We have developed a great reputation for providing specialised support for young people in 24-7, floating support and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) accomodation across West Yorkshire.

Our current portfolio contains 20 + small properties acquired to meet the needs of our young people (including two adapted with safety equipment for the young people with hearing impairments) and trainer flats – offered as a transferable tenancy, covered by universal credit and other income benefits – we plan to invest in more similar accommodation.

The maximum occupancy in any of our houses is 5. All properties that require a HMO have one. We have a variety of solo placement types – houses, flats and apartments. All placements are completed to a high specification, beautifully decorated and furnished in a modern way, meeting the required standards.

We pride ourselves that our homes offer a nurturing environment and provide a safe space for our young people to successfully transition into independent living.

Our service is available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, including national and public holidays. We provide services during the day and sleep over services.

Unique Reference Number: 2755756

Ofsted, Piccadilly Gate, Store Street, Manchester M1 2WD

Our key objectives are:

Our staff team appreciate the importance of knowing their young people really well and understanding their particular needs. They are trained to support the development of life skills so that our young people have every opportunity to achieve positive outcomes: to provide clear and consistent boundaries combined with incentives and rewards for young people's progress and achievements; to help young people understand and regulate their emotions to reduce the number of negative incidents, and manage those that do occur well. Staff are trained to recognise signs of CSE, CCE and victims of Modern Slavery.

Each young person has a support plan which will identify the independent skills that need to be addressed and map progress, providing a focus for direct Key Worker sessions.

Young people are prompted to take responsibility for: their own space; maintaining a clean and organised home; planning, budgeting and shopping for making affordable meals; eating a balanced diet; and doing their laundry. All homes are well equipped with the facilities to accommodate this. Staff aim to make these tasks fun – eg TikTok cooking, come dine with me experiences, bake offs and cultural meals.

Youth Hubz follows the PACE model and all staff are trained to implement this in their everyday methods of working.  PACE is a model of caring which helps staff form secure attachments with young people. Our therapeutic approach to parenting young people encourages them to invest in themselves by creating a positive, safe environment in which to develop the life skills they will need to accompany them into adulthood. Our team are trained to support the development of these skills so that our young people have every opportunity to achieve positive outcomes and go on to lead safe and fulfilling adult lives.

Our support is outward facing: we work in partnership with the young people and the wider system of professionals. Our united aim is to meet their physical, psychological, emotional and health needs. 

Youth Hubz have high expectations of their staff to engage in on-going learning to ensure they are able to support the needs of our young people by providing attentive support to meet their emotional, mental and physical health needs as well as reflective practice in order to continually improve our provision. Staff work to foster positive, trusting, open relationships which encourage young people to share and discuss any concerns or worries that they have about their well-being or safety. .

The environment created within our properties is established to promote the well-being and safety of ‘Looked After’ young people who have been placed in our independent living provision.

Youth Hubz is fully committed to promoting social inclusion and, as such, we actively encourage young people to engage in a wide range of community activities which further their own interests. We have established links with social groups, youth clubs and sporting clubs to allow young people to continue with their own hobbies and interests.

Youth Hubz began in 2019 with the belief that small, homely, high quality provision would provide the best support for young people transitioning from care.

We had one three-bedded property and three members of staff.
 
We were approached to take the harder-to-place young people with complex needs who required high staffing ratios and multi-agency support. These young people required very specialist interaction from other professional bodies too eg. CAMHS and Forward Leeds an alcohol and drug addiction service. We have had considerable success working co-operatively with a range of providers, seeking out bespoke support for specific needs. Our reputation grew, our beds are in high demand and a niche was created.

Most of our placements were the harder-to-place young people with complex needs who require high staffing ratios and multi-agency support. Individual risk assessments for these young people are in place and shared with staff – with serious incidents identified. Staff are made aware of what actions to follow and who to contact. Risk assessments may identify the need for solo placements, additional staffing (Youth Hubz are flexible in adjusting staffing ratios to meet risk requirements), specialist interaction from other professional bodies, appropriate family contacts/friendships and potential risks to staff, other young people or themselves. LAC assessments help secure a suitable placement.
 
We specialised in working with young people whose individual needs mean they require a solo or dual placement and additional staffing if required by the local authority.
 
We have a sister care company and our vision is to offer the promise of stability with a smooth, managed transition from one level of care to another, driven by young people’s aspirations of a tangible future. Knowing from the beginning of the initial placement, that they have a future with us, enables our young people to aspire to live in their own home with prospects of a brighter independence ahead of them and engages them to commit to the process.

Additionally, we have run our own apprenticeship scheme through a second sister company. In order to become one of our apprentices, young people build their own CV, read the job advert and complete an application form to the specification of the advert and attend the interview under formal conditions. Key workers’ direct sessions support this process by modelling a CV, job application and helping young people to identify their strengths. 

Giving young people, leaving care, the help and care they need to live independently...