Your situation is unique to you. No two people are affected by an acquired brain injury in the same way, and everyone has different challenges, interests, priorities and hopes for the future.
That’s why we work with you to create a personalised support plan, perfectly tailored to your unique needs, funding, and goals.
The My Brain Star framework is a big part of that.
What is My Brain Star?
It’s the framework we use to help us understand what’s important to you – because if it matters to you, it matters to us.
My Brain Star also helps to set, record and review the outcomes of your support plan, making sure your personal goals get the focus they deserve.
And it helps us work out how we can tailor your experience of our Headway Hub to best work towards those goals. How does it work? You’ll work together with your support worker to fill out your first My Brain Star, covering nine important areas of life:
- 🧠 Thinking Skills
- 🏠 Everyday Tasks
- 📋 Personal Administration
- ❤️ Physical Health
- 💭 How I Feel
- 🎯 How I Spend My Time
- 🗣️ Communication & Social Skills
- 👥 Social & Support Networks
- 🛡️ My Safety
These areas help build a fuller picture of you as a person – your strengths, challenges and the things that are important to you.
How it shapes your Headway Hub experience
We don’t do ‘one size fits all’ at our Headway Hub in Shrewsbury.
Just like there’s no ‘one size fits all’ support plan – after all, no two people have the exact same goals and interests. For one person, success may be communicating more confidently. For someone else, it may be preparing a meal independently.
There are so many different activities you can do at the Headway Hub – and the same activity can support different goals for different people.
My Brain Star helps us recognise your individual differences, and make sure you’re given the opportunity to experience activities that make progress towards your personal goals.
Case study – Building confidence with food
At the first My Brain Star meeting, we recognised that one of our service users was very selective with the food they would eat. They disliked different textures, colours and smells of certain foods. We wanted to find a supportive way to help them become more comfortable around different foods.
Cooking workshops at our Headway Hub became an opportunity to take small, positive steps. We focused on helping them feel comfortable touching, recognising and being around unfamiliar ingredients, as well as education around nutrition.
Through regular cooking sessions, their confidence is beginning to grow. They’re becoming more willing to explore different ingredients, take part in preparing new dishes and they even try food outside their usual choices.
The activity is cooking — but the real outcome is building confidence, increasing nutrition awareness and gaining independence.
Sounds great – how can I use it?
We’d love to hear from you – head over to our Referrals page to get in touch and find out next steps. Or, read more about our Headway Hub in Shrewsbury here.