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The Support We Provide

Cutlass offers supported living accommodation for young people aged 16–18 within a single, safe, and nurturing environment. Our tailored support packages are designed to meet the individual needs of each young person, encouraging personal growth, independence, and resilience.

We collaborate with Local Authorities and are proud to be listed on several approved provider lists

Support

Committed to being a flexible, adaptable, and high-quality service provider that delivers excellent value for money.
Team members serve as positive role models, guiding young people towards independence.
Acknowledges the challenges Local Authorities face and works collaboratively to provide effective and sustainable support solutions.

Communication Requirement: Young people leaving residential/ foster care, used to high levels of support, apprehensive of what the future holds for them in respect to semi – independence

We provide a sliding scale of reduced support, with set timescales to decrease hours as the young person demonstrates their ability to be less reliant on staff support and make better choices in respect to their behaviours.

Requirement: Young people who require support but are reluctant to engage with services and professionals and who are used to free time.

We provide a low level of support aimed at encouraging young people to make use of the support to gain those essential life skills whilst monitoring their progress and well – being.

Staff

Our senior management team and support staff have vast experience working with multiple local authorities to provide bespoke accommodation and support services for young people (16/18 year olds).

Our staffing structure has core head office functions including, safeguarding, operations, accounts, HR, procurement, and compliance with maintenance teams and field staff deployed for each of our supported living projects to provide a local and bespoke service. We have a satellite office that support specific areas.

We recruit staff from a variety of backgrounds including charities, prison, probation, social services, youth, education and care sectors, who believe in and can relate to young people, focusing on offering support, safeguarding and helping them to raise aspirations.

Our recruitment team operate a ‘safer recruitment’ policy with robust procedures in place including having an enhanced DBS checks (renewed every three years).

Staff Training

Our comprehensive induction training is designed to ensure staff are fully equipped to support the needs of young people. We offer a continuous training programme delivered virtually by industry experts, using reliable online platforms. All staff are enrolled in accredited professional development courses to enhance their skills and maintain high standards of support.

Courses include:

Safeguarding children
Health and Safety
First aid
GDPR
Managing challenging behaviour
Safer caring and allegations
Recording and evidencing
Equality and diversity
Independent living skills
Self-harm/ligatures
Drugs and alcohol awareness
ADHD and Autism awareness

Throughout the year, we provide specialised safeguarding training on topics such as Prevent (addressing vulnerability to radicalisation and terrorism), child sexual exploitation (CSE), child criminal exploitation (CCE), and trafficking. This training is led by our Safeguarding Lead, who brings extensive experience in these areas from a background in law enforcement.

Additional bespoke training is identified through regular supervision and tailored to meet the specific needs of the young people we support, such as attachment disorders and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Before being assigned shifts, staff complete a minimum of two shadow shifts alongside experienced team members, allowing young people to provide feedback on staff suitability.

Staff work plans are aligned with placement plan outcomes to ensure consistent and effective support.

Proficient in assisting young individuals facing the following challenges:

Emotional and behavioral challenges (EBD)
Challenges related to mental health
Vulnerability to child sexual or criminal exploitation
Learning disabilities
Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)
Substance and alcohol abuse
Self-harming behavior
Offending behavior, including harmful sexual behavior (HSB)
Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children (UASC)

I provide comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents. Whether supporting a teen through chemotherapy treatments or treating a toddler in an emergency, we are dedicated to the care of each patient. Our mission is to protect the health of our community’s most valuable resource – its children.