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Helping people back into Education, Employment or Training

May 29, 2012 By admin_ka No CommentsPosted in BlogTags: autism, Autism Care, Autistic Spectrum, Budgeting, Challenging Behaviour, Community Resources, dementia, Education, Employment, jobcentre, Leaving Care, Life Skills, Money Managment, outreach support, Semi Independence, Semi Independent Living, Training, Training for young people

Stepping out supports and accommodates young people and adults with varying difficulties, our clients usually display severe challenging behaviour and unfortunately are commonly not in education, employment or training, (NEET).

Our main goal is to aid our clients on to independence, this means by the end of their stay with Stepping Out they should be able to and or have improved with the following:

• Carry out weekly food and grocery shopping.

• Budgeting/Money management skills.

• Ability to cook a variety of healthy meals.

• Feel a sense of social inclusion or integration.

• Reduce any substance misuse issues.

• Receive support and treat mental health issues. (where possible)

• Engage in a hobby and or take part in leisure and health activities.

• Become competent with and understand the benefits system/ filling forms.

• Be able to sustain a tenancy in general.

• Able to maintain a clean and safe living environment.

• Obtain an education, training or employment placement.

Of course the above list is not exhaustive however we feel a client is able to safely move on to an independent setting if they are competent with the above.

The most important task is that based around a form of education, employment or training, we feel a client may not be able to maintain an independent lifestyle if they do not at the least, increase their chances of employment by engaging with training providers and or educational courses.

This is usually a large stumbling block, particularly for clients whom have had a history of offending, are challenging in nature, have learning difficulties and or other issues.

A fair proportion of clients both within our care and generally do not have the motivation, confidence or the ability to access services provided by third party organisations, some of our clients’ need support with getting to and from the jobcentre, others particularly those with ADHD or Autism may struggle to adjust to change and may not engage with a different organisation.

Hence why Stepping Out will soon be offering education and training opportunities in-house. This means our clients will be in a position where they can take part in various courses within our semi independent living provisions. This will increase the possibility of the client engaging and will maximise their chances of moving on to an independent setting.

Stepping Out will be offering a vast array of in-house courses to include:

• Careers education/preparation for working life.

• Developing skills for employment.

• Economic wellbeing & financial capability.

• Independent living.

• Functional skills in English.

• Functional skills in Maths.

• Youth work certification.

• Creative skills development.

• Level 2 Award in Recognising and Responding to Substance Misuse.

• Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Health and Social Care and Early Years and Childcare Settings.

• Level 2 Certificate in Community Mental Health Work.

• Level 1 Award in Employability & Personal Development Lifestyle (QCF).

• QCF Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care.

• Level 1 Award in Preparing to work in Adult Social Care.

Our company will be offering QCF training and potential apprenticeships in health and social care to our clients and the general public.

Please feel free to contact us for more information about our Semi-Independent living provisions, our outreach support services and our training packages.

Outreach Support

May 25, 2012 By admin_ka No CommentsPosted in BlogTags: Autistic Spectrum, Budgeting, Challenging Behaviour, domiciliary care, Drug Abuse, Employability skills, Leaving Care, Life Skills, outreach support, social care, Social Inclusion, Support in Hertfordshire

Stepping Out offers a specialist cost effective outreach support service.

Our outreach support package is personalised in order to provide support to clients whom have varying needs yet whom usually display challenging behaviours.

Click on the link below to read our brochure.

Outreach Support – Stepping Out

Almost Half of Care Leavers Want More Care

March 12, 2012 By admin_ka No CommentsPosted in BlogTags: Autistic Spectrum, Budgeting, Challenging Behaviour, Community Resources, Leaving Care, Life Skills, Money Managment, outreach support, Semi Independence, Semi Independent Living, Social Inclusion, Support

The After Care report by the Children’s Rights Director Roger Morgan looked at views from 308 care leavers. Half of care leavers say they have to leave care too early, a survey of their views has found.

Early Onset Dementia

October 28, 2011 By admin_ko No CommentsPosted in ConditionsTags: Alcohol Abuse, alzheimers, Auditory Hallucination, Autism Care, Autistic Spectrum, Budgeting, Care, Challenging Behaviour, Command Hallucinations, Communication, Community Resources, dementia, diagnosis, disability, domicilary care, Drug Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Fabricated & Induced Illness, home care, Learning Disabilities, Life Skills, live-in care, Loss of memory, memory, Money Managment, Personal Budgets, Personalisation, Personalised care, Personality Disorder, schizophrenia, Self harm, Semi Independence, Semi Independent Living, Sexualised behaviour, Sexually Harmful, Social Care Provider, Social Inclusion, Suicidal Tendencies, Support

Dementia and its symptoms

Dementia’ is a term used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. It is an umbrella term used to describe the effects of closely linked diseases. These include Alzheimer’s disease and sometimes are the result of a stroke. Dementia is progressive, which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. How fast dementia progresses will depend on the individual. Each person is unique and will experience dementia in their own way. There are approximately 750,000 people in the UK with dementia.

Symptoms and how we can help

Below are just some of the symptoms that our service will manage and seek to reduce where possible:

Loss of memory − this particularly affects short-term memory, for example forgetting what happened earlier in the day, not being able to recall conversations, being repetitive or forgetting the way home from the shops. Long-term memory is usually still quite good.

Stepping Out offers the client regular guidance, support and prompts; the semi-independent project will provide a 24 hour on site staff member whom is able to offer timely aid. In General the regular use of planning documents such as weekly activity plans, shopping lists, goal setting plans, timetables, visual image based tool etc. will aid the client remember important tasks. The plans can be posted around the client’s private living area in order to aid the client’s memory.

Communication -The person with dementia will experience increasing problems understanding what is being said to them and what is going on around them. They are likely to find it difficult to communicate with other people. They may gradually lose their speech.

Stepping Out ensure its staff members receive regular training on effective communication, where they are able to understand a client’s feelings via certain behaviour and or body language, eye contact and tone of voice. Our staff are trained to actively listen to clients whilst positioning themselves accordingly as to not cause any distress, tension or anxiety to the client. Visual tools and other interactive communication aids are to be used in order to ensure effective communication. Staff members must employ patience and always ensure they communicate with respect towards the client.

Challenging Behaviour – The person with dementia may display puzzling and or at times challenging behaviour this may be in the form of physical aggression or verbal abuse.

Our staff members receive regular training on managing challenging behaviour. Importantly a client with dementia may display challenging behaviour due to feeling distressed, anxious and or frustrated. At such times, staff members must provide proactive, dedicated 1-1 support and use communication methods best suited to the client in order to alleviate the client’s anxieties. Various rules and boundaries have been put in to place that clients must adhere to. Our Company operates a no physical contact/physical intervention policy. This means we will not physically restrain and or challenge a client. If the clients behaviour becomes aggressive and or unmanageable and once we have exhausted all means of calming and effectively communicating with the client, our staff members are instructed to contact the local police whom will work to stabilise the clients behaviour. The client will be made aware of this and will be introduced to our project rules and the boundaries that must be adhered to on initial placement with of course regular reminders.

Stepping Out is a registered and regulated (CQC) independent social care provider delivering person centred care services to children, young people and adults meeting the range of low through to critical high support, high supervision needs.Stepping Out has built a great reputation for providing specialised up-to 24 hour semi-independent living options for adults and young people.

We provide Services to:

The type of clients we accommodate and support have varying needs to include:

Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Mental Health Issues

Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder

Challenging Behaviour

Moderate Learning Disabilities

Physical Disabilities

Schizophrenia

Sexually Harmful Behaviour

Sexualised Behaviour

Drug & alcohol abuse

Self-harm

Suicidal tendencies

Auditory Hallucinations

Command Hallucinations

Delusional Ideation

Early onset Demen

Dual Diagnosis

Dementia

Fabricated & Induced Illness

In order to make a referral and or to obtain further information about our company please contact us using the information provided below:

Stepping Out, 439 Green Lanes, London, N4 1HA

020 8342 7217

Info@stepping-out.org

Semi independent living – Life skills & building confidence

October 17, 2011 By admin_ka No CommentsPosted in BlogTags: Alcohol Abuse, Autistic Spectrum, Budgeting, Care, Challenging Behaviour, Community Resources, Drug Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, homecare services, Learning Disabilities, Life Skills, Money Managment, Self harm, Semi Independence, Semi Independent Living, Sexualised behaviour, Sexually Harmful, Suicidal Tendencies, Support

Stepping Out are renowned for managing service users with severe challenging behaviour, and those needing extensive care & support. This is achieved through well structured risk assessments that incorporate strict boundaries throughout our semi-independent living provisions.

As well as providing care & support, our primary objective is to improve confidence and promote independence. Stepping Out staff are on hand 24 hours a day to help build self confidence and improve general life skills in order to achieve the outcomes needed.

We help improve and build life skills by providing support with money management, food management, health/hygiene, career exploration, decision making, utilization of community resources and more. We also set weekly and monthly goal setting plans which are discussed I house meetings.

Stepping out are experienced with providing services for those with; Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Mental Health Issues, borderline personality disorders, Challenging Behaviour, Moderate Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Sexually Harmful and sexualised Behaviours, Drug & alcohol abuse, self-harm, suicidal tendencies, Alzheimer’s and Early Onset Dementia & Dual Diagnosis.

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