Supported Living Services, North Yorkshire

Supported Living Services
The Supported Living Services in North Yorkshire enables people with special care needs, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health issues and elderly people, to live in their own or family home.

Introduction
The needs of the person using the service are paramount in the design and delivery of the support. Each package is developed on an individually assessed basis.

Support provided by staff teams includes help with:

Living Skills
Cooking and cleaning, shopping, washing and ironing, gardening and rights and responsibilities.

Community Living
Finding out about services near their home, including day services, employment and education, accessing social and community activities, advocacy support, travel and holidays, including support whilst on holiday.

Money
Paying bills and rent, budgeting and saving, claiming and collecting benefits.

Housing
Helping people to understand their license agreement or tenancy, what their rights are and what the landlord must do, helping people to get to know their neighbours and health and safety.

Personal care can also be provided, which is assessed on an individual basis.

Accommodation
The Supported Living Service, North Yorkshire currently provides accommodation for tenants in Scorton, Catterick Village, Leyburn and Colburn. Each tenant has their own tenancy agreement and own room, which typically has en-suite facilities. Tenants are encouraged to bring with them their personal belongings, and their bedrooms are decorated to their own personal choice. There are comfortable well-furnished communal areas and pleasant garden areas.

Cost
Each person's package is costed seperately and the cost is based on their assessed need. A full costing is provided prior to any decision on the provision of any services.

Support Team
Committed and appropriately trained staff and Brothers of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God.

Our Aims
To provide a high quality service based on the needs and wishes of each individual with particular emphasis on promoting independence and encouraging choice.

To encourage as full and active a lifestyle as possible, and support each person to develop social and living skills to enable them to play as full a part in the local community as they wish.

To enable each person to achieve as high a level of personal fulfilment as possible.

Contact Us
Head of Strategy and Operations – Northern Region
Saint John of God Hospitaller Services
35-36 Blackwellgate
Darlington
Co Durham
DL1 5HW
Tel: 01325 749138
Fax: 01325 360430
Email: northernadmin@sjog.org.uk

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