Salutem Care and Education has opened its Henwick supported living service in Worcester.

Henwick is a four-bed supported living service designed to empower young adults with learning disabilities to live as independently as possible, while receiving the necessary support to thrive.

Sally Jobling, divisional director – supported living at Salutem Care and Education, said: “We are delighted to deliver another wonderful supported living service in partnership with Warwick Investments, Inclusion Housing and Worcestershire County Council. It is a great example of co-production in action.

“This fantastic property will offer four young adults the key to their own front door, for the first time in their lives. 

“With care and support provided by Salutem Care and Education, this will enable them to flourish and continue their journey to greater independence, whilst living in a carefully designed environment, developed specifically to meet their individual needs. 

“This service is our latest development of supported living in the Midlands; we are proud to be able to work in partnership with our commissioning and housing partners to deliver accessible, sustainable, high-quality services for the people we support.”

Adam Jones, commissioner at Worcestershire County Council, said: “Henwick continues Worcestershire’s policy of developing high quality supported living services for young adults with learning disabilities. This property will allow four friends to leave their family homes and learn the skills to be as independent as they can be in a safe, supportive and fun environment.

“It has been a pleasure to work with Sally Jobling, Kathie Paltridge and Charlotte Parsons from Salutem; their commitment to supporting the four tenants from the tender award stage right through to moving in has been excellent and what we at Worcestershire have come to expect from our supported living providers.

“Warwick investments played their part brilliantly in finding such a great property and refurbishing it to the tenants’ individual needs and personal tastes and I look forward to working with Warwick further in the future. I’m extremely hopeful that the four young people moving in will be happy with the support provided by Salutem in their new home.”