What is Supported Living?
Our services and employees are committed to providing person centred individualised care, supporting people to develop their independent skills, to realise personal goals and future aspirations.
Supported living offers accommodation for people of all genders diagnosed with a learning disability, physical disabilities, or secondary neurological conditions including mental illness / disorders, brain injury and dementia. Support and tenancies can be provided from the age of 18 with no upper age limit. One of our principles for providing this type of service is to align with the ‘reach standards’ for supported living and the ‘real tenancy test’.
All people referred to the service, and any subsequent placement offer will be determined following an ‘holistic assessment’ and our capability to meet the person’s needs. It is also essential that those already residing within a shared service and the person referred are compatible; staged introductions, phased transition and choice are essential within shared services.
What is Supported Living IST (intensive support team)?
The purpose of the IST is to support people who find it difficult to share with others. Each person can be supported to experience a unique person-centred approach, ‘with’ or ‘without’ structure and routine, reflective of the person’s needs. To help illustrate this; people with ASD who struggle to process change, or those who experience sensory impairments may become distressed with any changes or unexpected stimuli; therefore, within the IST service, we create a stable, predictable environment, reduced social demands and the avoidance of triggers enabling people to live with reduced anxiety.
Sometimes the people we support may have difficulties expressing emotions or coping when things in life do not go expected. This can cause some people such distress that they may display behaviours that challenge; for some people, this is the only coping strategy they have developed. Supporting this group of people in single occupancy settings, enables ‘individual’ responses and the ability to keep the person and others safe during a crisis.
Our homes & services
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Dalecroft provides a home for five people within the main bungalow; two of these bedrooms have on suite bathroom facilities. There is a large communal area, kitchen, and conservatory. The bathroom has a bath and wet room facility, alongside an additional disabled toilet.
Dalecroft also comprises of another small property within its grounds to house people aspiring towards independence, or unable to share with others. This property can comfortably accommodate one person or co-habiting couple.
The property is set back from the road down a short private driveway. There is a large private garden area which is not overlooked by neighbouring properties, further benefitting from its quiet location, Dalecroft is a calm relaxing place to live.
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Pye Nest provides a home for six people within a three-storey property separated into two individual dwellings. The ground floor boasts two generous size living rooms and communal kitchen, along the front of the property is a large porch having space to accommodate outdoor seating. The upstairs has double bedrooms and shared bathroom facilities. The basement level opens onto the homes drive and front garden area. This is a one bedroomed area offering a good size living room, kitchen, and bathroom and to comfortably accommodate 1 person or co-habiting couple.
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Mayfield Mews is a supported living service within the grounds of Mayfield House.
The service comprises of two separate buildings, the flats, and the annexe. The properties are positioned within a quiet and private location, including spacious garden areas that are not overlooked by neighbours or commercial premises. Tenants of these properties benefit from having free and immediate access to the Hub (activity centre) which is on the ground floor of Mayfield House, a large, shared summer house, large lawn area, sensory garden, and outdoor seating.
The annexe is a three-bed service with shared communal facilities for people who feel more comfortable and at home sharing with their peers.
The IST (intensive support team) flats provide six self-occupancy tenancies enabling people to live independently within a bespoke environment tailored for their individual needs.
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Parish View is a three-bed bungalow within the private grounds of St Hilda’s church on Gibraltar Road Halifax. The property comprises of a two-bed shared service and one individual flat having its own facilities and entrance. The property benefits from being in a quiet location, set back from the road, and accessed by a private driveway into its own yard and garden area.
The two-bed shared area has a large living room and large conservatory, both rooms can be used to provide low stimulus areas for each tenant simultaneously, or to have company as ‘they’ choose and on ‘their’ own terms. The individual flat has all the facilities expected from single occupancy living, this area also has a large conservatory enabling the staff support to be discreet when needed, affording a level of autonomy and privacy, whilst maintaining a high level of support and observation when needed.
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Hawthorn Cottage is a four-bed bungalow comprising of a three-bed shared service and one individual flat having its own facilities and entrance. The property benefits from being in a quiet location, set back from the road, and accessed by a private driveway into its own yard and garden area.
The three-bed shared area has a large living room and large conservatory, both rooms can be used to provide low stimulus areas for tenants simultaneously, or to have company as they choose and on their own terms. The individual flat has all the facilities expected from single occupancy living, this area also has a large conservatory enabling the staff support to be discreet when needed, affording a level of autonomy and privacy, whilst maintaining a high level of support and observation when needed.