We strongly believe that given a supportive environment each individual has the ability to progress
and develop. This is the foundation of all our work.
Our experience and methods are professionally based and continually developing
from work with service users with individual and complex needs. It is our belief that emotional security is integral to progression to independence. Our support is, therefore, structured to understand, engage, and enable trust so that young people are held as they open themselves to experience education, life skills, work experience and personal development. This gives our service users the opportunity to work through any difficulties and find the confidence to develop and steer their aspirations in adult life.
Our approach is person-
It provides risk assessment, analysis and management, and offers confidence, esteem
building and social and communication skills development. Every support package
and approach is tailor-
Furthermore, we engage in a great deal of multi-
We usually request, wherever possible, for any previous assessment reports to be included with the referral. Following this, an initial liaison meeting and an interview with the applicant are held to discuss and identify his or her needs in detail. An assessment is carried out to establish whether the applicant is suitable for the service of the EST, and the referrer and applicant are informed of this decision.
All support packages provided by the EST are costed individually.
Following this, people who join the project will need to have secured funding. Most
gain this from Children’s or Adult Social Care Services. This ensures that services
are tailor-
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