Mavayah living services
WHO ARE WE?
Mavayah Living provides supported living accommodation, to include emergency, short and long term, and intensive support to looked after young people aged 16-18 years old, who currently has trauma and are identified to have emotional and behavioural difficulties.
We set out our general ethos below
(M)otivation
We provide support to motivate you, to make and sustain positive changes, to further help you thrive and develop, as you prepare for adulthood.
(A)cknowledge
We acknowledge that every child is not the same and therefore tailor support to meet your ongoing needs.
(V)alue
Valuing our young people is important to us. We value the importance to work in partnership with our young people, parents, carers and professionals.
(A)ims
We aim to support you through therapeutic approaches, to cope with emotions and reaction to life experiences and challenges. We have a committed team who aim to support positive thinking and outlook on life, and build on self-confidence, self-reliance, growth and empowerment. In turn, this will help you make informed, age appropriate decisions, concerning your past and future. We provide a safe space, to safely promote you being your authentic self, and flourish as you prosper into independence and adulthood.
(Y)outhful
We support you to maintain your youth, through promoting social interaction and hobbies and interest, alongside offering advice and guidance on building your independent life skills.
(A)chieve
We will support you to achieve your goals, which will be discussed at each key worker session.
(H)appiness
We believe a happy person, is more likely to produce better outcomes in life, we strive for nothing less than to see every young person we support be happy and live life to their fullest potential.
We offer...
We offer packages of support which will be discussed at the placement planning meeting with all professionals present. We recognise that every child is individual and therefore we deliver what is best for each young person and all aspects of their support will be individually tailored to their needs in order to achieve the best outcomes.
Tiered Support Programs
Tier One Support:
As standard all young people will receive Mavayah Living’s Foundation of support which includes:
• Support with registering at local GP
• Support with registering at local dentist
• Support with registering at local optician
• Support to participate within the community
• Raising awareness of local universal service providers
• Raising awareness of banks, libraries and areas of interest
• Support with daily hygiene routines
• Direct tenancy sustainment support, advice and guidance
• Support with maintaining a clean and safe living environment
• Support with food preparation and shopping
• Support with attending leisure & health activities
• Support with accessing education, training or employment
• Support with family contact
• Support with reducing substance & alcohol abuse
• Support with attending appointments or providing guidance on how to make an appointment
• Support with money management
• Specific travel training (road safety/highlights hazards, promotes independence)
• Support with self-harm reduction
• Completion of the flourish programme
• Access to onsite counselling and external services
• Access to therapeutic intervention
Tier Two Support:
This includes everything that forms part of the foundation package with the addition of:
• Waking night staffing
(this will be time limited, reviewed regularly with social care, placement and Ofsted)
• One: one staffing
• Resettlement support into new accommodation or placement
Tier Three Support:
This includes everything that forms part of the foundation package with the addition of:
• Waking night staffing
(this will be time limited, reviewed regularly with social care, placement and Ofsted)
• Two: one staffing
• Resettlement support into new accommodation or placement
Mavayah Living intervention Programmes
Details
The flourish programme aims to raise the young person’s awareness of how negative thoughts, feelings and behaviours can impact on their emotional wellbeing and development. The programme is based on using cognitive behavioural therapy approaches and person-centered interventions. Our aim is to help the young person enact change in thinking patterns and behaviours, thereby improving quality of life not by changing the circumstances in which the young person lives, but by helping the young person take control of their own perception of those circumstances.
Mind Matters:
Counselling
We have a counsellor who is part of the Mavayah Living team who can provide short term support to the young people. We also provide access to longer term counselling, from external services, with the benefit of our service paying for sessions up to the mid-way review or 4th session, whichever comes first.
Outcome Star based Support
Additional Information
We strongly believe in young people taking control of their own lives and want to support them to identify aspects of their lives that are important to them and then to set achievable goals
The Young Person’s Independent Living Star covers eight outcome areas that allow the young person to think about how things are going and if there is anything that they need a little extra help with.
These are as follows:
1, Where I live
2, Looking after myself
3, My Health and Well-being
4, Being treated with dignity
5, Making meaningful use of my time
6, My Social Circle
7, Managing my Money
8, How I feel about my life