OUR SERVICES
Francis Supported Living Ltd. is specifically for young people, where the following services are offered:
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Access to community and educations groups based on the young person’s interests and abilities.
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Therapeutic support and counselling by a qualified psychotherapist
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Direct access to translation services for those needing support with English language
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Providing regular monitoring and evaluation reports against the targets and outcomes set.
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Key work sessions / one to one discussion’s readily linked back to care planning targets and outcomes
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Semi-independence Training
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Appropriately trained staff team
ORGANISATIONAL AIMS & OBJECTIVES
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Service User & Carer Involvement:
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A structured day:
Ensuring that the young person attends all appointments, and that they participate in independent living skills, life skills and social skills
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Progression and development monitoring:
The development strategies give individuals clear boundaries and the opportunity to fulfill their maximum potential. Changing behaviour is accomplished in a firm but nurturing way.
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Care planning and risk assessments:
A highly detailed care planning system is operated based on a thorough pre placement assessment. What are the client's care needs likely to be? What are the likely areas of challenge and work for staff? In this way, we can develop with the young person agreed targets in line with their risk assessments.
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Regular updates:
We provide the placing authority with interim and full assessments of the progress being made based on the information gathered from the professional services provided throughout the young person’s stay.
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Environment and Facilities:
Our premises are well designed and maintained. An audit of all our properties is carried out regularly.
Facilities provided for the delivery of good care in a working environment enable the safety for both staff and service users.
We take great care taken to assess referrals in particular, any emergency referrals; to ensure the correct balance/matching within the existing group of residents is maintained. Francis Supported Living Ltd. operates and is geared towards working with the young person using the organisations, assessment, care planning and review system to highlight the areas for working with the young person and specifically the key targets or priorities.
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Supporting the young person in relation education that would enable them to undertake a voluntary or apprenticeship placement of their choice.
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Assisting the young person (to maintain and establish positive relationships with their family, where appropriate).
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Educating the young person on matters concerning sexual health awareness and the vulnerabilities of sexual exploitation.
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Empowering the young person, to participate in group programmes in order to enhance his/her self-esteem and social skills.
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Collaboration with Local Authorities and significant others to develop programmes/ plans with the young person(s).
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Supporting and assist the young person(s) in developing skills and knowledge in preparation for leaving the care system.
OUR PHILOSOPHY OF CARE
We value diversity and seek to enlighten those we work with to see this value also. It is essential that the environment we create is a safe environment that promotes change and that part of this is physical safety - so we are not tolerant of dangerous or threatening behaviour. It is confronted and worked on and we expect the full support of referring agencies in this.
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We recognize that all young people are individuals, and that different approaches and models will be suitable or appropriate for each young person. This may be due to their emotional state, level of understanding, chronological age or even an approach that captures their imagination helping them to engage. We also understand that approaches may need to change over time as each young person grows and develops.
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The staff of Francis Supported Living Ltd. will work towards positively developing individual qualities, which will give young people an opportunity for personal growth and development.