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Westminster Youth Offending: How We Can Help

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Youth offenders who work alone, as well as through organised gangs, have become a big problem in the City of Westminster. In recent years, the Westminster Youth Offending team have had their hands full with such cases. As a result, we here at Stepping Out have had the opportunity to make a difference in the city, working closely with the Westminster Youth Offending team in the process.

Currently, Westminster are dealing with up to seven different gangs located within the borough, each with their own sub-sects. They range from:

  • Mozart (CFR)
  • Grey Days (GD)
  • Maida Vale Mob (VM)
  • Lisson Green Mandem (LGM)
  • Pimz Town
  • Brunel/Wessex Garden/Hallsfield Estate
  • China Town

This interactive map can be viewed to get an insight into the locations of these gangs in relation to one another, and in relation to the city of Westminster.

Young Offenders

How can Stepping Out Help?

Stepping Out have years of experience providing Young Offender Accommodation In Greater London, Hertfordshire, and surrounding counties. We offer comprehensive semi independent living solutions for young offenders, which are gender specific, and are expertly maintained by specially trained 24-hour staff.

We offer 6 specialist gender specific semi independent living provisions to young offenders whom have a long history of offences, gang violence and other complex needs, which may or may not be linked to mental health or substance abuse. These young people are accommodated within small homely environments with staffing on-site 24 hours per day – without fail.

Stepping Out are nationally recognised as one of the UK’s best semi independent living providers. We have years of experienced backed up with intensely training and managed staff, who are always present at our semi independent living projects across London.

We provide specialist care and support services to children and their families, care leavers and adults with: Challenging Behaviour, Mental Health Issues, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorders, Learning Disabilities, MAPPA cases, Sexually Harmful & Sexualised Behaviours,  Self-Harm, Suicidal Tendencies, Dual Diagnosis, and more.

To find out more about how Stepping Out can help with Westminster Youth Offending, contact us today.

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Stepping Out: Managing Sexualised Behaviour in Children

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When it comes to identifying, handling and managing sexualised behaviour in children, Stepping Out are all too qualified. Sadly, sexual exploitation of children and young adults is something that we are coming across more frequently as time goes on. Many young people are afraid to disclose information in fear of being ignored, ridiculed or worse – being treated as though they are not telling the truth.

Stepping Out is a specialist health and social care provider. One of our specialisms is to ensure the safety of young females at risk of female sexual exploitation and/or those whom have been sexually exploited. Our 24 hour professionally staffed semi independent living provisions provide the perfect setting for combating and securing young people from sexual exploitation. Highly trained staff, along with very tight risk management measures ensure the safety and well being of each service user.

Sexual-exploitation

Over the years, those whom sexually exploit young people have been using technology to their advantage, the likes of Facebook, Twitter and most recently Instagram are inadvertently providing a platform for these activities to occur.

In fact, quite recently, we worked on a case where we believed a young female was at risk of being sexually exploited via Facebook pages that portray themselves as certified modelling agencies. Many young females dream of becoming a model and therefore in order to fulfill their dreams ignore or forget the risks of communicating with such people.

Stepping Out has a vast amount of experience in working with young females at risk of sexual exploitation, we provide safe homely environment with 24 hour on-site supervision and proactive support in order to aid, monitor and ensure the safety of these clients.

Where possible we seek to closely monitor clients and their social network communication and dedicate specific 1-1 time in order to discuss online safety.

Our semi independent living provisions are gender specific, and therefore we do not allow any male visitors unless family or professionals. Our staff members are tasked with taking note of any unusual behaviors around the immediate grounds of the provision – including driveways and parking spaces, in order to ensure our young people particularly females are not entering vehicles where they may be at risk.

Additionally, vehicle registration numbers will be noted and passed on to relevant social workers and police if deemed necessary. Such information is of course vital to deter others from seeking to exploit/abuse our clients.

To find out more about Stepping Out and our stringent policies regarding  Sexualised Behaviour in Children, see our website, or contact us.

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Semi Independent Programs in Hertfordshire

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Stepping Out offer Semi Independent Programs in Hertfordshire, consisting of 24hr supported accommodation to vulnerable adults and young people.

We are nationally recognised as one of the UK’s best semi independent program providers. Stepping Out have years of experience, backed up with intensely trained and managed staff, who are always present at our semi independent living projects across Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

We provide specialist care and support services to children and their families, care leavers and adults with: Challenging Behaviour, Mental Health Issues, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorders, Learning Disabilities, MAPPA cases, Sexually Harmful & Sexualised Behaviours,  Self-Harm, Suicidal Tendencies, Dual Diagnosis, Alzheimer’s and Early-Onset Dementia.

When you choose to work with Stepping Out, you can be confident that you will receive the highest quality in every package, programme and service that we offer.
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Stepping Out is a CQC registered & regulated social care provider delivering person centred care services to children, young people & adults. Our service users have diverse needs, may require low levels, or high levels of support & supervision.

This has put Stepping Out High on the providers lists of Local authorities across the UK who are regularly choosing Stepping Out as their first choice provider for social care. This is due to our extensive quality assurance systems, which set into place Firm structured pathways of achieving personal goals and Independence for each individual service user throughout our Services and projects.

We at Stepping Out know exactly what Local Authorities expect for their money, therefore we work closely with social workers commissioners and service users by communicating on a regular basis and providing evidence of outcome based reports on a daily basis

Our track record and excellent working relationships with local authorities proves that Stepping Out one of the UK’s leading Semi Independent Program Providers, and we’re constantly striving to improve.

To find out more about our Semi Independent Programs in Hertfordshire feel free to contact us.

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Semi Independent Programs in London

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Stepping Out offer Semi Independent Programs in London, consisting of 24hr supported accommodation to vulnerable adults and young people.

We are nationally recognised as one of the UK’s best semi independent program providers. Stepping Out have years of experience, backed up with intensely trained and managed staff, who are always present at our semi independent living projects across London, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

We provide specialist care and support services to children and their families, care leavers and adults with: Challenging Behaviour, Mental Health Issues, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorders, Learning Disabilities, MAPPA cases, Sexually Harmful & Sexualised Behaviours,  Self-Harm, Suicidal Tendencies, Dual Diagnosis, Alzheimer’s and Early-Onset Dementia.

When you choose to work with Stepping Out, you can be confident that you will receive the highest quality in every package, programme and service that we offer.
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Stepping Out is a CQC registered & regulated social care provider delivering person centred care services to children, young people & adults. Our service users have diverse needs, may require low levels, or high levels of support & supervision.

This has put Stepping Out High on the providers lists of Local authorities across the UK who are regularly choosing Stepping Out as their first choice provider for social care. This is due to our extensive quality assurance systems, which set into place Firm structured pathways of achieving personal goals and Independence for each individual service user throughout our Services and projects.

We at Stepping Out know exactly what Local Authorities expect for their money, therefore we work closely with social workers commissioners and service users by communicating on a regular basis and providing evidence of outcome based reports on a daily basis

Our track record and excellent working relationships with local authorities proves that Stepping Out one of the UK’s leading Semi Independent Program Providers, and we’re constantly striving to improve.

To find out more about our Semi Independent Programs in London feel free to contact us.

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Supporting MAPPA Clients

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Stepping Out are able to provide specialised support and accommodation for MAPPA clients and/or MAPPA involvement. Our 24-hour staffed semi independent living projects are safe and secure, and are an ideal environment for providing supervision & support based around the persons assessed needs.

Our semi-independent living provisions now offer In-house training and education courses via The Learning Station, regulated by City & Guilds. Some clients are unable to access local training providers for various reasons,

We have vast experience in managing high level MAPPA Clients up to and including Level and category 3 and those displaying high levels of sexually harmful or sexualised behaviour. We have delivered a number of positive outcomes via dedicated, personalised support whilst ensuring our risk assesments are thorough and regularly reviewed and updated.

canstockphoto1793601Stepping Out have over 5 years of experience with MAPPA clients, and thus we know exactly how to handle the most difficult of situations. We ensure that our care & support plans are tailored to meet the requirements of each particular person. Our staff have been trained to manage all types of complex & challenging behaviours.

Through well-structured risk assessments that incorporate strict boundaries and produce positive measurable outcomes, Stepping Out are able to offer vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life and enable them to achieve greater independence. For more information view our Semi-Independent Living Slideshow and PDF document.

To make a referral, or to find out more about our services surrounding MAPPA Clients, contact us.

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