16+ Semi-Independent Supported Living
Our aim is to empower young people with transitional skills into adulthood, enhancing their wellbeing so they may look forward to a bright and positive future.
We will admit a young person following an initial needs and risk assessment, which will address existing problems, identify their needs, evaluate compatibility, and help us to make a decision on the young person’s suitability for admission. We consider emergency placements at the service, but this follows the same admissions procedure. We do not consider referrals for young people where we cannot meet needs effectively.
We expect young people, wherever possible, to be involved in placement planning, so that they are able to take ownership for their move to Willow Tree Support Services. We will liaise with the young person, their Social Worker and their family or carers to gather as much information about them as possible. This helps to inform the service and facilities we provide.
Each young person has a Placement Plan that clearly sets out their assessed needs, the objectives of the placement, how these are to be met on a day-to-day basis, the contribution to be made by the staff and how the effectiveness of the placement is to be assessed in relation to each major element of the plan.
This plan includes…
- Care needs including safeguarding and promoting welfare
- Contact arrangements with family, friends, and significant others
- Physical and emotional needs
- Development of independence skills
- Cultural, religious, language and racial needs and how they will be met
- Educational needs and attainment targets
- Leisure and recreational needs
- Health needs and promotion
Kind Words
Rarely as a semi-independent accommodation and service provider do we gain an insight into the lived experience of a young person. The information provided by Willow Tree Children’s Services such as the baseline needs assessment and various risk assessments were detailed covering a significant amount of information. The information was nuanced and sensitive with supporting evidence arising from incidents rather than generic scenarios.
On a consistent basis my organisation has placed reliance on both the quality and breadth of information provided by WTCS which has enabled us to assess whether the behaviours exhibited by the young person were isolated or a pattern. The information provided has helped to fill the gaps and act as a catalyst for professional enquiry and judgement.
I take this opportunity, on behalf of all colleagues at my organisation, to thank WTCS for the excellent work they have produced.
A C-T | Managing Director - Semi-Independent Social Care Provider
