The Salvation Army
TY GOBAITH, Social Services Centre, Cardiff
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army

Project Aims & Core Values

It is our aim to encourage service users to work towards independence as much as possible, providing access to support, counselling, advice and accommodation as required. We also aim to acknowledge all the basic human rights that contribute to quality of life.

Resettlement/Independence
To ensure that service users receive skills, training,advice and pro-active support according to individual need as required and to encourage a process that leads to independent living.

Pastoral Care
To ensure that spiritual and pastoral care needs are met where required through Ty Gobaith’s Pastoral Care Team

Improve Quality – To ensure services are of the highest quality and are tailored to meet individual need and are provided in accordance with relevant statutory standards.

Service Users
To maximise service users’ full potential through providing an empowering approach to support with the assistance of techniques such as motivational interviewing;

To ensure that increased emphasis is put on service user-led services in order that services become more relevant;

To advocate on behalf of service users in order that mainstream services can be accessed and exclusion of service users is minimised.

Strategic Environment
To maximise opportunities in the local strategic environment for the benefit of service users by filling gaps in service provision, and to further consider services with reference to relevant local and national strategies/policies.

Statement of Core Values

1. It is our aim to work in partnership with other agencies to provide a high standard of support and housing services.

2. It is our aim to work towards equal opportunity of access to our services.

3. It is our aim to give a high commitment to consult and enable service users to have a say about how/what services are provided to them.

4. It is our aim to respect individual beliefs and values recognising that different people have different worldviews

5. It is our aim to encourage service users to work towards independence as much as possible, providing access to support and accommodation as required.

6. It is our aim to provide pastoral care, counselling and advice when appropriate.

7. It is our aim that all our facilities are clean, warm and well maintained.

8. It is our aim to acknowledge all the basic human rights that contribute to quality of life.