 Vela Domus provides specialist community-based step-down and rehabilitation supported living services located in the London borough of Newham.
The Service is designed for individuals with challenging behaviour who are currently resident in more secure settings or in less structured placements and who require a period of intensive support within a safe, supportive environment.
This specialist supported living model offers service users the opportunity to reside in their own flat, but with the safety net of twenty four hour staff support.
The service operates a risk management and prevention of relapse model of support. The establishment of a supportive therapeutic relationship with each service user is seen as an essential component to the development of new coping strategies and a positive sense of self.
In order to support these therapeutic programmes, staff to service user ratios are high. This level of staffing also facilitates community access, as indicated by individualised care plans and risk assessments.
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Service User Profile
The service is suitable for men or women who:
- are aged between 18 and 65 years
- have a mental health need, Autism, Personality Disorder or learning difficulty plus challenging behaviour
- may currently reside in conditions of low security or in community based placements that are unable to cater for their complexity of need
- Those who may have, or are in danger of developing, a forensic history
The service offers three units, one on each floor, with each unit providing eight self contained flats offering individual kitchen, bathroom, sleeping and living accommodation.
Each unit also has a staff office, staff sleep-in facilities and communal lounge. The service also offers landscaped gardens which protect the privacy of our service
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