enquiries@ariya.org.uk

Supported Living and Outreach Support
ARIYA HOUSE, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Supported Living and
Outreach Support Outline
Our community support team provide innovative support in individual's own homes or for vocational/ leisure support. We have an excellent team of highly trained, skilled ABI Support Workers to provide community support for individuals with an acquired brain injury (ABI) across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. We develop holistic, interactive, empathetic, and responsive options, with you at the centre of your rehabilitation process.
Our team are experienced in working alongside therapists and other professionals to enable you to achieve your goals and aspirations.
We understand that an acquired brain injury has a massive impact on a person's lifestyle and self-confidence, but with our skilled and experienced staff team you can be supported to get the best from your life, through effective community-based support.

We provide exceptionally personalised support including:

• Planning and organising visits (to help you plan for the week or next few days, to organise appointments, pay bills etc)
• Support to access the community, appointments, and social events
• Help develop your confidence
• Support to develop activities or social network
• Vocational rehabilitation and support at work
• Helping you with daily living tasks such as cooking and cleaning
• Support carrying out therapy programmes such as physiotherapy programmes or practising your communication
• Emotional support

For further information, or to discuss your individual requirements do contact us at enquiries@ariya.org.uk.

Environment
Our ethos is to create an environment where people can thrive. It is important people are at ease, comfortable and feel valued. Therefore, so we take great care to ensure both the physical and interactive environment reflect this. We believe that people post-injury deserve and require a high standard environment to help they recover and adjust. The services are comprised of individual apartments with accessible kitchens and en-suite wet-rooms finished to a high standard. Ceiling track hoisting can be fitted as required. There is a physiotherapy room, a communal kitchen diner, a shared lounge, and a level access garden with raised beds.

We run on 'Prigitano inspired therapeutic community model' which means alongside personal rehabilitation programmes, we have peer support sessions. These have elements of sharing strategies and experience alongside skilled therapy interventions, to create an exceptionally supportive environment in which people can develop.

Therapeutic Environment
The service is also run as a person-centred therapeutic community, to encompass peer support work through psychology-lead, cognitive and self-awareness support groups. We run regular mindfulness support groups. Music/ Art and Drama therapy is available for those who may benefit.

The service is non-nursing, instead it is therapy led. We have a clinical lead nurse to monitor health related conditions and good links with the district nursing and community NHS teams. We use recognised outcome measures and integrate goals into functional daily living in line with the individual's aspirations.

Our emphasis is on community skill development, and where possible we work towards moving individuals onto more independent living.

Therapy
Neuro-occupational therapy, neuro-physiotherapy, neuro-speech and language therapy, neuro-psychology, assisted technology and neuro-psychiatry.

Clifton Court and Ariya House have onsite neuro-OT and neuro-physiotherapy. The OT team provide dynamic outcome measured support, in both 1-1 mentoring session and skills groups. There are a variety of sessions, focussing nutrition, vocational rehab, cognitive strategies, technology support, life goal reflection work alongside independent life skills.

The physio team can provide onsite and offsite assessments, exercise and wellbeing classes and offsite hydro-physio assisted technology/IT expertise where required. Speech and language therapists work in conjunction the rest of the team to integrate plans into your lifestyle.

Neuro-psychology and Neuro-Psychiatry

We have integrated clinical neuro-psychology, which allows for full neuro-psychological assessment, 1-1 interventions, family support work and team training. Alongside the Neuro-Psychologists we have fulltime Assistant Psychologists in the services throughout the week provide you with responsive support. Our consultant Neuro -Psychiatrist works alongside the psychology team to support wellbeing of individuals and for response clinical medication review.

Our psychology team also support the families of those who have suffered an injury, both through 1-1 family intervention work or through our regular family support days.

All programmes are devised with the individual and integrated into functional daily living. Our team of proactive Rehabilitation Support Workers work alongside the therapy team to help support individuals achieve their therapy goals.