Life Skills
What is the Life Skills service?
It is a service designed to help people develop day-to-day living skills, to increase independence, anything from learning to cook and eat a healthy diet through to how to pay off debts and manage money. Life Skills supports Second Step's recovery and wellness approach to helping service users move forward and take responsibility for their day-to-day needs.
What support will I receive?
We cover Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and B&NES. Our aim is to provide a flexible service that suits your learning needs: one to one, in a small group or being supported to learn in the community.
We work on one of the skills areas at a time, for an average of six weeks. Throughout this time there will be good communication between you, the Life Skills worker and your Support Worker.
What can we help with?
Budgeting or Managing Money:
•Paying bills
•Managing Debts
Maintaining a safe home:
•Gaining confidence in running your home
•Maintaining a healthy/safe living environment
Cooking:
•Shopping for and preparing meals
•Learning more about nutritious meals and specific dietary needs
Support around literacy and numeracy is provided across all these areas.
Groups and courses:
We periodically organise a range of courses and groups in the Life Skills subject areas. Ask your Support Worker to let you know when courses are running.
Who can use this service?
This project is open to anyone living in a Second Step property or using one of our support services who is in receipt of Supporting People funding.
Will I need to pay anything?
No this service is free; although service users will need to cover the cost of the ingredients for their cookery lessons.
What happens now?
If you would like more information about the Life Skills project, you can either download the information leaflet by clicking on the link below:
Life Skills Information Leaflet
Alternatively you can call us on: 0117 914 5492
or email us at: lifeskills@second-step.co.uk
If you would like to apply for any of Second Step's Housing or Support Services, please click on the link below to download our Application Form.
Second Step Application Form for Housing and Support Services