Your Strengths

Your Career Paths

Learning Styles

Support Available

Challenge areas

Profile summary and neurodiversity insights





Being a part of this profile implies a natural empathy for others that can be used to encourage trust and commitment. It includes the ability to encourage others to achieve their required potential or desired goals.

The natural empathy that is often developed through our own personal experience of life can provide the patience required to support an individual on their journey and the ability to understand their limits and preferences as well as their general needs.

Your Strengths



Strengths


  • Empathy and understanding 96%
  • Perseverance and encouragement 92%
  • Adaptable thinking and behaviour 94%
  • Respectful of other people’s needs 98%
  • Collaborative and realistic 94%

Empathy and understanding

You are likely to be able to understand a person and can relate to their situation and can therefore create effective working relationships which is very useful in the work environment.

Perseverance and encouragement

You may possess the ability to deal with temporary inconveniences and initial resistance when you introduce new ideas and see other people’s opinions as useful, rather than being criticisms.

Adaptable thinking and behaviour

You may instinctively adapt to new situations and be flexible with other people’s ideas and needs.

Respectful of other people’s needs

You are able to actively listen which likely makes you a good mediator even if you at times become personally involved and do not always pull your punches.

Collaborative and realistic

You may have the ability to make good decisions about other people’s needs. You may naturally be able to calm difficult situations.

Career Paths

Your Work Preferences


  • May prefer a face to face client / service user experience

  • Although it may not be necessary to work with clients or service users directly you prefer not to be in prolonged periods of isolation but rather a group environment

  • The types of assignments/projects that attract you have a clear benefit to the recipients

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    Types of careers that are good a match to your strengths

    • Coach
    • Mentor
    • Occupational Health advisor
    • Community Management
    • Unionist
    • Employee Relations
    • Human Resources
     

    Learning Styles

    You will likely be a tactile learner and will pick up skills with a practical / physical approach much You will likely be a tactile learner and will pick up skills with a practical / physical approach much faster than simply having something explained to you. Repetition for you is likely a requirement of efficient output. Empathy is not just a tool for negotiating outcomes but for making and maintaining genuinely meaningful connections with others. Possessing the mentality of supporting does not always mean that those who are being supported should always get their way.
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    Audial / Vocal

    Speech in particular will form a large part of how you receive and convey information. You may adapt the style depending on the audience to ensure that the information is appropriately conveyed. You are aware of any limitations of speech or difficulties in conveying through speech and will at times have to rely on additional approaches.

     

     

    Tactile / Kinaesthetic

    Physical practice and repetition may be one of the ways of achieving things that you are most comfortable with and willing to engage with. Body language may be a key aspect of the way you express yourself even if you are not particularly dynamic or animated. Body language and motion may be picked up and understood instinctively and therefore forms a strong part of how you receive / perceive information. An emotional component will likely inform your work and serve as a driving force.

    Challenge Areas

    Personal attachment

    There may be times that the project or responsibility starts to feel personal or creates an attachment which is difficult to let go of when your involvement in the contract or project comes to an end.

    Personal / professional balance

    It can be the case that you feel compelled to provide service beyond your scheduled hours or scope and feel that it is somehow a betrayal or failure if the end result is not as anticipated.

    Administrational imbalance

    It is not uncommon for those with SUPPORT profile associated neurodiversity to be very good from a practical and interpersonal perspective but less consistent with the additional responsibilities such as organisation, time-management, and record keeping.

    Personal well-being

    Those with a SUPPORT profile may be excellent at looking after arrangements for other people while neglecting their own needs. This can manifest as small time specific lapses such as diet and sleep or larger more periodic issues such as finances and holiday arrangements.

    Learning to “clock-off”

    Sometimes it is particularly difficult to stick to set hours when in a supporting role even from an administrational or otherwise hands-off position. This can be as much mental or emotional e.g. even if you are not acting on it after hours you are still thinking about it.

    Client balance

    When handling multiple cases or projects it can seem particularly difficult to attend to all requirements at the appropriate time. Even though you are fully committed, and there have been times that you were ready to provide a great service while other requirements were not in place, it can feel like a neglect either by yourself or others if at some point a particular case or project goes unattended.

    Support Available

    Workplace needs assessments

    Workplace Needs Assessments provide the opportunity for an employee to express their experiences of work related barriers. A report is then produced to inform and educate Management and HR providing clear recommendations of reasonable adjustments.

    You can book one here

    Interim support

    There are many occasions when a one-off intervention or support arrangement may be required. This can include scribing or supporting during an assessment or interview for specific candidates. It may be necessary to provide a workshop or seminar for colleagues in order to inform them of specific traits or behaviours that may be present and how best to assist the individual to reach their potential.

    You can book one here

    Assistive technology and training

    There is a host of technology specifically designed to handle difficulties such as:

    • Speech-to-text to allow people to express themselves more fluidly and scribe easily.
    • Text-to-speech to assist with reading and comprehension and to aid with retention.
    • Automated spelling correction to assist with speed of scribing and help with proof-reading.
    • Mind Mapping for information to be presented in a more visual and readable manner.
    • Smart devices for the digitising and transcription of notes which can improve organisation and planning.
    • Recording devices to help capture innovative ideas and to assist memory.

    You can book one here

    Personal mentoring for the improvement of fundamental skills.

    We all have strengths and weaknesses. It can be very beneficial to chat things through with a mentor. Personal coaching or mentoring can assist with developing more robust strategies for addressing those less developed skill areas. Roche has a mentoring scheme available to all employees and Occupational Health experts for specific work-place improvements/adjustments. These employees are trained to support individuals with their individual needs, ranging from how to talk to colleagues and line managers through to time management and scheduling

    You can book one here
    Mentor helping neurodiverse individual
    Disclosure and Advice

    Disclosure and self-advocacy

    Disclosing to your HR department can be a key step in order to ensure that you have access to support and services. Even if you did not disclose face-to-face or explain on any initial Occupational Health documentation, it is never too late to inform HR of Neurodiversity just so that they are already aware if it becomes relevant in the future.

    Disclosing to line management is highly recommended because it will allow you to candid in scheduled catch-ups. It will no longer be so out of place to express an issue or as embarrassing to request an unscheduled chat. This approach is just as helpful to line managers because it gives them the opportunity to appropriately address some issues that may otherwise be handled indelicately.

    Disclosing to colleagues often occurs naturally over time but if a critical issue occurs before that point, the disclosure process can feel forced or negative. Even if your specific Neurodiversity is not shared, it can be a great help to inform others of any issues so that they can learn or understand any differences.