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Supported living for people with disabilities

When we carry out an assessment of your needs we will try to enable you to live at home as independently and safely as possible. However, if this cannot be achieved we will advise you on the type of home that will best meet your needs.

Supported living is designed to help disabled people retain their independence whilst remaining in their local community. It is an alternative to residential care in providing support and accommodation to people who are assessed as eligible for services using the Fairer Access to Care Services (FACS) criteria.

In supported living accommodation, the housing provider and support provider are separate, and the customer has a licence or tenancy.

As a supported living customer you would have more rights, and if the support package is not meeting your needs, the service provider can be changed, rather than you having to move home.

Support can be commissioned from a few hours a week, up to 24-hours a day, depending on your assessed needs.

There are also several different models of supported living, available such as living in shared houses, having your own flat within a cluster project, or living in individual tenancies in the community.

In a supported living scheme you can make your own decisions about how you want to live but you can still get help with managing your home. Some of the benefits of supported living include:

  • providing a proper home for you to live in;
  • offering you more choice and control;
  • giving you more responsibility to live independently;
  • enabling your accommodation to be matched more closely to what you need;
  • using local housing and services so you can still live close to your family and friends.

Supported living enables people with learning disabilities to live in their own homes as an alternative to shared residential care.

Some individuals, including those with the most complex needs, have been successfully supported in their own homes using this scheme.

Vacancies and prices can also be found on the Warwickshire Partnership in Care website.