Children and Young People Services
We provide Support and Accommodation services for Vulnerable Young People and Care Leavers with a range of support and accommodation needs. Support is aimed at helping Young People through their personal development and their journey to independence.
Our main aim is to transform the lives of Young People to enable them to break down barriers and turn challenging situations into positive ones.
We want to ensure that to ensure that Young People have the capacity, skills, independence and resilience they will need to meet the challenges of adult life and independent living.
We aim to encourage and support Young people to be fully involved in planning for their future, and any changes to the service.
Partnership Working
We also work closely with other supporting accommodation service providers, community mental health teams, landlords, the police, probation, YOT, the courts, the Department of Work and Pensions, the voluntary sector, local housing authorities, education and training agencies and children’s services departments to ensure the needs of the Young People are met.
The Young People We Support Include;
- Young people who have been looked after by the local authority and have
reached 16-25 years - Children in need (16-17 year olds becoming homeless; parent + child)
- Young people who have been remanded into the care of the local authority by the Court.
- Homeless young people
- Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children – (UASC)
- Young offenders
- Young people with physical disabilities
- Young people with mental health problems
- Young people with challenging behaviours
We Support Young People To;
- Maintain personal hygiene
- Find suitable accommodation
- Acquire basic like skills
- Access education, training and employment
- Sustain independent living, living healthy lifestyles
- Improve communication skills
- Access to advice and advocacy
- Restoring family relationships
- Successful transition to adulthood
- Improve confidence and self-esteem
- Prepare for independent living
- Manage a tenancy
- Develop budgeting and money management skills
- Access benefits and other funding
- Access help from professionals and other organisations for issues with substance misuse, sexual health and emotional well being
- Access universal health services such as GP, dentist, optician
- Controlling anger, frustration, anxiety
Our Accommodation
We provide accommodation which resembles a home environment. The young people will have their own bedrooms and might share communal facilities with other young people.
Young people are free to decorate their rooms to their own taste and liking. They can also bring their own personal property to the placement to help them feel better at home.
Young people will have the opportunity to practice independent living skills while receiving support from staff who will be living on site or carrying out period visits.
As with any home there are house rules which must be adhered to. It is important that young people respect other young people within the placement, staff and neighbors.