Park Lodge Project Charter and Mission Statement

Park Lodge is a supported housing project for homeless young people in Leicester

We provide

• A safe, stable and supportive place for young people to grow
• A 24/7 open door to house, support and listen to all the young people
• A space for personal development, for expressing aspirations and for beginning to realise talents and ambitions
• An opportunity to work through personal traumas and develop appropriate attachments as a basis for positive relationships
• An accepting and stimulating environment in which young people can explore and express themselves
• A sense of belonging, home and community where they are respected, nurtured and valued

To achieve this, we expect that:

Our young people will:

• Respect and engage with the staff , other young people and the wider community
• Seek to be honest, trustful and open in their relationships
• Be treated fairly and without fear or favour
• Sign up to and keep to any house rules
• Explore their hopes, dreams and aspirations
• Reflect and learn from their actions and, with support and encouragement, begin to find solutions to problems for themselves
• Take responsibility for themselves and their actions
• Take up opportunities for personal development and seek to spend their time constructively
• Build their sense of self-esteem and worth
• Manage their money and pay their rent on time
• Look after their property and health
• Develop the life skills they need to live independently

Our staff will:

• Respect and empower each other and the young people they support
• Be honest, open and flexible and build relationships of trust and fairness, without fear or favour
• Be firm when necessary to challenge unacceptable behaviour
• Observe professional boundaries with each other and young people and help young people to recognise their importance
• Listen, care, trust, encourage, support and guide
• Value and celebrate diversity and difference
• Provide informed choices and challenges and help young people to take responsibility for the consequences of decisions they take
• Encourage appropriate and calculated risk taking
• Set clear and realistic expectations and goals for themselves and for the young people they support
• Provide young people with accurate information and signpost them to other organisations and agencies
• Make space for professional conversations in which they can reflect on their work and achieve high standards
• Take up opportunities for personal and professional development

Our Management Committee will:

• Develop the Project and seek to keep it viable
• Delegate authority in a clear and accountable way
• Give staff the tools to do the job the best they can
• Provide space for professional conversations – e.g. reflective practice
• Offer support, challenge and guidance
• Be approachable and responsive

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