Semi Independent Services

S P Homes Ltd provide semi-independent accommodation for young people who are leaving residential care or foster care but are not ready to live completely independently. We also have a wide experience of working with unaccompanied minors. The aim of the service is to provide a safe supportive environment and opportunity for young people to develop the practical skills and emotional stability they will need to make the transition to adulthood and make a success of independent living. A carefully planned programme is delivered by key workers who assess and document the progress made so that the Social Work team and the young person are better able to plan the next move.

Accommodation

S P Homes Ltd have a wide portfolio of properties available for young people. We have houses with shared facilities as well as a wide variety of studio and stand alone flats.  All properties come fully equipped to meet the young person's needs including bedding ,  kitchen utensils and all properties have a washing machine.

Person-Centred Planning

SP Homes provides an individual support plan that gives consideration to all those areas described as “eligible support activities” in the government’s white paper Valuing People and the Supporting People Strategy. Using these support activities as a guide the person-centred Plan is developed to assist service users to achieve competence in the essential areas of independent living.

1. Help in setting up and maintaining home or tenancy
   

2. Developing domestic / life skills
   

3. Developing social skills / behaviour management
   

4. Advice, advocacy and liaison
   

5. Help in managing finances and benefit claims
   

6. Emotional support, counselling and advice
   

7. Help in gaining access to other services
   

8. Help in establishing social contacts and activities
   

9. Help in establishing personal safety and security
   

10. Supervision and monitoring of health and well-being
    

11. Supervising or monitoring medication,
    

12. Peer support and befriending
    

13. Help finding other accommodation
    

14. Help maintaining the safety and security of the dwelling
    

15. Support in keeping own room clean
    

16. Risk assessment
    

17. Advice and support on minor repair work / improvements
    

18. Management of handyperson services
    

19. Help with shopping and errand running
    

20. Access to local community organisations
    

21. Security support related to racial harassment
    

22. Culture specific counselling / emotional support
    

Supporting Young Mums and their Babies

Enabling Young Mothers to take care of themselves and giving  them the opportunity and skills to bond with their babies.

1. Personal hygiene and care of self
   

2. Emotional and psychological support
   

3. Risk management
   

4. Health and safety
   

5. Monitoring with baby
   

6. Nurturing
   

7. Healthy Eating Plan
   

8. Budgeting
   

9. Support to enter / continue education
   

We support, guide, educate and advise parents in providing, demonstrating and maintaining safe care for their babies/children.

The Mother and Baby accommodation would like the placements to be an experience to help the young parent care for their child to an agreeable standard set out by all agencies involved, which will help form the basics of parenthood and safeguard all children from risk.