Support Team
We have a dedicated team of Support Workers based at each of the hostels. The main aim and objective of the Support Team involves creating a strategy which will encourage residents to take control of their own lives, by developing the skills necessary for independent living and to enable them to improve their own network of support, once they have left The Ashley Foundation.
These aims and objectives are achieved by offering practical support, advice, assistance, advocacy, representation and counselling.
The Support Team liaise with specialist agencies such as mental health services, drug and alcohol agencies, debt management schemes, mentoring projects, probation services and so on. The team also have good links with and invites on-site work from numerous educational establishments and also offers social life skills courses and other projects for our residents to access.
The desired result of all these opportunities is to enable the individual to cope better with daily problems, to help increase self-esteem, improve motivation and raise levels of confidence by the meeting and overcoming of challenging situations.
Our Support Manager at The Ashley Foundation is Debbie Ellis, who currently oversees the work and progress of the Support Team who will work with clients with a variety of issues including drugs, alcohol and mental health and basic skills.
