Thanet Independent Living Scheme

The Independent Living Scheme works to four principles

Rights: We ensure people are aware of their rights and are treated fairly.

Independence: We promote people's independence in everything they do.

Choice: We support people to have more choice on where and how they live.

Inclusion: We ensure people are included in the community.

 

Who are the staff at the Thanet Independent Living Scheme?

The Manager is Paul Tomlinson, who has 15 years' experience of working with people with learning or physical disabilities.

There is 1 Administration Officer, 1 Senior Support Worker, 8 Support Workers and 2 Permanent Relief Support Workers. We ensure staff have the right skills and training to do their jobs well. All new staff will complete an induction, which follows the Learning Disability Award Framework (LDAF). Everyone will have opportunities to do the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ).

As well as offering in-house training, we also send staff on external training courses for British Sign Language Level 1 (BSL), Autism, Asperger’s and Epilepsy training.

Support Plans and Reviews

The plan is developed with the person to ensure they understand what service we are providing. This will be reviewed six-monthly or sooner and updated to reflect any changing needs.

We are always looking at ways to improve our service to meet everyone’s needs.

We ask people to complete a yearly quality assurance questionnaire. The results are put in the newsletter and are discussed at the forum.

Types Of Support

We offer support for up to 65 people, including older people and people with learning and physical disabilities.

The Independent Living Scheme provides independence training, supported living and support work in a variety of areas:

Person Centres Planning Enable People to live full and active lives Information and Support Benefits Letters and Bills

Phone Calls Budgeting What to do, Where to go Fire Safely

All the people will have a say in who supports them and how they are supported. We ask that you let the Independent Living Scheme know in person or by phone if you do not want any support. We would need to talk to the person and the Care Manager is a person wanted to end their support.

Developing Skills Personal Care Cooking Shopping Household Tasks

Other Areas Of Support Offered To get a job With personal safety To go to college Travel training and road safety Go to health appointments With communication

We Provide Support at a drop in centre, working in partnership with other agencies for people to get information and advice. We also provide support at a community deaf group and at Step Forward.

We have a forum for the people for whom we provide the support so they can tell us how we are doing.

We Take Referrals From:- All referrals are made through Kent County Council’s Care Management Integrated Teams, Supporting People Team or from Housing.

Where To Contact Us: Telephone: 01843 294943 Thanet Independent Living Scheme, Tivoli Road, Margate, Kent CT9 5SE