The requirement for adequate, well staffed provisions to cover a multitude of needs has increased over recent years. Respite models now include step down, step up and even step sideways to reduce hospital admissions and enable safe discharges.

There are also the more traditional models of holiday or timeout breaks to support the person or the families and carers. Crisis Management and emergency provisions are also becoming prevalent with requests from CCG’s and MBC’s alike, and care providers need to adapt their ability to support at short notice.

Type of property and their locations are also vitally important, to ensure appropriate provisions can be made to support the person correctly. Shared or singular locations, ground floor or wheelchair accessible, detached or in a quiet location as just a few examples of needs someone may have.

Having Karisa, our sister company, also enables us to move swiftly to support someone in crisis or in an emergency, by deploying trained staff at very short notice. We can then stabilise and access the person's needs before deploying Complesso staff or recruiting new team members on a needs basis.

We are committed to investing in more respite provisions across multiple locations, as well as continually developing best practice and ways of working for these services.