072 - Property for Complex Care Providers with Simon Cook

Simon Cook talks about his experience delivering support for people with complex psychological needs. He discusses the importance of single placements and giving people the right to choose who they live with. Simon talks about the challenges of finding property and working with property investors. Simon Cook is Director and Co-founder of Seco Support. He has worked in the adult and social care sector for 18 years and is a qualified Learning Disabilities Nurse and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. Simon is a huge advocate of the relationship model and have successfully moved people out of hospital and into their own homes in the community throughout the UK. Simon passionately believes every person deserves the right to live in their own home in the community where they can feel safe and happy. Seco Support Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realised this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for those who need them most. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and hosts a Facebook Group where people can learn, network and discuss supported living. You can find out more about Lisa and how you can work with her at her website:  www.lisabrown.uk Download your free guide to Supported Living Property here: https://lisabrown.uk/supported-living-property-guides-to-download/ To find the video versions of these episodes please go to: https://www.youtube.com/c/LisaBrownProperty  Thank you for listening, please do leave a review and subscribe to keep up to date with future episodes