Nature of Service
The Stepping Out travel training programme aims to support young people and adults obtain the skills and knowledge necessary in order to travel within the community in a safe independent manner. The service is completely personalised and thus can be arranged to meet the client’s exact requirements, this includes meeting the client at home and or at other pre-planned locations and actively supporting the client throughout their journey.
Clients
The service is aimed at helping clients with:
Benefits
It is important that clients whom have difficulty with social communication, interaction and imagination receive well-structured pre-planned support. Our travel training programme provides advice and guidance in order to aid clients cope in new or unfamiliar situations and ultimately travel independently. Our staff will actively support, advice and train the client with the following:
Support with using and understanding the Green Cross Code:
- Find the safest place to cross, where motorists can easily spot you.
- Stop just before you get to the kerb.
- Look all around for traffic and listen out for vehicles.
- If traffic is coming, let it pass.
- When it is safe, go straight across the road – do not run.
Support with general awareness, safety and knowledge for pedestrians:
- Crossing at junctions.
- Introduction to Road Signs.
- Using crossings with traffic lights.
- Interpreting vehicle signals.
- Crossing when there is an island in the road.
- Using a zebra crossing.
- Crossing One Way Streets.
- Railway Level crossings.
- Introduction to Road Markings.
Using Transport Independently
- Using bus services
- Using underground tube & over ground train services
- How to check and understand bus & train schedule times.
Journey Planning
- General support and guidance on how to plan a journey.
- How to plan for long distance journeys.
- Anticipating delays & diversions.
- Booking tickets & taking advantage of Oyster cards, travel cards, etc.
How can the service be used?
The Stepping Out Travel Training service focusses on actively supporting clients to travel independently. The service is a 4-6 week course involving 1-1 support provided by one of our support workers.
The service can be used in the following ways:
- Help with travelling to and from college/ education placements.
- Help with travelling to a specific location on a daily or weekly basis.
- Help with integrating client safely in to community.
- To aid and achieve positive outcomes as part of the Ever child Matters Framework.
For example: Staying Safe, Enjoying and Achieving, Achieve economic well-being.
Package Example:
Phillip is a young person and has been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder. He has recently enrolled at a college placement; however his independent travelling skills are extremely low, he also has no understanding of shared emotion with others and does not appear to understand other’s feelings. He demonstrates a low level of insight into the nature of typical social relationships and so he requires 1-1 support and guidance as per below:
College Placement: 3 Days a week ( 5 hour sessions) one – one support required whilst at college.
Monday:
8:00 am meet Phillip at tube station – travel to college placement 9:00 am. Staff member supervises and supports Phillip throughout session.
2:00 pm – Support Phillip to travel back to placement.
Our Travel Training Programme will give clients vital experience & informative advice in regards to travel and public transport in a variety of situations. Our staff are NVQ Level 2 qualified in health and social care and possess vast experience with successfully managing and engaging clients with challenging behaviour, mental health issues and learning disabilities.
For further information, and or to make a referral please contact us on 0208 342 7217 or send us an email to info@stepping-out.org
