These are notes – mainly drawn from the speaker notes – from the Supported Living Workshop held on 6 March 2024, including the transcripts of parent experiences.
This document is a briefing written by www.housingsystems.co.uk about Exempt Accommodation and Housing Benefit. It is dated 2020 and I have been unable to find this version or an updated version on the website. It is an in depth look at what is exempt accommodation, type of landlord, who can claim UC, etc.
This is from a blog on the Renaissance Legal website by a family who were instrumental in setting up supported living for their young person with complex needs.
This is a document from RuTC with details of the service specification for supported living placements. It is not dated so I don’t know when it was published.
This is written by Sue from her personal experience of putting together a group of young people to live together in supported living.
Sue Robson visited the Camphill community in St Albans. These are her notes from that visit.
Natasha Corcoran (United Response) delivered an excellent workshop about supported living and housing benefit / local housing allowance. These are notes I took from that workshop. They have checked by Natasha for accuracy and she has added some comments to clarify.
A brief overview of how to go about finding supported living for a young person funded by the ICB – ie NHS Continuing Healthcare, based on parental experience
These are the speaker notes from a workshop delivered by Bright Futures about supported and independent living.
This document consists of notes I have written up that reflect my understanding of exempt status, specified accommodation and supported living. I have also included extracts from a number of websites addressing these terms.
The terms supported living and residential care mean different living arrangements but the differences – and similarities – are not always clear. This document sets out information about both and how they compare.
While I was researching and working towards setting up Sophie’s supported living home with 2 other families I kept a book with all my notes as I went along.