Independent Life and Flat 7
The Independent Life Project is a Support Service providing twenty-four hour support to disabled people living in three housing developments in Leicester.
The three housing developments are:
- Harrison Court, Packwood Road, Stocking Farm, Leicester including Flat 7
- Pelham Way, Welford Road, Leicester
- Ashthorpe Road, Braunstone, Leicester
At all three locations the Support Service provides support workers who are on site twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
The support workers provide personal care and domestic assistance as part of a defined care plan and will respond to emergency situations.
Disabled people within the project are tenants in their own right.
De Montfort Housing Society own the developments at Harrison Court and Pelham Way. The development at Ashthorpe Road is owned by Places for People.
The Independent Life Project is funded by Leicester City Council Adults and Housing Department.
This means that people covered by the twenty-four hour Support Service have to have their care needs assessed by Leicester City Adults and Housing Department.
The main benefits of Independent Life Project are:
- Having a Support Worker on duty and on site for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year
- Having someone to call in an emergency who will know what to do and who to contact
- Having regular support built into a Care Plan
- Someone to advocate for you if that is what you want
- Support with ‘minor’ emergencies e.g. if a light bulb goes, a support worker will be there within minutes to replace it
- Regular meetings between tenants and mosaic to discuss the support services provided.
The Independent Life Project is registered as a Domiciliary Care Agency with the Care Quality Commission. If you want to see the latest report produced by The Care Quality Commission then you can view it on the CQC website
If you want to know more about the Independent Life Project, or the housing developments, please contact Michael Brittain: 07792 702299
Alternatively you can e-mail the independent life project team members at independentlife@mosaic1898.co.uk