Dynavour rent accommodation to people with mental health and learning disability support needs. In order to access these flats you will need a number of support hours to help you do this:
Dynavour believes passionately in helping every person reach their full potential, using our extensive range of services to provide the care and support required. Our approach to serving and enabling people with a wide range of needs is based on the philosophy which upholds that each person has a right to take control of how their service is planned and delivered.
Supporting the individual
Through person-centred approaches and planning, all services and support will be tailored to each person’s needs and will be comprehensive in nature dealing with all major aspects of a person’s life, including social, educational, vocational, financial, recreational and leisure activities.
We believe that every person, regardless of severity of need or impairment, has the ability to grow, learn and develop, and this can be enhanced by ensuring people have access to their community and to mainstream resources.
Citizenship
We believe that each person should be supported to take on their rightful role as active citizens in their own community. We also know that people’s tastes and preferences will change over time, so the Dynavour philosophy supports the provision of a flexible service to allow for the changing needs of each person to whom we provide a service.
- Liaison with other support services
- Help finding move on accommodation
- Support to cook
- Benefits
- Facilitating social interaction
- Facilitating getting up or going to bed
- Shopping
- Emotional support
- Outreach Service if people would like support to move.
If individuals are ready to live independently then we can assist them with obtaining a flat in the community.
Merlin House and Belgrave both have access to an out of hour’s line this is helpful if there are emergencies with the support or problems with maintenance.
Tenancies
Residents are granted assured shorthold tenancies for a fixed 6 months term. All tenancies are reviewed at 4 months and at the end of the six month term they revert into monthly periodic tenancies. Residents are not normally expected to need the service for longer than two years and are encouraged to move on when ready, competent and confident to do so, assuming that suitable move-on accommodation has been identified and is available.
Accommodation
We can support you in various ways with independent accommodation with support being as flexible from 10 hours a week to 10 hours a day!
Merlin House and Belgrave House
Merlin House is a block of 8 of 1 bed roomed flats and 1 studio flat, not far from the centre of Gloucester.
It is suitable for people who are more independent and may have a mental health problem or other needs. If you rent a flat then you would be expected to need a number of support hours to help keep you independent or build on your current skills. These flats have all been recently renovated and are of a high quality.
We have a maintenance team that are on call 24/7 in addition we have an out of hours service that is available until 10.30 every night and the weekend. On renting these flats you will be asked to sign a standard level agreement and this will give you a statutory right as a tenant.
In addition you will have an identified number of support hours that may cover some of the following:
- Support skills to build on your present independence
- Emotional support
- Support to day time activities including employment
- Prompting with medication
- Budgeting/benefits
- Accessing local resources e.g. GL1, shops
- We have a maintenance team to support the flats that respond within the day