Myxa Member- Deane, House Supervisor

How long have you been a House Supervisor for Myxa? 

I’ve been doing it since July this year 

What do you love about being a house supervisor? 

Helping the participants in their day-to-day activities. 

Can you explain a typical day as a House Supervisor? 

A typical day would be me coming on a shift, receiving handover from previous staff, looking over notes from the day before or the night before, depending what shift I’m working, and then look at the guys schedule for the day and then getting guys prepared for the day and getting them off to programs if need be or supporting them while they’re in the house. 

How many people live at this property? 

3 participants 

Tell us about a time your support made a big difference to a participant? 

One of the participants we have in the house has autism and used to find it very hard to get in the shower and look after himself, personal care wise. 

And we’ve gradually got him into the shower and showering every second day, which is fantastic. 

And just getting him to clean his room and stuff like that. 

These are things that weren’t a part of his routine at all before he moved into the house, and helping him create a good routine for himself and looking after himself personal care wise, health wise, all sorts of things. 

So that would be one of the big positive things that’s happened since I’ve been a supervisor  

How long have you worked at Myxa? 

12 months now. 

What do you love about Myxa? 

I love the people that work in the house and the management that I have met. 

I haven’t met everyone, but everyone’s been really nice, really welcoming and really great with communication, so I don’t feel like I’m ever out of the loop with anything which is fantastic.