STUDENT SUPPORT
In the residential setting
The College properties are in and around the heart of the Jewish community; allowing access to synagogues, kosher food shops and a range of community resources.
The aim in all of our residences is to support our students to develop to their fullest potential in the time they are with us. Also to treat all students as individuals, with individual educational, care and social needs programmes. We aim to provide a tailor made service and person centred plan of support to help each individual develop in his or her own right and help them during their first steps towards independence.
We recognise the need to promote individuality and embrace diversity and to promote and celebrate the cultural and religious identity of the individual.
We provide a high quality living environment and service and continuously strive to promote a holistic approach to education and care where physical, social and psychological needs are given equal importance. Recognising individual's strengths is paramount at Langdon College.
We ensure the following principals of care are always followed:-
Privacy
We strive to retain as much privacy as possible for our students by:
• Giving help in intimate situations as discreetly as possible
• Encourage students to furnish and equip their own rooms as they choose and use them for entertaining family and visitors if they wish
• Providing locks for bedrooms, storage or belongings if they so wish
• Privacy when using the telephone, opening and reading post etc (depending upon level of support required)
• Ensuring the confidentiality of information the home holds about students
Dignity
We preserve respect for our students intrinsic value in the following ways:
• Treating each student as a unique and valued individual in their own right
• Encourage the student to express themselves uniquely and in the manner most appropriate to their ability
• Continuously tackling social stigma that may be caused by society in relation to disability
Respect
To fully respect each individual in their own right by:
• Respect our students religious and cultural diversity
• Respect them as individuals - also to offer informed choices in supporting with life choices or behaviours that may otherwise have a negative impact on themselves or others
• Attempt to always listen and attend promptly to any students desire to communicate at whatever level
Fulfilment
To help our students realise personal aspirations and abilities in all aspects of their lives by:
• Ensuring we seek their views and opinions through Person Centred Planning
• To stimulate participation and offer a range of leisure and recreational activities to suit all tastes of students
• Respond appropriately to the personal, intellectual, artistic and spiritual values and practices of each student
• Help students maintain existing contacts and make new liaisons, friendships and relationships if they choose
Independence
We strive to maximise the potential of our students in this area through supporting development of:
• Self and personal care presentation
• Social skills and life
• Daily living skills
• Safety awareness
• Communication
Choice
To ensure that students can exercise the opportunity to select from a range of options in all aspects of their lives in the following ways:
• Choices of meals
• Leisure activities
• Avoiding where possible treating students as a homogeneous group
• Respecting individual, unusual or eccentric behaviour in students
Opportunity and Direction
Ensure we are continuously offering opportunities to our students:
• Ensure a range of activities and opportunities are available to expand experiences and knowledge
• To give appropriate advice and offer informed choices to students in the life choices they make
• To offer access to local resources and professionals to ensure a full and balanced approach is taken to care and support of students
Inclusion
To ensure inclusion in all areas of society:
• By ensuring community presence and participation
• Access to all local services including health services
• To ensure any exclusion from society for whatever reason is addressed in line with Disability Discrimination Act
• To have the same an equal opportunities as any other member of society
Security and protection
To provide a safe environment by:
• Protecting students from all forms of abuse and from all possible abusers
• Providing readily accessible channels for dealing with complaints by students
• Creating an atmosphere in the home which students experience as open, positive and inclusive
Rights/Civil rights
We aim to maintain our students rights as citizens and fully participating and benefiting citizens in the following ways:
• Ensure community participation and presence
• Full and equal Access to all public services
• Facilitating students contributing to society through volunteering and taking on roles within society.
• Opportunity to vote (dependent upon age)
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