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The Adult Social Club runs twice a week for people to meet and socialise. This club is fully inclusive and is open to people on the autistic spectrum, people who identify as autistic.

On Tuesdays, members choose what they want to do out in the community. Favourite activities are bowling, swimming, tennis, pub quizzes, cinema, BBQs, walks, birthday and just for fun meals out. The most popular activity, is Planet Pool night, which happens the second Tuesday of every month, kindly sponsored by Baker Tilly.

On Thursday evening, we meet at the Brighton Close Community Room ( click here for location & directions), from 6 pm, until 8 pm, to enjoy a relaxed and welcoming environment, sit and chat with a cuppa or play board games, bingo or Wii games.

Trained facilitators oversee logistics, such as booking tables, arranging tickets and sorting transport, but members are encouraged to have control of how the club is run.

An opportunity to access activities and make new friends, sessions help to reduce isolation, increase confidence, promote independence, and provide valuable social and life skills through new experiences.

New members are always welcome at the club.

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Autism Jersey is the leading charity in Jersey dedicated to the assistance and support of people on the autism spectrum. Our mission is to enable people with autism to achieve their potential by advocating for an inclusive community and providing personalised services to individuals, families and ca

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JET Client Resources (jettraining.co.je)

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JET is a supported employment service whose aim is to help people with a disability or long-term health condition to find and maintain open employment.

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Transition to employment - support for autistic young people

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Transition to employment - support for autistic young people

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Structure of a personal statement 20220504 KW.pdf (gov.je)

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Trackers: the apprentice programme (gov.je)

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Careers information from 16 to 24 years of age (gov.je)

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Supporting school transitions | Resources | YoungMinds

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Supporting school transitions | Resources

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Resources providing practical tips and tools to help pupils, schools, parents and carers to manage changes and transitions throughout their time at school.

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Transitioning from school to further education

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Transitioning from school to further education

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Transitioning to further education | Resources | YoungMinds

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Whether you love the page or think something is missing, we appreciate your feedback. It all helps us to support more young people with their mental health.

Please be aware that this form isn't a mental health support service. If you or a young person you work with is in crisis right now and wants to talk to someone urgently, find out who to contact on our urgent help page.

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Transitioning to further education | Resources

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Advice and practical tips to support school staff in preparing their students for the transition from school to university or further education.

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SEN - Preparing for Adulthood Tools & Resources         

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SEN - Preparing for Adulthood Tools & Resources         

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Preparing for Adulthood: All Tools & Resources - NDTi

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Preparing for Adulthood: All Tools & Resources - NDTi

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Great stories and discussions where inclusion really works helping us to learn from each other and to try and build a more inclusive society for all children and young people.

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Learning Disability - Mencap Transition to adulthood

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Learning Disability - Mencap Transition to adulthood

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Transition into adult services | Mencap

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Transition into adulthood

It's a good idea for anyone to think about what you might want to do in adulthood. If you have a learning disability, you might benefit from some support when thinking about your options - from building friendships to finding a job or thinking about where you want to live in the future.

It might also help children to prepare for making decisions for themselves when they become 16, if they have capacity to do so.

This preparation for adulthood should happen from their earliest years and no later than by Year 9, when they are aged 13 or 14.

Children and young people should be encouraged to set what outcomes they want to achieve in future. These outcomes should be reviewed regularly as someone approaches adulthood.

Young people must also have access to careers advice and advocacy to help them prepare for adulthood.

Leaving education or training

Young people must remain in education or training until they are 16 and, in England, until they are 18.

However, some young people with a learning disability - for example those in England who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan - may remain in education or training, free of charge, until they are 25 if it is agreed that it would be beneficial for them to do so.

When it is anticipated that a young person with an EHC Plan will soon be leaving education or training, the local authority should agree in advance the support the young person might need to access and the support they might need to help them access it.

Transition into adult services

Children with a learning disability who are eligible for social care support can receive it until they become an adult. At this point they transition to social care services designed for adults.

The transition from children's services to adults' services is often very challenging for young people with a learning disability and their families: it combines a change of services and professionals at the very time when they are also negotiating wider changes to their life, for example in their educational circumstances.

These changes should, however, be planned in advance. If a child, young person or their carer is likely to have support needs when they turn 18, the local authority must assess them if it considers there is "significant benefit" to the individual in doing so.This is regardless of whether the child or young person currently receives any services.

This assessment can be requested by the young person's parents. There is no particular age at which this assessment request should be made, and in some cases it would be reasonable to request an assessment when the young person is 14 or 15.

This is likely to be necessary for young people with complex needs who are going to continue to need significant levels of support from adult services. The complexity of their needs will mean that meticulous planning and a gradual transition to new services will be required.

The assessment is the starting point and could be requested years in advance of their 18th birthday to allow sufficient time for this planning and transition to take place.

There should also be no gap in services. In England, when the transition between children's and adults' services takes place, a local authority must continue to provide the individual with any children's services they were receiving throughout the assessment process.

This will continue until adult care and support is in place to take over - or until it is clear after the assessment that adult care and support does not need to be provided.

This continuation of children's services into adulthood can also happen in order to avoid the transition to adult services coinciding with other stressful events such as exam periods.

Planning the transition to adult services early aims to reduce the possibility of a "cliff-edge" where someone receiving support turns 18 and suddenly finds themselves without the care and support they need.

Useful organisations

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| The National Academies Press

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Our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all connected. What we think can affect how we feel and act. And what we do can affect how we think and feel. Changing one can help change the others. We can use this fact to help ourselves feel better and live the way we want to live. Watch this video to learn more about the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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Our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all connected. What we think can affect how we feel and act. And what we do can affect how we think and feel. Changing one can help change the others. We can use this fact to help ourselves feel better and live the way we want to live.

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Socio-emotional Skills Development Hub | Centre for Youth Impact

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Socio-emotional Skills Development Hub | Centre for Youth Impact

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The Socio-emotional Skills Development (SESD) resource hub holds a series of ideas, activities, and resources designed to help facilitate SESD in your work with young people.​

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Home-Start Jersey – brightly.je

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Home-Start UK was founded in 1973; the charity has more than 180 Home-Starts across the UK, which now includes us. There are more than 10,000 trained home-visiting volunteers who each year support more than 27,000 families and 56,000 children across the four nations of the UK to transform their lives. For more on Home-Start follow this link: www.home-start.org.uk

Most Home-Starts focus on supporting families with pre-school children and in addition, they add on specific support, which is needed in their community, so for example Home-Start Guernsey provides a nursery, some Home-Starts run dad's clubs, baby banks (equipment for babies), and so on.

Brightly is piloting a Home-Start Jersey initiative this year and will offer regular support, friendship, and practical help to individuals or families who need some support in their own homes, helping to prevent crisis or breakdown and help people when they need it most.

We will provide home-visiting support to three specific target groups:

care leavers aged 16-25;

families with pre-school children, where a parent is care experienced; and

families with pre-school children, where a child or a parent is experiencing poor health.

We have successfully recruited and trained ten volunteers who will be matched to an individual or family who they will visit once a week (usually for 2-3 hours). We are starting in a manageable way and then hope to grow appropriately.

We are now starting to offer support through the volunteer home visiting service. The matching process involves a few steps as follows:

Referral made

If the referral seems appropriate a home visit will be arranged to enable the Home-Start Jersey Coordinator, to visit the individual or family and clarify their specific needs, and to better understand how a Home-Start volunteer could provide support

Matching an individual/family to a Home-Start Jersey volunteer

The coordinator and the volunteer make an initial home visit

Regular home visiting commences (this will usually continue for three months or so)

If you have a family/young person who you think would benefit from our support and fits the above criteria, then please complete our and email to steve@brightly.je. Or if you would like to find out more, please contact Steve Harvey, Coordinator, either by email: or call 07797 796 392.

Referral Form (Word Document)

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Home-Start UK was founded in 1973; the charity has more than 180 Home-Starts across the UK, which now includes us. There are more than 10,000 trained home-visiting volunteers who each year support more than 27,000 families and 56,000 children across the four nations of the UK to transform their lives.

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Affordable Housing Gateway (gov.je)

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Find out who qualifies for affordable housing, maximum income limits and how to apply

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JAYF - A Safe Stepping Stone for Homeless Youth

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JAYF - A Safe Stepping Stone for Homeless Youth

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We are Committed to Helping Young People in Jersey Experiencing Homelessness by Providing Safe, Secure Accommodation.

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Right Help Right Time search results (gov.je)

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Funding & Finance - Youth Enquiry Service (yes.je)

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Funding & Finance - Youth Enquiry Service

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Need help managing finances? Need some funds to help you move on in your life? The development awards are for young people aged 14 - 25 years you have a barrier to get into either education, training or employment. You can apply for up to £500.

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The Shelter Trust | Jersey Online Directory (jod.je)

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The Shelter Trust | Jersey Online Directory

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“Everyone Needs Shelter” The Shelter Trust was established over 25 years ago and is now the leading provider of accommodation and support services for the homeless community in Jersey. The Trust provides accommodation, food, support / encouragement for around 100 people per night at four sites in an…

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Grace Trust - Grace Trust

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Offering a helping hand to the hurting. Providing love and understanding to the poor. With a listening ear for the homeless, marginalised and struggling in

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Housing - Youth Enquiry Service (yes.je)

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Find out more about the various accommodation options available for young people in Jersey.

Housing - Are you in need of support?

There are various accommodation options available for young people under 25. Are you sofa surfing? Are you in need of more secure accommodation? Get in touch YES can support you!

Aztec House 18+

Aztec House provides single accommodation for males and females who have been, or are at risk of being homeless for longer periods. There is an accommodation charge.

It is there to provide safe, high-support, longer-term accommodation for homeless adults. It accommodates for 22 single occupants and has staff on duty 24 hours a day. The dining, bathroom and laundry facilities are shared and there are limited facilities for disabled residents.

There is a computer with internet access is available to assist with work and flat hunting

Aztec also houses the emergency accommodation and the Drunk and Incapable Unit.

The services they offer are:

Assessment

Key working

Advocacy

Supported access to services e.g. housing, health, drug and alcohol, counselling, mental health, community bank

Employment and training advice

Meals

Laundry

Access: Referral by individual or agency.

If you do not have a phone or credit to get in contact, pop into YES and we will contact them on your behalf.

Recommended Resources

Strathmore 16-25

Strathmore is a residential unit for young people aged 16-25. There is an accommodation charge.

It provides a safe, high-support, medium-term accommodation for vulnerable young people. Their aim is to promote young people's independence using three pathways:

being in a settled safe accommodation

education, training and employment

good health and well being.

It accommodates for singles or couples where they are able to have their own room and has staff on duty 24 hours a day. The dining, laundry and some bathroom facilities are shared.

The services they offer are:

Assessment

Key working

Advocacy

Supported access to services e.g. housing, drug and alcohol, counselling, mental health, community bank

Life skills coaching

Employment and training advice

Meals

Laundry

Access: Referral by The Shelter Trust, individual or agency.
Contact number: 01534 726892
If you do not have a phone or credit to get in contact, pop into YES and we will contact them on your behalf.

Recommended Resources

Evans House 25+

Evans house provides single accommodation for both males and females primarily over the age of 25, however with a registration it may include adults from the age of 18 if required. There is an accommodation charge which is inclusive of all services charges and meals.

They aim to provide safe and secure accommodation for people in need of support with resettlement back into the community.

It accommodates for 22 single occupants and staff are on duty 24 hours a day. Onsite facilities include a communal lounge, dining room and laundry, there are numerous shared bathroom facilities throughout the building.

The services they offer are:

Support access to agencies e.g. housing, health, drug and alcohol, counselling, mental health, community bank

Key work sessions

Advice with employment and training

Assistance with legal monetary matters

Access: Referral by the Shelter, individual or Agency.
Contact number: 01534 484631
If you do not have a phone or credit to get in contact, pop into YES and we will contact them on your behalf.

Recommended Resources

Jersey Association for Youth and Friendship 18-25

Since 1961 the Jersey Association for Youth and Friendship ( JAYF ) has provided safe and homely accommodation to young people aged between 18 and 25 years who would otherwise be homeless through no fault of their own.

The services they offer are:

JAYF aims to provide a degree of stability and security as a stepping stone to finding full-time employment and finding more permanent accommodation.

The charity currently runs four hostels, which can accommodate up to 29 residents in mainly self-contained units with access to cooking, laundry and communal facilities. Residents receive support from designated 'houseparents' and an experienced Manager who provides guidance and encouragement as they embark upon their chosen paths, whether in education, training or employment.
Contact number: 07797 716575
Email: jayf1961@gmail.com

If you do not have a phone or credit to get in contact, pop into YES and we will contact them on your behalf.

Recommended Resources

Jersey Women's Refuge

The Jersey Women's Refuge provide a safe place for women and children to go who are victims of domestic abuse.

They provide a 24-hour, confidential service, which offers practical and emotional support to women and children suffering from abuse.

The Refuge employs five residential support workers and two outreach support workers who are trained and experienced in supporting women and children who have experienced abuse. Our support staff are qualified as Domestic Abuse Prevention Advocates which is a nationally recognised qualification for professionals working with victims of domestic abuse.

The services they provide are:

Email: info@jerseywomensrefuge.org

Recommended Resources

Sanctuary Trust

Sanctuary House provides accommodation and support to men who have reached a crisis in their lives and need help to get back into society. The men that they support can have a range of issues: Homelessness; economic hardship: domestic violence; mental health issues; family/relationship breakdown or addiction issues, be it gambling, drugs or alcohol.

Sanctuary Trust works across two sites and can accommodate a total of 24 men within the two properties. To help the men solve their own problems, achieve their goals and move back into society.

Recommended Resources

Prefer to ask us a question in person?

Get in touch to arrange a meeting and get support

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School leaver resources | Barclays LifeSkills

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LifeSkills has developed a suite of school leaver resources, designed to help young people find a good way forward, whatever the future holds. They offer students practical ways to work towards their next steps, whether that's career goals or further/higher education.

There are three resource packs to download:

1. Planning pathways: practical ways to prepare for the transition into further education, training or employment

2. CVs and job applications: support demonstrating their skills and experience through CVs, applications, cover letters and interviews

3. Becoming more financially independent: techniques for feeling more confident and prepared as they move into work, university or training around money and self-management

Each resource pack includes a selection of activity steps, worksheets and signposting to tools and online content which young people can use in their own time. They have been designed flexibly and can be delivered as:

Shorter activities for the start of subject lessons or form time

Longer activities to build aspirations and confidence

A series of sessions with a targeted group to support those most in need with this transition period

Signposting to encourage students to learn independently

Please note that students below the age of 14 cannot sign up for their own LifeSkills account. This suite contains optional independent tasks that link to the potential use of resources on the LifeSkills website.
Supporting young people's wellbeing and mental health

Your students may be looking for support and advice in relation to their mental health and wellbeing. The following websites can be visited and shared for those in need:

Mind: provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem - mind.org.uk

Mental Health Foundation: provides information, guidance and resources on all aspects of managing mental health at home, at school and in the workplace - mentalhealth.org.uk

Time to Change: campaign changing the way people think and act about mental health problems - time-to-change.org.uk

Rethink Mental Illness: a charity that improves the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through local groups and services, expert information and training and successful campaigning - rethink.org

NHS: public advice on looking after your mental health and that of others - nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters

Action for Happiness: focuses particularly on wellbeing and how to lead a happier life. Its Ten Keys to Happier Living is also available as an app -actionforhappiness.org

Mental Health in Further Education: provides a network for those interested in adult education and mental health - mhfe.org.uk/

Samaritans: If you're going through a tough time, you can talk to Samaritans free - day or night, 365 days a year - samaritans.org

You can also use the LifeSkills toolkit which helps to teach practical techniques around managing wellbeing, signposted in the section below.

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Transition to Secondary School Toolkit | Barclays LifeSkills

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