Dosti was established in 1995 when the need for an Asian women's mental health provision was identified by a group of Asian women. Dosti gained charitable status in December 2000 and has developed as a unique Asian Women's Support Service in citywide Leeds with a vision to deliver high quality service empowering women to enhance their mental health.
Dosti is committed to and continues to offer a culturally sensitive service where Asian women feel that their diversity and culture is understood and recognised. By focussing on the holistic needs of Asian women and using person centred approach this has enabled positive changes to develop which has increased Dosti's effectiveness and accessibility.
AIMS
To provide a holistic high quality support service to Asian women citywide
- To regularly consult service users and carers in the development and delivery of our service.
- To be flexible, person centred, responsive in our approach in order to meet the individual needs of our service users.
- To provide a culturally appropriate intervention support for Asian women
- To ensure that our services are accessible and available equally regardless of nationality, national origin, religion, sexuality, disability, age, marital status, and colour
- To provide an empowering service which allows women to move on to live independently and actively as volunteers or find employment.
OBJECTIVES
We will achieve our aims by:
Developing and delivering innovative services to meet the needs of service users, by taking advantage of funding opportunities and establishing mutually beneficial partnerships.
Developing and promoting self-help initiatives and mutual support amongst service users and carers.
Promoting and delivering the work of Dosti in a planned and professional way.
Dosti staff are central to the front line delivery and effectiveness of this high quality service. It is imperative that we commit to provide our staff with competent leadership, supervision, training and guidance in order to enable our continuous development and enable the provision of service excellence.
