Achieve Together, a leading provider of specialist support for people with learning disabilities, autism and associated complex needs, are pleased today to have completed the transfer of the residential and community services run by RNID.
Achieve Together, which has over 25 years’ experience in providing the best specialist support to over 2,000 people across England and Wales, will now operate RNID’s care and support services in these countries, and welcome onboard many amazing team members who will continue their inspiring work delivering specialist support for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
Alongside building on Achieve Together’s existing expertise, in line with RNID’s core aims the acquisition will also enable further investment in team members, technology and the services to support them to grow, develop and to uphold the very best standards of care and support.
As part of the transfer, many team members supporting RNID’s care services will benefit from access to Achieve Together’s high-quality leadership, expert resources, and wide-ranging professional development opportunities.
RNID conducted a thorough search to find an organisation who met their strict criteria of being a provider with a strong track record, committed to ensuring continuity of care for the people we support. The services, which are located across England and Wales, will now work closely together with Achieve Together to drive the central purpose of ensuring every person they support has the opportunity to live happy, healthy and meaningful lives, with their extraordinary skills, passions and individuality recognised and celebrated.
Achieve Together has already been undertaking a listening and co-production exercise, with involvement from team members across RNID’s services, the people supported and their families to ensure the services can transfer as smoothly as possible.
The shared values and ethos of the two organisations, based on their collective person-centred approach and specialist provision, makes this partnership a natural fit which is intended to deliver long-term and positive impact for team members and those receiving support.
The transfer completed on 30th June 2021, with all services and team members having now transitioned. This latest acquisition further consolidates Achieve Together’s position as one of the UK’s leading provider of support for people living with complex needs, as it continues to drive quality and shape the future of high-quality, sustainable social care provision.
Emma Pearson, Chief Executive Officer of Achieve Together, said:
We are incredibly excited and proud, to be welcoming RNID’s care and support services, and dedicated teams, to Achieve Together.
We will be focussed on collaboration and importantly, co-production, as we all work together to deliver the best specialist support through the amazing teams, our networks and our partnerships, including with families.
We are really looking forward to working closely with each service, our new team members, the individuals we support and their families, as we embark on this new and exciting chapter together.”
Mark Atkinson, Chief Executive of RNID, said:
In 2019 we refined our strategy to have wider reach and impact for the 1 in 5 adults in the UK who are deaf or have hearing loss and the 1 in 7 adults who have tinnitus.
To realise this strategy, we knew that we could not continue to do everything we do today. For this reason, our Board of Trustees proposed to transfer our care and support services to a new provider.
We wanted to find an organisation we had confidence in; an organisation that shares our values and our ethos and our commitment to high quality, person-centred care.
So, I am pleased to say that we have transferred our care and support services in England and Wales to Achieve together.
We have also said goodbye to our amazing colleagues, who will continue their inspiring work delivering specialist support for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
We believe Achieve together is well placed to invest in our services, support them to grow and continue to run them in the future.”