S & S Support Services

WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT!

Life skills training

•Understanding nutrition

•Cooking and baking

•Preparing shopping list, going shopping

•Budgeting for food, bills, clothing, recreation etc

•Cleaning & maintaining bedrooms and communal areas

•Laundering & ironing clothing and bedding etc

•Maintaining socially acceptable levels of personal hygiene

•Accessing recreational & educational facilities

Assistance with benefits/bills

•Accessing welfare benefits

•Managing benefits

•Filling out forms etc

•Maintaining their tenancies

•Ensuring rent and other bills, debts etc are paid

•Opening up a savings account

Accessing professional help & liaison with other agencies

•Accessing training, education & employment opportunities

•Accessing specialist drugs and counseling services

•Registering with GPs, Dentist, and Opticians etc.

•Arranging and attending appointments

•Liaising with social workers, care co-coordinators and other representatives

•Liaising with Benefits Agency etc

•Health & Safety advice

•Monitoring physical health & diet

•Health & safety training in the kitchen and home

•Operating & maintaining kitchen equipment safely

•Fire safety training

•Safe food hygiene and storage

•Building security & controlling access to building & individual bedrooms