Services

Support Packages

Each young person will be allocated a Support Worker, irrespective of their level of independence. All young people will be offered and educational assessment with our qualified teacher and an education plan which may include group and one to one tutoring.

Areas of independence young people will be expected to develop, with support are:

• Managing limited finances
• Shopping on a low budget
• Food and hygiene
• Cooking low budget healthy meals
• Health & Safety
• Living independently
• Self care and hygiene
• Household hygiene
• Promoting a healthy lifestyle
• Managing emotional wellbeing
• Developing social skills for community integration
• Dealing with organisations
• Identifying and accessing community resources
• Home start skills

Support sessions will usually be held weekly (or more if required) and will focus on young people’s lives as a whole; facilitating and developing insight and confidence, whilst accentuating the positives and addressing difficult aspects of young people’s lives. This may cover areas such as substance misuse, criminal activity, anger management, and self-awareness and identity.  Staff will also attend relevant meetings and appointments with young people.

House meetings will be held once a month and all young people are encouraged to attend and participate.

Support staff are on site throughout the week, and all houses have sleep in/wake in night staff. There is also an out of hours on call staff rota.

Young people moving on from Renaissance Supported Housing into their own independent accommodation will be offered up to three outreach sessions in their new home to support a seamless transition to independent living.

Additional Services
(Also available to non residents)

We can provide the following services to young people 16 to 21 years

Floating Support

• Floating support to young people who live, in their own accommodation 
• Access to Apprenticeship’s, College, and ICT courses through links with local providers
• Specialist support and access to resources and mentoring for young people from ethnic minority backgrounds 

Life Coaching

We provide a one-to-one Life Coaching Service for young people.
A dedicated team of life coaches can hold face to face, telephone, Skype and e-mail sessions with young people, empowering them to:

• Set priorities in life
• Recognise  strengths and overcome challenges
• Resolve problems in personal life
• Overcome past obstacles
• Identify and achieve goals
• Acknowledge successes

Clients are encouraged to find solutions themselves to everyday problems and past issues, setting targets and sticking to resolutions.

“Belief in oneself is an essential for success in life. It helps you surmount challenges on your road to success”
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoma