New Outlooks offer high quality support to adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, sensory impairment and mental health issues in Kent and South East London. We help individuals live as independently as possible by providing tailored support to meet all aspirations and goals in life.

New Outlooks are part of the Avante Partnership, a charitable not for profit service, offering care and support with supported living, access to employment, educational, recreational or social opportunities to those who need it.  We also provide support to people living in sheltered housing schemes, residential villages and care schemes.

Supporting people with learning disabilities,

New Outlooks help people live the lives they wish to live regardless of their level of ability.

New Outlooks support hundreds of individuals helping to meet their aspirations and goals in life and attain the level of independence they wish for.

Supported Living

New Outlooks knows that owning or renting your own home is an important part of having control in your life. New Outlooks Supported living scheme is about choosing how, where and who you live with. It is about supporting the individual rather than the individual fitting into a service.

New Outlooks offer help and support in different ways depending on the individual, as some people need help and support for just a few hours a week eg shopping, cleaning or meal preparation or for others it could be a higher level support throughout the day and night.

The following are just a few examples of the support services New Outlooks can offer:

  • Support for attending social events
  • Help and support with transportation
  • Family respite
  • Travel and holidays
  • Meal and nutrition planning
  • Help and support with Work/college/leisure
  • Mental health support
  • Safeguarding support
  • Housing support
  • Managing money and budgets
  • Social skills development
  • Live-in support
  • Transition to living in the community
  • Household management support
  • Extra-care housing support
  • Personal care and grooming
  • Extra-care support
  • Shopping and housekeeping
  • Liaison with housing associations

We work with flexible person-centred plans designed through consultation with the service use, their family members and carers.

Author: avantemaster Date: October 6, 2011