Stepping Out specialises in accommodating and supporting clients with Autism. We pride ourselves on supporting such service users to become less challenging and more constructive via our semi independent living projects for Autism and our specific outreach support services.
Stepping Out have bee providing Semi Independent Living for Autistic clients throughout London, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas for a number of years.
Our semi independent living projects for Autism are ideal for those whom display challenging behaviour, Sexually Harmful Behaviour, Drug & alcohol abuse, sexualised behaviour, MAPPA cases, self-harm, suicidal tendencies, learning disabilities, Autism and other high support need conditions.
Our 24-hour semi independent provisions for Autism are usually gender and age specific, and each project specialises with accommodating and supporting different client groups, for optimum success. We ensure our placements are safe, homely and have a high probability of producing positive outcomes for all service users. Stepping Out strive to ensure that they provide the best Semi Independent Living In London & Hertfordshire.
Throughout years of experience, Stepping Out has formed a three-point plan aimed at combating challenging behavior, and promoting progress in semi indpeendent living environments. Based on years of experience, we’ve compiled a 3 point plan to combat challenging behaviour and promote productivity, and eventually independence.
1. Listen & Learn.
Depending on the service user’s condition, they may have difficulty expressing themselves. This can often be mistaken for challenging behaviour, when really all they want is time to voice their opinion over a matter. In time like these, it is best to sit down somewhere quietly with the service user, and listen to their concerns and issues. Once you have done this, changes can be made in the future to better suit the service user’s needs, thus causing less challenging behaviour. Often a safe place to talk is all they require.
2. Respect their privacy & individuality.
A care worker needs to distinguish good care practise and invasion of privacy. Caring for a service user does not necessarily mean you have to crowd them, and many care workers seem to forget this. You can ensure their safety and promote good practises such as cleaning and cooking without being imposing. Depending on how much care the service user needs, the carer must also allocate time for the service user to have some alone time.
3. Set weekly goals.
Goals lasting longer than a week can often be daunting. The service user can also lose sight of the goal, and begin to forget about its existence. Setting weekly goals allows the service user to by-pass these obstacles. The goals could be to save a certain amount of money, to cook 3 meals independently, and so on. Not only will achieving these goals improve self-esteem, but giving the service user something to concentrate on will also alleviate challenging behaviour.
All the above points will undoubtedly reduce the amount of challenging behaviour the Autistic service user displays to staff and other service users around them. Why not put them into practise and see?
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