing support and do our best to stay head of the curve in the area of best practice. We also produce and offer the following best practice resources for professionals:

Latest

Chair of the Health Select Committee visits people we support in Totnes

Yesterday, local MP and Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Dr Sarah Wollaston, came to visit people we support in the picturesque Devon market town of Totnes.
Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge

Taking place in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside, The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge takes on the peaks of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, all in under 12 hours.
Support worker celebrates 15 years supporting people with learning disabilities

Doreen McElhinney is a registered manager for United Response’s East Devon Supported Living service, and is now celebrating her 15th year providing person-centred care to adults and young people in need.
New Chair joins United Response

United Response has appointed Malcolm McCaig as its new Chair, effective immediately. Malcolm succeeds Maurice Rumbold who retires and steps down from the role he has held for the past decade.

Disability Hate Crime Training Resource

What is a disability hate crime and how do you report it? This training resource is aimed at helping support workers and people we support to recognise the signs of a hate crime, and know how to take action.
Foundations of Good Support

This guide illustrates the order in which each aspect of good support develops and should be assessed, irrespective of the nature or complexity of circumstances and needs. It helps us identify where to start improving support.
Reporting a Hate Crime

Have you been a victim of a hate crime? Download our easy read reporting form.
Enewsletter

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Easy read documents

United Response is a leader when it comes to producing 'easy read' documents. Easy read uses plain English and short sentences, paired with images, to explain a topic or statement. This approach makes even complex concepts easier to understand.
Transforming Care resources

Our Transforming Care resources centre on the process of moving people with learning disabilities and autism from long stay institutions to community settings.
Positive Behaviour Support guide

At United Response, we believe that all behaviour is a form of communication that can tell us important things about the quality of a person’s life. This comprehensive booklet provides guidance on developing truly effective positive behaviour support plans.
Active Support guide

Active support is a way of providing assistance to people that focuses on making sure individuals are engaged and actively participating in all areas of their lives. Our 12-page guide outlines the importance of this approach as part of person centred support.
Promoting Person Centred Support and Positive Outcomes DVD

The person centred support DVD and accompanying suite of booklets is a training resource developed in partnership with The Tizard Centre. The video provides real-life examples that highlight the subtleties of these techniques in action, and explains how to implement them.
Easy read brochure

Our general brochure describes everything we do to help you live the life you choose.

Free specialist approach resources

We have a number of free resources to offer professionals based off of the specialist approaches we take to support people with disabilities, mental health needs, and more.
What we do

United Response provides a range of support services for adults and young people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs or physical disabilities.
Easy News - issue 33 out now!

Easy News is the first news magazine designed to be accessible for people with learning disabilities, aimed to encourage discussion around news stories and keep readers informed about the world around them. Read the latest issue here.
Where we work

Find the details of your nearest area office and get in touch to talk to our expert staff about the support we offer in your area.
Become a support worker

Become a support worker for United Response and help disabled people in their communities at home. You’ll help them cook, clean, pay bills, apply for jobs, make friends and a thousand things in between.
Mental health needs

Mental health needs can be complex, enduring and deep-rooted. Because of this, our approach focuses on early intervention to help prevent more serious problems from occurring.
Learning disability

We work with young people and adults with a wide range of learning disabilities across England and Wales. To plan the right kind of support, we work closely with each individual and the people who are important to them. In this way, they get the support they want, in the way they want.
ROC Wellbeing

ROC (Robert Owen Communities) has Wellbeing services in Devon and Cornwall, which we can support you to attend. ROC’s Wellbeing services offers you the opportunity to learn new and exciting skills and gain accredited learning qualifications at the same time.
For individuals

We utilise a number of core approaches to support people individually who have a learning disability, acquired brain injury, dementia, mental health needs, and autism.
Our directors

Our team of directors work across the charity's key functions and geographical divisions to drive the passion and dedication of all our staff.