SAVING FAMILIES GROUP HOME - NAJAI'S HOUSE

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Saving Families Group Home - Najai's House is a non-medicaid facility licensed through the Virginia Department of Social Services. The purpose of Saving Families Group Home – Najai’s House is to meet the developmental, physical, emotional, social, educational, intellectual, and spiritual needs of at-risk, runaway, and sex trafficking youth. Saving Families Group Home – Najai’s House will provide a family and social environment in which youth and their families (if applicable) will address issues that negatively impact their relationships and if left untreated will prevent future reunification as well as hinder the youth’s potential for independence and success. Our vision is that at-risk, runaway, and sex-trafficking youth will be empowered and respectful of themselves and others. Our mission is to create and maintain a safe, nurturing family-oriented group home that meets the specialized needs of youth and their families with a continuum of services in a nurturing, culturally appropriate environment, through a well-managed partnership of organizations.

 

Saving Families Group Home – Najai’s House is committed to culturally aware and sensitive partnerships with our youth. To the very extent possible, we make the effort to have our staff and programming reflect and respect the diversity and culture of our youth with regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, language, gender, sexual orientation, spirituality, and cultural learning.

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Community Youth Development is guided by the following values:

• Self-help – increase an individual’s and group’s self-esteem and reduce a sense of isolation and alienation.

• Mentor and peer support – teach the necessity and pleasure of forming familial groups for supportive living

• Empowerment – involve youth at every level of planning and program implementation and enable them to set goals and make decisions in their own best interest.

 

TREATMENT METHODS

 

Saving Families Group Home – Najai’s House provides 24-hour care, supervision, and treatment to at risk, runaway, and sex-trafficking youth victims in a group/family home setting as part of the youth’s transition to independence, reunification with their family, or transfer to a foster home. At risk, runaway, and sex-trafficking youth victims ages 12 to 17 whose family situations, or social or developmental issues preclude them from living at home or in a less restrictive setting and who display moderate behavioral, psychological, neurobiological or emotional problems, and those that are placed on waiting list for foster care are placement into a home. Saving Families Group Home – Najai’s House provides a planned program of group living in a community-based setting with regular involvement in community-based education, recreational and occupational activities. Youth also receive mental health service if applicable (outsourced), independent living skills support, and educational support. With our trauma informed model, we strive to realize the impact of trauma, recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma, respond by integrating knowledge about trauma, and seek to resist re-traumatization. One of our major focuses is showing our residents that they are not a product of their circumstances and provide them with the needed tools to learn to take control of their lives and to push through all obstacles to have a successful future. With our family environment, we thrive to have our youth feel at home and welcomed. We work hard to ensure that they live a normal life with school activities, celebrations of milestones, and helping to establish future goals.

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Youth at Saving Families Group Home – Najai’s House will participate in individual, group and family therapy unless determined otherwise by the County Social Worker, Placement Agency, and Program Director. In the context of providing treatment to placed youth, staff will follow the Virginia Department of Social Services Children’s Residential Facilities Regulations and will ensure that all placement agency’s and community care licensing requirements are met.

 

AVAILABLE SERVICES INCLUDE:

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• Weekly individual counseling sessions custom designed to address the youth’s individual needs and issues. Daily and monthly goals will be set and a goal of fulfillment will be established.

• Supervision of residents to assist with their independent living goals.

• Teaching skills to improve self-esteem, anger management and educational goals.

• Utilization of tools to assist in learning the rules and regulation of society to ensure individual growth and success.

• Promotes a variety of skill building including, communication/socialization skills, appropriate interpersonal relationship skills, nutritional food preparation, proper hygiene and cleaning, educational structure and support with on-site tutoring services, and career exploration/job training opportunities. 

• Participation in community outreach programs

• Scholarships to residents that are transitioning from the home into post-secondary education

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR PLACEMENT PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO INQUIRE: savingfamilies2016@sfroy.org or

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CALL THE FACILITY: 804-276-1454

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