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Supported Living Services
For
people with a learning disability
Principles of Supported Living
The Person
- Everyone can be supported within a "Supported Living" environment: how much or how little support they require is of secondary importance; there are no prerequisites.
- Supported Living Services focus on the individual - one person at a time - using "Person-Centred Planning" to underpin all activities. It is crucial to know the individual well and closely involve their families and others who care about them.
- Things change! Person Centred Planning lives and evolves as individual needs change.
- Each person receives support, to help them make informed choices about where and with whom to live.
Support
- Each person lives in their chosen home as an owner or tenant and support comes "into" the home.
- The support provided must be flexible and based on the person's needs, preferences and wishes.
- Support levels are modified as each person's needs change, without the need for the person to move to a new home.
- The aim is to help each person become as independent as possible.
- The right kind of support is not only about professional staff: informal and 'natural' support from families and others is vital.
- Whenever possible, technological developments are harnessed to help each person become as independent as possible.
- People in Supported Living accommodation should have choice - about who supports them and the type of support they receive.
Housing
- Through supported choice, people select where to live and whether to become a tenant or home owner.
- Independent access ('having your own key') is an important feature of Supported Living.
- People can also choose who they wish to live with and there are no hard and fast limits on the number of people sharing a home.
- People are supported in 'normal' living arrangements - in homes which are typical of those in which non-disabled people reside.
- House design and equipment should recognise any special needs that the people living there have.
The Community
- The house, the source of support and the person living there should form part of the community and this aim should be central to the planning process.
