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Mencap supported living services
Mencap’s supported living service enables adults with a learning disability <span>A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things.</span> to live independently in their own homes. Instead of moving into residential care, individuals rent <span>Rent<strong> </strong>is the money that you pay to live in your home when you have a tenancy agreement. Your home belongs to a landlord, but you have a right to live there as long as you follow <strong><a href="https://www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-are-rules-my-tenancy-agreement">the rules that are in your tenancy agreement.</a></strong></span> or own their own property while receiving tailored, flexible staff support to help them manage their tenancies and daily lives.
How Mencap supported living works
Individuals either live by themselves or share a property with others. They have their own tenancy agreement <span><img alt="A picture of a tenancy agreement document with a pen." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="06b55245-b509-44e7-ad8a-6d8d6b440f94" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Tenancy%20Agreement.png" /></span> <span>A Tenancy agreement is where the person renting a house, and the person who owns the house, agree on things like how much rent to pay, who will mend things like the cooker if they go wrong, and whether you are allowed pets.</span> or mortgage, providing the same legal rights <span>Rights are the things everyone should be allowed to do like have a say, or go to school.</span> and security as anyone else living in the community <span>A community is the people and places in an area.</span> .
The support: Staff assist based on individual needs and goals. This can range from a few hours of drop-in help each week to 24-hour care, including overnight or sleep-in assistance.
Support is adapted to what the person wants and needs. It typically includes learning, or assisting with:
- Personal care (e.g., getting dressed, bathing)
- Household chores like cooking, laundry, and cleaning
- Managing bills, budgeting, and claiming benefits
- Taking medication and managing doctor or dentist appointments
- Engaging in the community, leisure <span><img alt="A stop watch in the middle of pictures where people are doing things they enjoy like dancing, relaxing, playing sports and walking the dog" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="22b0c846-f722-4329-a602-3e9af6317ffe" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/leisure%20time.png" /></span> <span>Leisure is when you have time to do things you enjoy like playing sports or going to the pub.</span> activities, and building social relationships <span><img alt="Two couples hugging" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4ab6b0ca-766c-43cf-833a-6be1b6ea3405" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Group%2035.png" /></span> <span>Relationships are about the people in your life. You might have different types of relationships like friendships, family relationships, or a boyfriend or girlfriend.</span> .
The main difference between these two services are the individual's living situation and rights. In residential care, the person lives in a care home <span><img alt="Three people sitting in a house and a care worker looking after them" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5aecd06e-7245-4bc1-8b0d-139205e603d8" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Care%20Home%20%281%29.png" /></span> <span>A care home is a place where people who need support live. There are staff there all the time.</span> managed and owned by the care provider. In supported living with Mencap, the person lives in their own home, holds the tenancy, and receives care as a separate service.
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Are Mencap services regulated?
If a person requires support with personal care (e.g. washing, bathing or cleaning themselves, getting dressed or going to the toilet), then this support is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) - the independent regulator of health and adult social care <span><img alt="A man giving a man in a wheelchair a cup of tea. " data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="694d6762-f646-4c0a-bed0-90a0fcf95e1c" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Support%202.png" /></span> <span>Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.</span> in England.
Not all Mencap services support people with personal care.
