Staff at Draper’s will work within Kipper’s Practice Framework:
Staff Roles
Learning Mentors
Role
Address
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Address line 02
Phone: 425.555.0155
Fax: 425.555.0156
Email: [email protected]
Reflective Practitioners
Interventions
Strengths-based Assessments
Motivational Interviewing
Problem Solving
ETE information, advice and engagement
Review of progress
Theory/ Framework
Learning Cycle & Learning
Styles
Risk & Resilience
Motivational Theory
Understanding Resistance
Assertive Practice
Pro-social Modelling
Peer Mentors/ Training
Social and Purposeful Activities
Developing Social Capital and Support
Networks
Transactional Analysis
Social Capital
Transitions & Development
Social Pedadgogy
Strengths-based Assessments
Support Planning & Review
Node Link Mapping
Referrals to specialist services
Clinical case reviews
CBT approaches
Personalisation
Risk & Resilience
Active Listening
The Kipper Project:
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Draper’s Young Person
Support Service
Information for Stakeholders
Partnership working is central to our approach, and we will work with partner agencies to agreed protocols,
to ensure a consistent, co-ordinated and complementary service is provided for young people at Draper’s.
Involving Young People
Regular Residents Meetings will be held to provide young people with opportunities to review and agree
“house rules” (so that they understand and gain ownership of the arrangements necessary for communal
living); help develop activities programmes and provide feedback. Young people will be supported to use
our Suggestions Box and Feedback and Complaints procedures - we welcome advocacy from partner
agencies to assist young people in having their say about the services they receive.
Moving on from Drapers
Young people will stay at Draper’s for up to 12 months - some people may be ready to move-on in a shorter
period, and some people may need to stay a little longer. During your stay, we will talk to you about your
options and next steps. These may include another supported housing service, your own home or shared
accommodation in the Private Rented Sector.
Contact Details
Draper’s YPSS, 1 Mape Street, London, E2 6HW
Service Manager:
Telephone
Email
Fax
Draper’s Young Person Support Service aims to provide homeless young people
from Tower Hamlets with a safe and comfortable place to live, whilst they develop
the practical, social and emotional life-skills they need to make a successful
transition to adulthood and live more independently.
Draper’s Support Service Model and Ethos
DPYSS is part of The Kipper Project, which has developed a core service offer based upon almost 40 years’
experience of working with homeless young people in East London. DPYSS will offer young people:
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A safe space in which to live and learn
Support to develop practical lifeskills
Education, Training and Employment support
Development of personal and emotional lifeskills
Support to build social capital and positive support networks
Draper’s is part of Tower Hamlet’s pathway of accommodation and support for young homeless people.
Draper’s provides accommodation for up to 12 months for young people who are homeless or at risk of
homelessness and need support to gain life-skills and confidence before they can live more independently.
Referral Pathways and Eligibility
All referrals to Draper’s will come through Tower Hamlets Housing Options and Support Team (HOST) and
Tower Hamlets Leaving Care Service. The service is available to young people who are:
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Safe Space to
Live & Learn
Education,
Training &
Employment
About the Draper’s Young Person Support Service
Practical
Life Skills
Aged 16 – 21 years
Have support needs requiring 24 hour waking cover
Have a local connection with Tower Hamlets
Are able to pay the occupancy charges
We will undertake assessments in a timely manner and – where there are vacancies and young people are at
risk, or likely to be placed in B&B or other unsuitable accommodation - we will offer same day assessments
and move-ins.
Staffing Arrangements
Support
Networks &
Positive
Relationships
There is a staff team of 13 at Draper’s – with at least two members of staff at the service between 8.00 am
and 11.00pm seven days a week, and waking Night Support Workers, supported by a night concierge service:
Personal &
Social Life Skills
We believe the services we offer provide the foundations and skills young people need to lead healthy, productive and
purposeful lives. However, our experience is that how we work with young people is as important as what we offer.
Our methodology, or practice model, is designed to empower young people by working with them to identify their
priorities and aspirations; develop the skills to plan how to meet their goals; and gain the long term insights and resilience
to live independent and fulfilled lives.
We take a team based approach to working with young people, and have regular case review meetings where insights and
advice are shared; ensuring young people benefit from the full experience and skills of the team who are able to work to a
social pedagogue model. This involves building trusting professional relationships with young people, informed by insights
into the reasons for what may sometimes be challenging behaviours, and demonstrate that they care about the young
person’s wellbeing and are interested in them and their point of view, by:
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Actively listening
Involving them in decisions about them
Persistence – keeping the door open
Affirmation – showing young people that someone believes in their potential, even when they may have lost sight
of this themselves
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Contract Manager
Senior Support Worker
Specialist Support Workers (Transitions) x 2
Support & Development Workers x 4
Assistant Support Workers x 3
Night Support Workers x 2
Night Concierge Service
Young people will be given a choice of key-worker as part of our person-centred model.
Accommodation at Draper’s
Draper’s offers accommodation for 41 young people, comprisi8ng 21 rooms with shared bathrooms and
kitchens (young people usually share with one or two other people) and 20 self contained flats; mostly
studio/bedsits. There is a communal laundry and shared spaces and offices for meetings and activities.
We offer young people the opportunity to personalise their room, but may require them to move during their
stay at Draper’s. This is to enable them to gain different experiences – including learning to share with “flat
mates”.