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
Currently, two of my young people are placed with Willow Tree Support Services, and both are doing very well with their personal development and education.
Willow Tree seems to invest a lot in their young people, and they also seem to do a good job in placing the right supporting staff around the young people who understand their needs.
Both young people are happy when I see them, and they both speak highly of the support they are getting from the Willow Tree staff team.
In addition to their positive investment in the young people, I have never had any problem with communication or sending regular progress reports in relation to the development of my young people. The staff team are very proactive in ensuring that my young people are getting the right support and make me aware in a timely manner on matters that I need to be aware of.
In conclusion, I can say that I have been receiving an outstanding service from the Willow Tree team with the service I am getting in relation to my two young people with them.
OS | Personal Adviser, Hampshire
