about us
Our Story
Welcome to Maples
At Maples we support people to overcome challenges, reach their goals, and make a real difference to their lives. Together we plan ways for them to thrive within the community, and then work as a team with them and other partners to achieve the outcomes defined.
Maples was formed as a family run business by Simon and Sue Dickason in August, 1994. They had a vision to move away from traditional approaches of the time and towards ones that empowered individuals to take control of their own lives, offering choice around their future, and taking positive risks in the aim of growth.
Today team of valued individuals continue their work. It has grown to offer a wide spectrum of community rehabilitative, support, and housing solutions that meet the needs of people living with mental illness and learning disability challenges.
The organisation has always tried to enable staff to focus on ‘doing the right thing’ and being themselves. We aim to enable people to grow by developing connections with themselves, each other, and their community. We support individuals by working with them to make decisions about their life together.
Our mission
To serve the community with compassion and support individuals to make the right choices for their journey.
Together we grow stronger
Our Values
Our brand values drive our behaviour and enable us to FOCUS on doing the right thing.
Flexible
By embracing flexibility, we can tailor interventions, adapt methodologies, and meet the ever changing needs of those we serve.
Open Minded
We work in an unprejudiced way, working with all individuals we feel we can help to move forwards, regardless of history or previous challenges.
Compassionate
We are driven to actively help those that need our support. We show empathy for the suffering of others. We demonstrate genuine feeling for peoples’ situations.
United
We work together to create environments where one person’s strengths complement another person’s weaknesses. Together we are stronger.
Service
We believe in the value of service because it embodies our commitment to make a meaningful and positive impact on the well-being of individuals and communities, recognising it as a privilege and a responsibility to contribute to the greater good.
Our Team
Welcome to Maples
Maples began as a small family run business. Their ambition was to create a service where they could work alongside the people they cared about and who shared their vision of enabling people to reach their potential. Over the last 30 years Maples have worked hard to maintain the ethos of getting to know and caring about each and every one of our employees. Every person at Maples is part of our community.
We are extremely fortunate to have an incredibly innovative, creative and compassionate team working within Maples Community. The team are willing and able to go above and beyond to support people within the community to reach their full potential.
Together we support people by working with them to plan ways to help them thrive.
Together we work as a team to make a real difference to future outcomes.
“Maples is nothing without our people. Our people make us what we are.”
Ben Dickason
work with us
If you are interested in becoming part of our team, please click on the link below to find out a bit more about what it is like to work with us and find details of our current vacancies.
