The Project is a combination of accommodation and life skills learning. In Croydon Surrey, we have a training centre close to some other local facilities, which has an IT laboratory and a conference room, where the Young Person can do language, IT or other life skills courses such as -

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• Home Safety and Security and First Aid Fire Procedures

• Health education including personal hygiene

• Monitoring visits to GP and follow up appointments/medication

• Emotional well being and mental health

• Laundry, sewing, housekeeping skills

• Budgeting including the matching of expenditure

• Basic electrical and household maintenance

• How to complete application forms

• Writing CV’s, Letter Writing

• Training and Employment

• Interviewing skills and Working Environment Tips – and expectations of being an employee

• Sex education

• Substance misuse

• Shopping food preparations, cooking and healthy eating

• Accessing of emergency services

• Applying for Benefits

• Requesting resources from other agencies

• Setting up home and maintaining home

• Housing need and recent history and practical home care

• Independent living and move-on aspirations

• Training on tenancy requirements for independent living Family and social contacts

• Social and leisure interests Cultural faith needs

• Child care

• Parenting skills

 

Explore Independence  training programme is carried out on a one-to-one consultation basis between the Key Worker / other Specialist Agencies and the Service User, covering any other concerns that may be raised by both prospective and existing service users