DO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR CLIENTS...

Have difficulties managing money?

Need help with their housing situation?

Need help with benefits?

HOW WE'RE FUNDED

Options is a pilot project funded by Supporting People. This is funding from the Government to ensure that vulnerable people get access to appropriate support that helps them get on with their lives. Supporting People’s job is to both fund the contracts, and to ensure that we are working at a high standard. Options is reviewed annually by Supporting People.

The funding from Supporting People means that our service is free to all clients. There’s no means test, you don’t have to be on a particular benefit. It’s free!

Building Blocks are very committed to getting our clients involved in making the services better. So we want to hear your comments about what we do, good and bad. We have plenty of opportunities for everybody to get more involved if you want to!

Assistance and advice regarding housing issues

Help with setting up and maintaining a tenancy or household

This list just gives some examples of the kind of support we can offer. Ultimately the support service is designed to meet the needs of the client

JOHNS STORY

John was not satisfied with many aspects of his life, he was isolated, financially vulnerable, his health was frail and he lacked motivation.

We began to support John and were soon going to medical appointments with him. Medi wallets were implemented and eye appointments attended, new prescription glasses we prescribed to remedy his cataracts.

John was taken advantage of by a bogus sales representative; Options supported John with Police and Trading Standards appointments and liaised with the Safeguarding Adults Team. We also ensured that John was accompanied to withdraw money from his bank account to make him feel safe.

We arranged for Social Services to provide Home Support to John, which allowed him to have access to daily homecare support, weekly care coordinator visits, occupational therapy and support from the Visual Impairment Team. We were also able to arrange for a social support agency to support John with shopping and to motivate him to go out in the community.

Options has enabled John to remain in his own home living independently, he no longer feels isolated or insecure in his community.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

If you think this service is the right service for you or your client you’ll need to make a referral from. Referral can be made by anybody and can be made by phone, mail, email, by fax or in person, to obtain a referral form give us a call on 01623 672065, or download one below

Every new referral is discussed at our team meetings, and we will allocate you with a worker who will arrange to meet you, this will give us an opportunity to tell you more about the service we offer and together we will decide if this service is right for you. If the referrer or client is unhappy with our decision, we will offer you the opportunity to appeal. You will get full details about that in the decision letter we send to you.

TO MAKE A REFERRAL OR DOWNLOAD OUR BROCHURES

To download a copy of any of our Options leaflets please click in the links below:

Options Service Guide

To make a referral to Options please download a referral form, and return it to us by fax or post it to the address below.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE OPTIONS TEAM PLEASE CLICK HERE

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information on Options Services please contact:

Kay Bowring - Manager of Options
Phone 01623 672060
Email: kay@buildingblocks.org.uk