The aim of our service is to enable individuals to start a new life/return to or continue community living. We are here to enable, facilitate, support and guide individuals towards a rewarding life within the community for as long as their individual abilities allow them to be in their own home or within our small residential care facility.
We place the rights of our those in our care at the forefront of our philosophy of care and support. We work with individuals to ensure their rights are maintained and promoted at all times in all aspects of their lives.
Our ethos reflects our fundamental values:
- Privacy, mutual respect and dignity
- Ethical practice
- Quality
- Security and safe environment
- Autonomy and independence
- Individual choice
- Promotion of confidence, self-esteem, self-worth and feeling valued
- Promotion of civil rights
- Empowerment
- Fulfilment and attainment
- Equal opportunities
- Promoting individuality
- Being non-judgemental
- Recognising diversity
- Promotion of participation and involvement
- Promoting liberty
- Respecting sexual orientation (ensuring this is lawful)
- Promoting and respecting cultural and spiritual needs.
Our approach supports our ethos and fundamental values:
- Promoting physical, emotional and mental well-being
- Being outcome focussed for individuals
- Providing bespoke support packages tailored to the individual
- Promoting and enabling therapeutic activity opportunities (education, employment, life skills etc)
- Promoting and enabling individuals to contribute to society through social/community events
- Being innovative and adaptable
- Safeguarding
- Person centred approaches, low arousal, active support, positive behaviour support
- Therapeutic support, intervention and rehabilitation opportunities
- Risk assessment and risk management without being risk averse
- Giving direction, coaching, encouragement, enabling reflection on growth
- Supporting and enabling capacitated decision making
- Being as least restrictive as we can if a person is to be deprived of their liberty (ensuring safeguards are in place (DoLS/DiDS))
To ensure this we:
- Enable a well-trained and qualified workforce
- Ensure continuous professional development
- Ensure standards are set and maintained