What is Housing with Support?
Housing with Support, is housing that is made available together with an agreement between the customer, to be able to provide them with life skills, educational input etc. in order for them to be able to live within the community more independently. We provide support that promotes independent living for homeless young people, practical support for clients assessed to have physical disabilities, learning disabilities or mental health-related support needs and those who have been through or going through the criminal justice system.
What type of support does IST YSS provide?
The team will provide support that promotes independent living, which will include:
– Assistance with learning independent living skills
– Advice and assistance with claiming welfare benefits and Housing Benefit
– Advice and assistance with budgeting and managing your bills
– Advice on aids and adaptations
– Assistance with reporting repairs to your home and managing your tenancy
– General counselling and support with day to day living
– Assistance with arranging personal care and contacting other agencies involved in your care and welfare.
– Assistance to register with GP, Dentist etc.
The support will be tailored to your individual needs to assist you to manage your home and to develop the skills you will need to live independently. Our Housing Support Workers are specially trained and very experienced to provide you with this type of support.
We regret that our Housing Support Workers cannot provide personal care directly, but can help and advise you with making suitable arrangements for your personal care.
Most of our Housing with Support is provided in self-contained flats or bungalows, although some of our properties will be in shared housing or studio apartments based on communal life style. Each scheme is different and you will be provided with details of your local scheme when you apply.
Your Housing Support Worker will discuss your support needs with you and draw up a plan with you that sets out what support we will provide, and how and when that support will be delivered. The level of support can increase or decrease as your needs change.
How can I access Housing with Support?
You must register for housing with your local authority. You can apply directly to IST YSS or through your Care Manager, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist, but we will still advise you to register with your local authority.
Once you have registered with your local authority, you will need to tell them about your disability and why you think you need Housing with Support. You should ask them to nominate you to IST YSS.
Once you have been nominated to IST YSS a Housing Support Worker will visit you to talk to you about the kind of housing that you may need and about the support that we offer.
