Home Support
In October 2022, we were awarded funding from Powys County Council to launch Builth & Llanwrtyd Wells Home Support. This is an Integral part of the One Powys/Vision 2020/25 prevention and early intervention programme and part of The Councils proposal to roll out Home support to all thirteen localities. Home Support is about helping individuals to live life in their own home, providing the support and practical assistance an individual may need in their day-to-day life to live at home, with confidence, in good health, independently and safely.
The Team
Bev Stafford - Senior Home Support Worker
Carol Smith - Home Support Worker
Julija Lovin - Home Support Worker
The Home Support team will work closely with individuals, their family and anyone else in their life, to help them with the support that they need.
They also work alongside other organisations in the local community to help provide better all-round support. Home Support services are free. Access is not means tested or dependent on inclusion/exclusion criteria and individuals can self-refer. Once an individual becomes a member of Home Support they can dip in and out of the service according to their needs without having to be re-referred. Some of the things Home Support can help with include:
Care line responders 24/7/365
Proactive wellbeing checks
Promotion of independence and wellbeing and healthy lifestyles
Practical support
Assist carers with their role.
Temporary personal and domestic support
Signposting, referral and help to access local community groups and support networks.
With the funding we have purchased a small car and employed three members of staff to deliver the service.