Education is the best provision for the journey to old age. - Aristotle

Independent Living Skills

Overview

This is a programme of focused individual independent living skills training sessions, designed to help people cope with the demands of day to day life in the UK, and to assist their integration into local communities.

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Programme Outline

Basic Skills

  • Cooking and storing food
  • Basic money and budgeting skills
  • Shopping (and eating well!)
  • Health and safety at home
  • Travel and orientation
  • Cleaning your home
  • Communication and culture
  • Personal safety

Living in Supported Accomodation

  • Daily routine
  • Your clothes
  • Banking
  • Leisure and finding information
  • Local amenities
  • Health and First Aid
  • Sexual Health and Relationships
  • Drugs
  • Understanding the law

Preparing For Living On Your Own

  • Budgeting
  • Debt management
  • Form filling and benefits
  • Way of saving money
  • Looking for a job
  • Interview techniques
  • Transition at 18

Getting Help

  • CAB for legal, benefits and debt advice
  • Careers and education advice
  • Immigration advice
  • Housing advice

Moving Out

  • Tenancies
  • Utilities and bills
  • Understanding and questioning bills
  • Moving house