AIMS & OBJECTIVES

At Oaktree Support Services, our objective is always to provide the best possible support for those we work with. To enable us to achieve the highest standards possible we will;

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• Provide a house that young people can be proud of and feel able to invite family and friends.

• Work alongside colleagues and other agencies to build strong relationships with you people and their families.

• Provide an environment in which young adults can be encouraged to develop physically, psychologically, intellectually and socially.

• When appropriate, offer specialised support and counselling from experienced staff who will encourage and enable young adults to achieve and move into independent living.

• Provide a safe environment where young people can reflect on their experiences, stabilise their behaviour, regain control and find coping mechanisms.

• Provide the maximum opportunity for each young adult to mature as an individual, to develop their personal identity and accept responsibility for their own actions.

• Promote the independence of young people at all times and encourage them to care for themselves by offering a high level of emotional support and practical help in health and educational/employment issues, cooking, budgeting and household tasks.

• Provide a supportive environment for young adults in which, with guidance they can access themselves realistically and determine their own options.

• Preserve and support the young person's links with their own own community by working in partnership with the young adults, their families, Local Authority and anyone else pivotal to their lives.

• Involve young adults in decision making

• Provide the full experience for gaining future employment and opportunity to undertake paid employment.