Persona Care and Support

02/03/2026

Dragons and cats and lanterns and horses - the walls at Escape have been turned into a lucky red, festive masterpiece for Chinese New Year!

All the designs were dreamt up and made during our arts and crafts sessions. Which piece is your favourite?

alt text: two photos of wall displays with Chinese images and items on them including dragons, cats, horses, lanterns, lucky knots and lucky money. The photos are mounted on a red background in front of a red and gold design with clouds, lanterns and horses. The Escape and Persona logos are at the bottom.

01/03/2026

We're looking for a Head of Care to lead our team to enable support that makes a positive impact.

Do you want to make a real difference?
Are you an inspirational leader?
Are you passionate about adult social care?

The role in brief:
37hpw; £58,883 rising to £59,981
Hybrid: working from home, head office and in services
Closing date: Tuesday 10th March

Why work with us?
We provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

https://personasupport.org/CurrentJobs

Do you know someone who'd be perfect? Please share this or tag them.
Persona colleagues can earn a £250 reward too, with Refer a Friend - more details on the intranet.

27/02/2026

Seen someone do something amazing at Persona this month? Why not tell them with a High Five?

Anyone can give recognition to our colleagues and volunteers here https://tinyurl.com/TellUsP

This month's Living the Values Recognition winners are:

Janice Thomas
St Mary's team
Elaine Sidall
Caitlin Staton
Charis Albanese

Congratulations to them and to everyone who's had a High Five!

Our winners have been chosen by a panel of people we support and managers, out of all the High Fives received this month. They will get to choose a gift.

alt text: black background with Congratulations in the foreground, in our REACH colours of blue, pink, gold, purple and green. A Fireworks graphic of gold stars explodes behind the word. Next is a black image with still gold fireworks in the background, the text in the same five colours reads: 'to our living the values winners!'. The Persona logo is at the bottom.

26/02/2026

The NHS wants talk to people with a learning disability.

Can you do their survey?

The survey asks about your experiences of:
- going into hospital
- using an NHS service

Your answers will help to make hospitals and NHS services better for people with a learning disability.

Click on the post below to:
- find out more
- do the survey

Thank you!

NHS Benchmarking is working with Learning Disability England and other partner organisations to talk to people with a learning disability.

We would like people with a learning disability to share their experiences of going into hospital or using an NHS service.

What you tell us will go into NHS plans to make hospitals and NHS services better for people with a learning disability.

Click the link below to have your say!

https://tinyurl.com/5fuyb5vn

25/02/2026

You can make a positive impact on the lives of people in your local area! Support people to live independently and be active members of their community on our supported living team!

We are looking for support workers across the Bury borough and there's no long application form, just let us know why you're interested in working with us, then we'll call you back for a chat.

Scroll down for details of this and other opportunities:
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Support Workers, Supported Living
various roles and hours, £13.26 - £13.47 per hour
Closes 04/03/26

Bury Shared Lives carers
Short stay (respite) and long term carers wanted.
Self employed, flexible roles.
Short stay £64.63 per day, long term £452.40 per week
No closing date.
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Apply now or join our mailing list to be the first to hear about new jobs we add to the website.

Why work with us?
We provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.
personasupport.org/CurrentJobs

Know someone perfect? Please share, tag or comment to help us find our people!

Don't forget, Persona colleagues can refer a friend for rewards - details are on the intranet.

23/02/2026

Did you know...

-community groups can use our buildings

-we offer space for free (*in return for groups working with us to deliver value to our local community)

-you can find all the details on our website here https://www.personasupport.org/social-spaces/

alt text: gold square with white foreground. At the top is the text 'did you know...' with three animated dots underneath to represent someone writing a text message. Underneath is the text in the main post. A lightbulb is at the bottom of the design, with the Social Spaces and Persona logos.

20/02/2026

Stepping back in time at the Portland Basin Museum last week, we explored a 1920's street, looked around the canal and some different barges.
We're hoping to go back for a trip on one soon!

alt text: six photos of men and women looking at barges, a model of the canal and in shop setups at the museum. One of the photos shows a man smiling to camera, sitting behind a shop stall with plastic fruit. The Escape and Persona logos are at the bottom.

16/02/2026

What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than sharing our recent Signalong training with people we support? Good communication is important for every healthy relationship, so we've been teaching people at Bolton Road to sign.

Last week we all signed along to 'Can't help falling in love' and then enjoyed a buffet with table decorations that everyone helped to make.

alt text: two photos of people facing away from camera, watching someone sign on a screen and copying the signing. One photo of a long table set with a red tablecloth and decorated with red roses, petals and cups decorated with hearts. The Bolton Road Community Centre and Persona logos are at the bottom.

14/02/2026

Haggis and fun for Burns Night!

Are you lonely, or know someone who is?
Are you over 50 and living in the Bury borough?

If you like meeting new people and trying new things, Grundy Hub Get Social might be the place for you.
You can refer yourself or someone you love and even arrange a free taster.
Click here for more https://personasupport.org/grundy-hub

alt text: 6 photos of men and women sitting in chairs with some haggis on a plate. 1 photo of a man and a woman in front of a Burns Night wall display with a thistle, bagpipes, St Andrew's flag and highland cows. The man is standing with a walker and the woman is sitting in a wheelchair. Everyone featured is wearing tam o'shanter hats or a tartan scarf and smiling to camera.

12/02/2026

Any time there's a dog at one of our gatherings, you'll find Andrew there!

Dogs are Andrew's favourite beings and they're one of the things that bring him most joy in his Shared Lives support with Sue.
Here he is with Bella and Cody at Burrs Country Park last weekend, where all four of them had a muddy spring walk together.

Did you know we're recruiting short stay (respite) and shared living (long term) carers to support adults in Bury?
Being a Shared Lives carer is a flexible and rewarding role where you and the person you support are carefully matched - and either of you can end the match at any time if it doesn't suit you.

Shared Lives carers are self employed and we pay:
£64.63 for short stay support (3pm - 10am)
£452.40 for shared living (weekly)

Want to find out how you can give people more time doing what they love? Click for more details or to get in touch with our friendly team. https://personasupport.org/bury-shared-lives

alt text: three photos each in a polaroid effect frame, against blue background. The photos show the same man and two spaniels, one brown and one black and white, sitting together on a log in some shallow water. The man has his arm around the brown dog who's closest to him and in one photo has his cheek against the side of the dog's face too. The Bury Shared Lives and Persona logos are at the bottom of the page.

09/02/2026

Thank you to all 70 of you who came to our January Your Voice meeting!

We talked about how people can get to more activities they enjoy and about managing your rubbish.

Anna and Emma came from Bury Council to ask for our thoughts on strengths based practice (this means supporting people to be independent and achieve what they want by using their skills) and the Council's learning disability strategy draft.

Sam came to talk to us about Bury Autism Coproduction Network.

We look forward to seeing you all again in April!

Don't forget, you can keep up to date with what's on at Persona on our events calendar https://personasupport.org/events

alt text: photos of men and women sitting around tables reading documents, listening to presenters and talking. The Persona and Your Voice logos are at the bottom.

08/02/2026

This compliment has been sent to our extra care team at Peachment Place:
"I appreciate all you do! You’re a wonderful team."

We support some people at Peachment Place with care packages - you can find out more about it here https://www.personasupport.org/our-services/extra-care/