Supported Living Services
Supported Living Domiciliary Care Service
We offer a comprehensive range of care and support services to enable you to live in your own home within the community, maintaining your lifestyle whilst promoting choice, independence, safety and respect.
We offer services to adults with learning disabilities, some who may also have a physical disability.
Our Principles of Care and Support
The key principles of the service are embodied in the government Valuing People Legislation, these being:
- Rights
- Independence
- Choice
- Inclusion
To meet these principles we aim to:
- Provide quality services
- Employ quality staff
- Assess and match service delivery to your assessed needs
- Focus on you using the services as an individual
- Place you at the centre of service delivery
- Promote independence and self determination at all times
- Provide care and support which is flexible and responds to your wishes and aspirations
- Ensure that confidentiality is respected at all times
- Provide services in an anti-discriminatory and culturally sensitive manner with due regard to race, culture, religion, language, gender, sexual orientation and disability.
Our Objectives
The key objectives of this service are to:
- Support you in gaining control of your life
- Provide long term support and care for those who wish to remain in their own homes
- Provide care and support to enhance your quality of life
- Provide services in a manner flexible enough to meet your needs
We operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year
Local Authorities purchasing the service for you will arrange for a full assessment to ascertain eligibility for service provision and identify your levels of need. A member of the financial assessment team will also look at your income and capital and work out how much they may need to contribute towards the cost of your care. They will also make sure that you or your carer are claiming and receiving all benefits you are entitled to.
The financial assessment will identify how much you can afford to pay. If you are required to contribute to your care, you will pay driect to the Borough of Poole or your purchasing authority.
For further information, please contact: Helen Spencer, Registered Manager, Dorset House Bungalow Tel: 01202 676250 or email: h.spencer@poole.gov.uk
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