In order to enhance the experience of study and stay ORB Housing Group also can offer tailored educational packages to support with further education, traineeship, apprenticeship, re-engaging with mainstream education and employment.
Our Semi Independent Living is 24/7 with a sleep in carer available through the night.
The manager and staff regularly checks the house to confirm that the home is in good order. Any deviation from what we believe is appropriate and expected would be immediately addressed.
Our service users living in our Semi Independent housing will have available a key worker during the day and a sleep in carer overnight.
Advice and Guidance
ORB Housing Group have qualified advice and guidance support workers.
Our bespoke life planning service is designed to enable our young persons determine and define their goals, identify the resources they have and/or would need in order to achieve and then provide a plan/template to help deliver the life goals in a manner that respect that values they hold so dearly.
Systemic Approach.
We will accompany our service users in need of legal or immigration advice to appropriate accredited immigration solicitors or legal advisors.
Follow up in this area will be regularly monitored with the young people to ensure a swift outcome is achieved with associated problems promptly resolved or reported to the Local Authority where appropriate.
Our people participate in a person centred approach keywork sessions where they develop life skills and encouraged into education, training and employment.
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Our Semi-Independent living opportunities provides support for young people aged 16-18 years of age with low – high level support needs. We provide various programs for young people from support for offenders with low level offences, to coaching and mentoring behavioural issues, students leaving foster care requiring basic independent living skills. Our team provides extra support for pre-employment preparation and successful outcomes for 16-18 year olds ready to be fully independent and contributing positively to their immediate communities.
The staff to young person ratio on a standard shift is 2:1 maintaining appropriate levels of care and support whilst ensuring quality systems for safeguarding children are in place should anything arise unexpectedly.
• Help with budgeting, cookery, food shopping, health and safety, personal care and hygiene & managing savings and bank accounts
• Practical and general household maintenance, self-motivation, identify and encourage the use of local facilities, transportation to appointments
• 1-1 support for certain activities, support with legal issues, support with claiming benefits & moving on support
• Support for young offenders with low level offences, coaching and mentoring for behavioral issues.
• 1-1 mentors for residents in semi-independent living • Assist young person positive self-image and confidence
• Improve family relationships, social support network as well as staying safe.
What support do vulnerable young adults need?
For young people aged 16-25, living independently after leaving care can seem like a giant leap forward, and they may encounter obstacles along the way. Homelessness is widespread, and young adults can lack confidence and the necessary resources to move their lives forward. They need the right level of support to take those first crucial steps, to build self confidence and a sense of trust in others, and to be able to demonstrate their own trustworthiness.
For local authorities and other professionals working with vulnerable young adults, the challenge is to find practical solutions to make independent living a reality for the people they are helping to support.
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