What is supported living?
Supported living is a care and support service designed to help people with a wide range of support needs retain their independence by being supported in their own home.
Exceptional care at home’s Supported Living service:
Exceptional care at home provides supported living services to enable younger adults between 16 to 30 years with challenging conditions to be able to live and develop fulfilling lives at home and in their local communities.
We provide person-centred support which enables each young person to grow and develop their skills and independence, ready for adulthood. In particular, we can support young people who have learning disabilities, autism, behaviours that challenge or other complex needs to live safely and as independently as possible. Our supported living care ensures better outcomes for young people and maintains their relationships with family and friends.
Benefits of supported living for young people:
- Supported living enables young people to remain or to return home or to their own communities where they remain close to family and friends and also be able to continue using local facilities and services.
- Supported living allows young people to become more confident and independent which leads to greater self-esteem.
- Supported living also helps young people to meet a full range of other outcomes, including a more active social life, improved daily living skills, and access to education and employment.
- Essentially, supported living ensures that young people with challenging behaviour fully prepare for adulthood, and move on to lower levels of support as and when the time is right.
Our Support model:
Exceptional care involves the young person in need of support, and those who know them well in the design and delivery of their support. We place each young person at the centre of decision-making.
We use person-cantered active support to ensure that each individual is actively encouraged and enabled to take part in activities and is able to grow and develop their skills and independence.
Our robust support plans are outcome-focused so that people progress to meet their short, medium and longer term goals. Young people benefit from a Key Worker who regularly reviews their support.
We adapt support to each young person’s daily activities, be that school, college, training or employment. We can provide additional support in the mornings, evenings and at weekends to enable each person to lead a full and varied life.
If needed, we can provide continuity of support to young people through to our adult provision.