Our Approach

Our overall in a structured, time focused way to provide service users with a pathway to develop the skills required to successfully move to greater independence. This is achieved by the development of ‘Life Management Skills’:

1. Self-awareness – includes recognition of ourselves, of our character, of our strengths and weaknesses, desires and dislikes.

2. Coping with emotions – involves recognising our emotions and those of others, being aware of how emotions influence behaviour and being able to respond to emotions appropriately.

3. Coping with stress - is about first recognising our life stressors and the sources of these in our lives, and then we can choose to act in a way that controls our stress levels.

4. Empathy – is the ability to imagine what life is like for another person, even in a situation that you may not be familiar with.

5. Decision-making / Problem-solving – is about following through constructively with decisions about our lives.

6. Effective Communication – means that we are able to express ourselves verbally and non-verbally, in ways that are appropriate to our cultures and situations.

7. Interpersonal relationship skills – help us to relate in positive ways with people that we interact with.

Service users are also offered opportunities to learn and acquire practical living skills such as budgeting and managing finances, cooking, laundry, personal health care and advice on accessing local community support amongst others. These skills and the support given by experienced adults, we believe will go a long way in preparing young people for adulthood.

The achievement of independent living skills is measured through specific target setting; agreed with the service user and placing authorities via Individual care plans, Action plans and Pathway plans

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