About the Project
Pembrokeshire Supported Living Service is a Registered Domiciliary Care Service providing support across Pembrokeshire to assist people experiencing serious mental ill-health to live in their own home. Supported Living focuses on enabling service users to maximise their independence by providing support in areas such as personal care, daily living activities and other practical tasks. Service users will be encouraged to develop the confidence and skills to carry out these activities and tasks for themselves.
Who do we support?
Adferiad Supported Living Service (SLS), support Adults (18 years of age and above), across the County of Pembrokeshire. The SLS Project provides a community-based person-centred supported living services to service users who are experiencing Serious Mental ill-health. Each individual’s support packages are shared to Pembrokeshire Providers (including Adferiad) by the Local Authority’s Brokerage Team. Adferiad will assess whether we have staff capacity and or employ the staff with the right skills, only if we have, will we apply for the package.
How do we do it?
Pembrokeshire Supported Living Service is a Registered Domiciliary Care Service delivering support to enable people experiencing Serious Mental ill-Health or dependencies to live in their own home, to achieve their own individual wishes, aspirations that matter most to them and to possibly achieve, or work towards achieving their goals/independence.
The support is provided to individuals who have been identified as needing support in a number of areas: –
- The maintenance and improvement of their physical, mental health and emotional wellbeing.
- Being involved in making decisions about their life.
- Good and meaningful everyday life.
- Access to sport and leisure, arts and culture.
- Access to advice and information about things that matter to them.
- Learning skills to prepare for volunteering and/or employment opportunities.
- Increased social opportunities and maintenance of contact with people who are important to them.
- Feeling safe and secure in their homes and communities.
- Staying healthy through support to access mainstream NHS services, care, and specialist health and social care support in the community.
Referral
Referrals / enquiries are to be made to Pembrokeshire County Council SLS Team. Access to the Service will be determined by the Pembrokeshire County Council SLS Team following an Assessment of the Individual’s Need in accordance with the SLS Criteria. As part of the Assessment of Need a person centred Care & Support Plan and/or Care & Treatment Plan will be completed and a decision on the contracted number of hours per week. This anonymous information is then made available to all Pembrokeshire SLS Providers (including Adferiad) on a Brokerage List or Pembrokeshire County Council will make a direct award to Specific Provider.
The Service Provider will receive the Service User’s Assessment and Care and Support Plan and/or Care Treatment Plan with every request for Service and subsequently develop a Service Delivery Plan. Prior to the commencement of an agreed Support Service, Adferiad will arrange to meet the individual at their home, to complete a Support Plan, Risk Assessment and Environmental Risk Assessment at the Service User’s Home. With the individual, a start date is arranged.
If you would like to discuss the referral process with us or request more detail, please get in contact using the phone or email address above.