Pillar 5: Home, family and friends; where I live
Finding a home can be difficult, stressful and complicated to navigate for all people in Stockport. People at the Heart of Care is all about ensuring that the person is the centre of all planning. Whilst we understand the national and local housing challenges, it is our vision that people with learning disabilities can live in their own homes and feel safe and happy there.
Our commissioning strategy details the types of accommodation (including shared lives and supported accommodation) that are available to people, we want to expand on this to ensure that within Stockport there is accommodation available which meets people’s needs with the right level of support.
You said:
- my family just want to know that I am safe and happy
- housing feels too complicated and you do not know where to start
- that there is no choice
- that you value having accommodation that has outdoor space, the internet and that allows pets
- having access to over night short breaks (previously called respite) was important to you
Next steps:
- we will work alongside housing providers to help people to find their own home which meets their accommodation needs
- we will develop a supported housing strategy and action plan to ensure that we have the right supported accommodation for the future
- we will explore opportunities for people to have outdoor space and build relationships with animals
- we will build on our current technology offer to promote peoples autonomy, choice and control
- overnight short breaks will be a home from home and will be a steppingstone to peoples own home by promoting and building independence skills
- we want to better understand who is providing support as an unpaid carer and ensure that where people with a learning disability are a carer themselves that they get the support that they need
- to continue to deliver on our supported housing improvement programme (SHIP) and deliver on our commission strategy for 2023 to 2028