About Us
SAAIL has been operating for over 10 years. We provide flats and studios that are staffed in different ways within the community. We have a proven track record of successfully moving young people on to independence.
All placements have staff support at levels that provide supervision commensurate with the risks and needs of the client. SAAIL provides staff sleep in support except on bank and public holidays where emergency support is available on these days. Social workers placing young people should ensure suitable arrangements for the supervision of their clients are in place on these dates.
Our team
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We employ a dedicated and reliable team, from various disciplines. Currently, we employ 4 qualified Social Workers, 2 graduates and an NVQ Level 4 Care Manager. All of our staff are required to complete training on NMS, National Standards for the Supervision of Offenders in the Community, Safe Guarding, Child Protection, PACE 1984, Crime
We employ a dedicated and reliable team, from various disciplines. Currently, we employ 4 qualified Social Workers, 2 graduates and an NVQ Level 4 Care Manager. All of our staff are required to complete training on NMS, National Standards for the Supervision of Offenders in the Community, Safe Guarding, Child Protection, PACE 1984, Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Sect 117 Mental health Ac 1993.
The above training underpins and is in addition to the experience that our staff team brings to the role. We don’t unfairly discriminate or label young people as being incapable of improving their life choices. We recognize that young people do have complex needs and many have had a difficult past but we believe that when a young person matures they begin the process of change and we will support a young person as they make the necessary adjustments needed to live independently.
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Statement of purpose
Our aim is to help young people who are from the health and social care sector, to make the transition from being ‘looked after’ towards full independence. We provide packages of support and not care. We provide planned non-emergency placements.
We would expect any young person placed with us to have a reasonable level of understanding to enable them to learn and gain with support the skills required to live independently. We will always reassess young people’s skills ability when they are placed so that we can determine how best we can work with them.
Hours of support
Typically, our provisions are staffed from 6.00 pm until 9.00 am, 7 days each week. In addition, all young people will be given a telephone number so that they can contact staff outside of these times.
During the day we will provide support to young people so that they can complete a specific task with a support worker.
Cost
The cost of placement will vary depending on the level of support required by the young person. The personal allowance is invoiced separately.
Communication with you
Communication with you
Communication with you
We will provide you with a comprehensive monthly progress report. An anonymized update email will be sent to the allocated Social Worker each week. You can call our office or email us and you are always welcome to call into the facility to meet your client at a time to suit yourself.
House rules
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Our house rules are based on an actual tenancy agreement. The house rules reflect the type of tenancy agreement that the young person will be subject to when they leave SAAIL.
So, if a young person is able to adhere to our house rules more than likely they won’t jeopardize their tenancy agreement post 18. The main rules that we emphasize to our young people are our ‘No Smoking Policy’ and ‘No friends policy’ (inside the facility). Parents and family members are always welcome to visit.
We offer two levels of support
Medium tier
Staff will sleep at the placement up to 4 nights each week with a view to gradually stepping down the support as the young person progresses.
High tier
We will staff the placement 24/7 with staff taking breaks as appropriate. This type of support is likely to suit those clients who require more intensive supervision and support typically due to a combination of offending behavior and immaturity.
We will nevertheless aim to work with the stakeholders to move a young person from the higher tier towards medium-tier as this will indicative of progress within the placement and conversely a price reduction will apply.