To provide help and encouragement as required by individuals, for them to be more independent. It is likely that to achieve this, the person receiving support will require assistance from a number of different people, including friends, family, co-tenants and professionals.

It will therefore be necessary for the support worker to respect and work co-operatively with others enabling the individual to live independently in their own home within their local community, based on the individual’s preferences/needs within the framework of the Care Plan.
Support Worker will additionally be allocated the role of key-worker for a particular young person.