Our Services
We provide safe Accommodation and support to Young People in an environment which actively promotes personal growth & development.
Housing & Support
Good2Go Care Services provides a high quality shared supported units in the Harlow area for young people between the ages of 16-18 years old who are referred to us by local authorities. The units are designed to accommodate the more mature young person. We here at Good2Go ensure that all young people referred to us receive a comprehensive:
- Review/ Monthly Report
- Keywork sessions
- Missing / Unauthorised Absence report
- Monthly Health report
- Independent Training Programme
- Access to internet Education & Training
Care Escort Services
Good2Go Care Services are able to assist on a wide range of transport and escort services for those young people who may require our assistant. We will ensure that the young person in question attends his/hers official appointment and any meetings scheduled by the referring social worker
Good2Go Gym
Good2Go Care Services now have a gym facility which is available to use for all young people under Good 2 go. We have a qualified personal Trainer on site which will be providing group sessions and boxing training for all people that are interested. The gym is located at the Purford Green accomodation. The gym offers many benefits such as improving your cardiovascular health, building muscles and of course its good for your body. We know many of our young people suffer from stress and mental health issues so this will be a great way for them to relieve anger and stress.
Overview of what we have inside the gym:
- Personal Training, Inductions, fitness assessments and diet plans keep your training regime up-to-date
- Boxing classes
- cctv cameras
- Music system to play your own songs while working out
Adult Services – Coming Soon
Good2Go Care Services will be providing adult services to the age of 21. Good 2 Go aim to deliver a quality service and its our mission to support and protect vulnerable adults that are dealing with difficulties in life. We will be providing more information about the full service when it has been fully launched.
What are the services main aims?
- Provide young people with the opportunity of a positive residential experience and educational support in order to gain the skills knowledge and attitudes needed to live outside the institutional care system.
- Create a living experience where they can build both relationships and personal resources in order to gain the skills, knowledge and including confidence, trust, respect and the ability to care for themselves and others in non oppressive ways as a means overcoming the life adversities they have faced already
- Provide each young person with a safe and positive experience of group living.
- Maintain and/or develop contact between the young person, their family, friends and cultural networks.
- Provide an environment which actively promotes personal growth & development, honestly challenging unacceptable attitudes and/or behaviour.
- Ensure that appropriate levels of support are available to all young people as they move on from the unit to their own accommodation.
- Training programme which will provide them the necessary skills & confidence.
- Ongoing support from the project senior practitioner & other carers.
- A weekly allowance & equipment costs.
- The chance to meet new people.
- Further opportunities for training & development.
What are the service outcomes?
The service focuses on the five ‘Every Child Matters’ outcomes i.e. staying safe, enjoying and achieving, economic wellbeing, making a positive contribution and being healthy. We are developing detailed outcome objectives for the young people who use our services. By the time young people move on from 16+ we envisage that they will have achieved the following general outcomes, at least in part.
- Able to better understand their past and how it affects the present and the future.
- Have an increased awareness by of how their behaviour impacts on themselves and others, and what the costs and benefits are of behaving in certain ways.
- Have acquired the personal resources and skills needed to overcome the detrimental effects of past behaviours.
WHAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SAY
We recently asked young people how they would describe Good 2 Go to other young people and they said
Good 2 Go means a big family that’s always there for you, no matter what. After coming to Good 2 Go, I feel that everyone’s around me, always trying to help and it just makes me feel like I’m never alone and that I’m just as important as everyone else in the world. It makes me feel equal to everybody, even though I’ve had a bad past I feel like I’ve got a positive future.
‘I get really good support from all staff. I can talk to them when I am feeling down and they have helped me a lot. Everything has changed because of them and the self-harming seems stupid now. I have my own living space which I’m learning to live with other people, getting to know people different from me and the chance to do activities like eating out at restaurants and going to see “ Arsenal live at the emirates”. I have also built up the courage to talk more in meetings and improve my English.
Good 2 Go is a honest and safe environment to be in.” “It’s a good organisation, they help you with anything you need help with from school issues to personal issues they are always there for you .I’m more self-sufficient, a lot happier than I was previously. They gave me the opportunity to make mistakes and still learn from them which has helped me gain my independence.
