We know that finding the right care and support for your needs can be tricky, especially when you want to maintain your independence. That’s why our supported living options are designed around what’s important to you.

Supported living offers an alternative to residential care and empowers you to choose the right amount of support – how and when you need it – so you can lead an enriching and fulfilling life.

Our supported living is based on positive outcomes and expertise of developing environments that focus on promoting and encouraging the people we support’s independence and functioning.

The type of support you receive is controlled by you and with our staff, you will develop a personalised support plan based on your interests, priorities and skills. From help with personal care needs and managing finances, to finding education, work or leisure activities – you decide!

This can be in a variety of settings dependent on your needs, circumstances and goals but they could include any of the following:

  • Shared living – We provide shared accommodation for those individuals who want to live independently too but aren’t yet ready to live alone. You will have your own space but benefit from socialising with other like-minded people, sharing the communal spaces and sharing the costs of household bills. This is run on a step down/recovery service model.
  • High Needs – This is shared accommodation of usually 4-6 beds where you receive 24 hours care and support. Usually there is a sleep in or waking night support worker based on your needs. This may be ideal if you have been discharged from hospital and need to recover or you may need additional support due to anxiety, emotional distress or challenging behaviour and the need to keep safe.
  • Medium Needs – You could live in a smaller setting of shared accommodation of 2-4 beds where you receive support when you need it. This may be from 4-12 hours per day and there is no overnight staff on site. This would be a structured service tom prepare you for independent living. You will have access to an on call manager to support you when staff are not on site.
  • Low Needs (Independent living) – You could choose to live independently in your own flat with as much or as little support as you need. This could be in one of our already established properties, or we can work with you and our housing partners to source a property that meets your needs.
  • Apartment living – You may be looking for the best of both worlds. Your own modern apartment with some shared communal space so you can choose when and if you want to socialise. We have worked with our housing partners to develop this popular type of accommodation.
  • Stepping stone accommodation– This provides stability whilst you are between long-term support solutions. This type of support will help you plan for your future in a structured way. We will support you with the skills you may need to help you live more independently and, when you are ready, support you to move on.

If you think you’re ready for the next step towards independence, get in touch with our enquiry team today!

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Our Model

Our model service specifications are aimed at supporting health and social care commissioners to develop locally specific service specifications which support implementation of the national service model. They build on the service model by providing additional detail for commissioners about the purpose, functions and intended outcomes of three aspects of the service model. These are:

  1. Enhanced/Intensive Support (principle 7 of the service model)
  2. Community-based Forensic Support (principle 8 of the service model)
  3. Acute Learning Disability Inpatient Services (principle 9 of the service model)

These three aspects of the service model describe specialist health and social care provision aimed specifically at supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges. However, mainstream health and social care services can and should meet a large proportion of people’s everyday needs.

The following key principles (as described in the national service model) therefore apply to all three aspects of our provision described in this document:

  1. The starting point should always be for mainstream services to support people with a learning disability and/or autism, making reasonable adjustments where necessary and with access to specialist multi-disciplinary support as appropriate;
  2. A core element of any such specialist provision should therefore be on enabling mainstream services, and other partners, to support people directly. Where meeting health and care needs are particularly complex, more intensive specialist multidisciplinary support may be needed in order to ensure equity of outcome for people;
  3. The onus is on us to put forward a compelling rationale for any proposal to deviate from the principle of supporting access to mainstream provision, whether community or hospital based services.

Three advisory groups were established to support development of the three model service specifications.

“Children, young people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition have the right to the same opportunities as anyone else to live satisfying and valued lives and, to be treated with the same dignity and respect. They should have a home within their community, be able to develop and maintain relationships and get the support they need to live a healthy, safe and fulfilling life.” Vision statement, national service model 2015.

As set out in the service model, the underpinning approach to transformation must be based on a whole system approach to delivering high quality support and services for people. For this to be a reality, services need to demonstrate a strong commitment to a shared value base which place individuals and their quality of life at the centre everything they do.

This value base should reflect the ‘golden threads’ of the service model and be evident on the basis of capable environments2 within which care and support is delivered. Capable environments are characterised by:

  • Positive social interactions,
  • Support for meaningful activity,
  • Opportunities for choice,
  • Encouragement of greater independence,
  • Support to establish and maintain relationships and
  • Mindful and skilled family/carers and paid support/care staff

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