Introduction

The pilot scheme for Community Support opened in 2004 with 1 service user living in their own home. Since then it has increased significantly and is proud to be supporting 7 houses at the end of 2008 with a view to opening a further two houses in 2009.

Whilst Community Support is similar to Adult Residential Services in many ways, there are some fundamental differences making this a more natural environment for individuals to live in. In Adult Services, service users are residents in an Autism Anglia owned house, receiving 24-hour specialist care. However in Community Support, service users rent their house from a local Housing Association and are responsible for paying all their own bills, while Autism Anglia only provides the 24 hour specialist care.

Increasing from one house in 2004 to seven houses in 2008 means the 40 fully trained staff are able to provide each of their 14 service users with the individual specialist care required.

	Aims and Achievements		Working with Community Support
	In the Background		The Houses