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Key Support Areas

LIFE SKILLS

  • Setting up daily cleaning routine
  • Setting up a laundry routine
  • Setting up a routine for relaxation/socialising
  • Planning meals
  • Debt management
  • Shopping on a budget
  • Food preparation
  • Making minor repairs
  • Assistance with food shopping
  • Monitoring spending habits
  • Dealing with letters and filling in forms
  • Planning meals
  • Difference between needs and wants

MANAGING A LICENCE

  • Understanding your license agreement and house rules
  • Your safety and protection
  • Anti-social behaviour
  • Harassment
  • Reporting repairs
  • Fire & other safety procedures
  • Promoting citizenship
  • Paying rent
  • Utility bills-(setting up payment plans)
  • Communicating well with the landlord (eg disputes complaints procedure) and – accessing the property
  • Finding furniture for a future move
  • Accessing grants to help future resettlement

MANAGING MONEY

  • Making a budget plan
  • Managing debts
  • Opening a bank account/setting up a standing order for rent
  • Making sure you are getting the benefits you are entitled to
  • Debt management
  • Creating a savings plan
  • Feeling in control of finances
  • Understanding how credit works
  • Assistance with food shopping

MEANINGFUL ACTIVITY (WORK/ TRAINING/ VOLUNTEERING/ EDUCATION)

  • Finding other services that offer training
  • Contacting and registering with employment agencies
  • Education (college)
  • CV writing
  • Volunteering

WELLBEING

  • Physical; emotional; mental and spiritual health
  • Developing an action plan for healthy living
  • Registering with GPs and Dentist
  • Emotional support
  • Substance misuse issues (alcohol or drugs) joining a gym or fitness class
  • Mental health issues
  • Building confidence
  • Daily living skills (shopping/housework)
  • Literacy/numeracy
  • Making and sustaining relationships
  • Parenting skills

WELLBEING

  • Physical; emotional; mental and spiritual health
  • Developing an action plan for healthy living
  • Registering with GPs and Dentist
  • Emotional support
  • Substance misuse issues (alcohol or drugs) joining a gym or fitness class
  • Mental health issues
  • Building confidence
  • Daily living skills (shopping/housework)
  • Literacy/numeracy
  • Making and sustaining relationships

SOCIAL AND FAMILY NETWORKS

  • Contacting family
  • Contacting friends/building up a social network
  • Joining a social activity
  • Going on social events

MOVING ON

  • Registering on the housing register
  • Help with furniture
  • Research Local Authority and voluntary agencies deposit schemes
  • Research furniture recycling centres
  • Looking for a private let / register with Letting Agencies
  • Help with understanding paying bills on a card