Sheltered and Supported Housing

What is Housing-Related Support?

The housing-related support services that Supporting People pay for are aimed at helping people live independently in their homes and include things such as:

Life skills training, such as support to acquire domestic skills
Helping people with social skills, such as motivational support and preventing loneliness and social isolation
Assisting people with dealing with other people such as landlords, other tenants and a range of professionals
Assisting people with personal budgeting
Assisting people with the security of their homes
Assisting people with personal safety in their homes
Enabling people to undertake minor repairs and organise the servicing of their own equipment
Support with moving to more independent accommodation
Occasionally accompanying people on shopping trips and errands
Enabling and encouraging service users to develop their social skills

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Sheltered and Supported Housing

What is Housing-Related Support?

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