Personal Narrative: Supporting At Day Centre

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Supporting at Day Centre On Wednesday 5/12/12 at 9am I drove to collect my client JK from her home in Maidstone , I pulled up outside the house and waited for my clients parents to bring her out to car , when the door opened I was greeted with mumbled noises and grunts from JK as every wed starts as a mute day but I answered her by saying ‘’ Good morning JK’’ and continued to use this sort of conversation to encourage her to participate in a polite and correct manner which will happen if you continue to be consistent progressing to things like how are you etc. and explaining that unless she talks properly to you will not be able to understand and do the things she would like. .I then assisted Jk into the car and made sure that she was securely…show more content…
Just as we finished our tea making activity EN arrived escorted by a care worker from his home whilst they spoke to one of the centre staff I greeted EN and helped him remove his coat and sit down , I then knelt down to make eye contact with EN who is nonverbal but understands when you speak to him and also uses makaton signs , I asked EN if he would like a cup of tea by signing with my hands the letter T and he replied Yes in sign with a clenched fist moved up and down in a nodding action, I then went and made this for him ,to which he signed thank you by moving his fingers to his lips. I then went over to Jk to ask if she was ok and was told yes and asked what’s for dinner which I explained until we looked at menu I would not know was on offer for her to…show more content…
GG can be quite forward and touchy feely and use inappropriate language and gestures sometimes of the sexual nature and tried to wrap his arms around me whilst we were talking and kiss me, I explained to him this was not appropriate in a very delicate manner as GG can also become quite aggressive if he feels like you are pushing him away and being negative I tied our convocation up and moved out of the situation and went to play a game with some of the others we decided on playing the DvD game who wants to be a millionaire junior edition, we set it up and then started to play , when the questions came up I read out the question and then the possible answers and waited to see if the player has grasped the question if I felt they hadn’t quite understood I worded them in a way they would and asked them so do you think it was this answer or that answer , or if they would like to use a lifeline if they were unsure and then we see if the answer was correct , and everyone clapped and whooped when someone got it correct , the game was really good today and several players got really high but we did have one problem when FG won the million pound she thought she would then be given the cash and got quite upset , myself and another member of staff had to sit down and explain to her that it was not real money and how something’s in life like cartoons

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