Value, choice & excellence are at the heart of everything we do
We believe every person has the right to live a happy, fulfilling life and to be given the best opportunities to reach their goals.
Rexways understands that everyone has the potential to develop. Each individual can develop the motivation and competence to lead a fulfilling life if they are provided with the appropriate psychosocial support and opportunities. Therefore, our aim is to create the right environment which will assist each individual in gaining a realistic perspective on how to integrate into the community and make strides in to achieving their goals for the future.
'Our aim is simple: We create an environment where each individual can develop and mature to fulfil an adult life in the local community.
Ultimately, the ability to establish and maintain relationships is the key to social inclusion. In line with this, we not only embrace material needs but all aspects of a person's life, taking into account social, educational and vocational skills, as well as recreational and leisure activities.
We have a range of housing options and offer specialist bespoke services, including:
One-to-one support is provided by a named key worker, who encourages their clients to make their own decisions and gain daily living skills, such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting and shopping. We work with the project member to address all aspects of life on the road to independent living.
During assessment and support planning, we will work with you to identify how you wish to communicate your needs.
We will also determine how you would like your staff team to support you in varying situations. For example, it may be that at times, some individuals feel anxious and become distressed. The best way to deal with the situation may be for staff to give the person some time alone to return to the conversation when they are feeling calmer and can communicate their needs positively.
Other people may wish to choose which hot drink they would like by pointing at tea or coffee containers in their kitchen but choose what they would like eat for an evening meal by using pictures. Whatever the method of communication, we will work with you to gain an understanding and adopt techniques already familiar to you so that you are confident in our staff’s ability to understand and support your needs.
Our team works with each person to identify key targets in their day-to-day lives to maintain their physical and emotional wellbeing and to explain the importance of healthcare and hygiene. We work closely with the medical services and we have weekly in house sessions with a private General Practitioner, psychologist and psychiatric nurse if needed.
Support can vary depending on the individual, but can include assistance in registering with a local GP, dentist and any other required health professionals, and identifying and accessing specialist disciplines such as counselling and psychology, personal care activities, exercise and healthy living, menu planning and cooking skills, weekly shopping and education on healthy food choices. Each target is agreed with individuals support plan and reviewed regularly as skills develop.
Everyone is given appropriate advice and assistance in claiming benefits and we help each project member create their own budgeting plan. An allowance can be provided if benefits are not appropriate or until benefits are received.
We will support each individual to develop and work to budget plans to support in developing money management skills where appropriate. We will also work in partnership with any appointees.
The team will work with each individual to identify and access leisure and recreational opportunities that are of interest to them. This can range from local day services to community groups, such as book clubs, music clubs, bingo, theater groups and coffee mornings.
We understand that for some people, accessing leisure activities for the first time can be daunting; therefore we can accompany project members so they can familiarise themselves with the new faces and environment. We can continue to do this until the person is comfortable to attend alone.
We discuss each person’s aspirations and assist them in accessing education or employment. We also help with enrolment by accompanying project members to college open days and we support their integration into college life.
If an individual decides not to pursue education, we help them design their CVs, seek employment and accompany them to job centres.
Rexways can support individuals to maintain and develop their day-to-day personal care skills, from prompting to attend to individual personal care to offering practical support to those with difficulties such as reduced mobility. We also help individuals to understand the health benefits of attending to their personal care and risk factors of safeguarding are always at the front of our care.
Whatever your need, your routine and skills will be determined through assessment and support planning and staff will work with you to identify areas of development and ways in which you can achieve your goals.
We aim to support individuals to be as independent as possible in as many aspects of their lives as possible. With this in mind, there are various ways in which we can help a person manage their medication within their own capabilities.
Support includes:
Our staff are all fully trained to support you with your medication needs and how they do so will be determined by you through your assessment and support plan.