Small Things Social Work offers flexible, neuroaffirming support that brings together social work, practical support, and lived experience. Support is collaborative, relationship-based, and tailored to your goals, your pace, and the way you work best.
Rather than fitting everyone into a single way of working, we work together to find the approach that best meets your needs. Depending on your goals, support may draw on practical disability support, social work, body doubling, advocacy, systems navigation, or a combination of these.
Small Things is often a good fit for adults who:
are neurodivergent
live with chronic health conditions or disability
experience executive functioning challenges
are navigating burnout
are living with the lasting impacts of trauma
find everyday systems overwhelming
are looking for collaborative, practical support rather than crisis intervention
Many people who access Small Things also identify as LGBTQIA+, although support is open to adults from all backgrounds, identities, and life experiences.
All support at Small Things is neuroaffirming, trauma-informed, and relationship-based, with a strong focus on autonomy, consent, communication preferences, accessibility, and individual pacing.
Support doesn't always need to happen face-to-face. Depending on your goals and preferences, support may be provided by video, phone, email or text-based appointments. By agreement, support can also include non-face-to-face work such as research, paperwork, administrative tasks, phone calls or liaison completed on your behalf.
Support Work focuses on the practical challenges of everyday life. Sessions are collaborative, flexible, and tailored to your goals, whether that means getting started on a task or having someone alongside you while you work through life admin.
Support may include:
Body doubling and co-working
Executive functioning support
Practical support with everyday tasks
Companioning alongside activities of daily living
Thinking partner and accountability support
Understanding correspondence
Everyday life administration
Completing forms together
Everyday systems navigation
Social Work draws on professional knowledge, advocacy, assessment, and systems thinking to support more complex situations. This service is available where social work expertise is the most appropriate fit and may be provided alongside ongoing support work.
Support may include:
Professional advocacy
Letters and supporting documentation
Service coordination and systems navigation
Reports and assessments (where appropriate)
Care consultation
Collaborative planning and problem-solving
Capacity building and resource identification
Small Things offers a small number of online groups throughout the year, designed to provide gentle structure, practical support, and shared focus in a low-pressure environment.
More information on current groups, dates and bookings are available via the below link.
You don't need to decide exactly what you need before getting in touch. Support can often be adapted as we get to know one another, and together we'll consider your goals, accessibility needs, preferences and available funding to find an approach that is both helpful and sustainable. If you're unsure which option is the best fit, you're welcome to book a free 15-minute Meet & Greet or send an email.