Supported Living & Specialist Care
A home of your own, and the support to run it
Supported living for adults with a learning disability — your tenancy, your choices, your life, with help where you want it.
Support should shrink, not grow
Good support builds skill. Someone who could not cook at all learns to make three meals; someone who has never managed money starts paying their own bills with a prompt rather than a hand.
That is the direction of travel we aim for. Support hours exist to make a life possible, not to keep somebody dependent, and we review them honestly — including when they should come down.
It also means real inclusion: a tenancy in an ordinary street, a job or a college course, friendships that are not only with staff and housemates.
Our approach in practice
Daily living skills
Cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping — taught and practised, not just done for someone.
Money and admin
Budgeting, benefits, bills and appointments, with the right level of prompting and safeguards.
Health and wellbeing
Annual health checks, health action plans, reasonable adjustments and advocacy at appointments.
Work, college and volunteering
Support to find and keep something meaningful during the week.
Relationships and community
Friendships, family contact, clubs, faith, and support to stay safe online and offline.
Making decisions
Mental Capacity Act principles applied properly — supported decision-making first, best interests only where capacity is genuinely lacking.
Photo 24Tenant and support worker going through a shopping list together
Working with the professional network
We work with community learning disability teams, social workers, health facilitators, speech and language therapists and housing providers. Where the local authority commissions the care and a housing association holds the tenancy, we make sure the person understands who is responsible for what.
Where someone is transitioning from a hospital setting, children's services or a residential placement, we plan that transition jointly and at their pace, with familiarisation visits before any move.
More about transitionsOur team
The people doing the supporting
The best strategy in the world fails if the person delivering it doesn't understand why. Our support teams receive:
- INDUCTION LENGTH AND CONTENT
- OLIVER McGOWAN TRAINING — tier and coverage
- PBS TRAINING — level and provider
- Person-specific training before joining an individual's team
- SUPERVISION FREQUENCY
- CLINICAL OVERSIGHT ARRANGEMENT
NAMED CLINICAL LEAD, ROLE AND CREDENTIALS
Availability
See which of our services currently have places, and when each was last verified.
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REFERRALS PHONE
Common questions
Is this a care home?
Who pays for it?
Can two friends live together?
What happens if needs increase?
How much support is provided?
How do we start?
Our other specialisms
For families and advocates
Thinking about supported living for someone you love? Start with a conversation — no forms, no commitment.
Talk to Our TeamFor professionals
Making a referral or exploring availability? Our referral pathway is published in full.
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