We were contacted by a local authority struggling to provide support to a 17 year old with a complex reputation. A ​care provider withdrew their support at short notice and there was a real risk of continued reliance on institutional ​responses. LivesthroughFriends got involved in identifying an alternative support set up able to focus on the young ​man’s Good Life and have helped him to sustain and develop his connected community life. The young man’s social ​worker says:

“(Our statutory child care service) found Lives Through Friends really useful as a consultancy for a young person with LD whom I had been ​allocated for some time. They were able to support us with planning a community based response to this young person’s needs where a more ​institutional approach had failed. In this way we were able to keep this young person, who has extremely complex needs, living in the ​community he knows and able to be close to his family and lifelong support networks. They were also able to connect us up with high quality ​care providers when the care providers we had commissioned were unable to continue providing the service we needed for this young ​person. In addition they arranged relevant and effective training as well as ongoing advisory support for all the people involved in the Care ​and Support Plan.

I would highly recommend this service if you are looking for a more community based approach to your clients care. I believe the approach ​taken by LTF has allowed us to create a more stable care arrangement for our young person which in the long term will be a more effective ​solution both in terms of emotional cost for all parties as well as financial resources.”