Young people in and leaving care often need additional support before being ready to live independently.

We provide a range of semi-independent living (SIL) services for young people in and leaving care including young parents and their child/ren and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC). Our SIL services operate on a spot purchase basis enabling us to work with any local authority to provide suitable support and accommodation to a young person aged 16-21. Depending on the young person’s needs we may take people up to 24.

These services are flexible to adapt to a young person’s changing support needs and we can offer a range of flexible support packages. Our teams work closely with the young person’s social worker or personal advisor to ensure that we are supporting local authorities with their corporate parenting responsibility.
We have a trauma-informed and person-centred approach to support and encourage young people to co-produce our services from planning activities to defining service agreements to choosing curtain colours. If you would like to find out more, or make a referral please visit the Young People referral section to contact a member of our team.

Most young people we work with receive support from our supported housing services. This includes individual homes, step-down and floating support services.

Many young people in our accommodation-based services move on to our step-down or visiting support services. These are often nearby or in the same local area.

Here young people who are ready to become more independent live in shared accommodation and receive support from our visiting teams. These services provide a valuable stepping stone for young people moving from accommodation-based support to independent living.