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Regard’s aim is to provide the highest possible quality of support to the people who use our services. We support individuals with learning disabilities. Our enabling, self empowering approach is tailored to a person’s aspirations, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction.
We will develop a package of care and support based on an individual’s assessed needs. By managing a person’s risks, we ensure that they achieve as much independence as possible regardless of need and regardless of living within a residential or supported living setting. All service users are treated as equals.
Our aim is for individuals to gain greater independence and support them to move on to from residential care to supported living in the community where possible.
Here at Eastbourne Rd we specalise in supporting young adults with learning disabilities who may also have associated complex behavioral needs, epilepsy and or autism. It is a very active, vibrant service and support is flexibly structured to meet the busy life’s of the young people accessing colleges, employment and numerous local social and recreational opportunities.
The Property
111 Eastbourne Road is a large detached house situated between Polegate and Eastbourne.
It has excellent public transport links to the local area including trains to Brighton and buses to Eastbourne which has a lovely seafront and pier; there are also links to Polegate, Hailsham and London.
We provide 24 hour support to eight adults with learning disabilities, in a very relaxed and homely setting. Support is tailored to reflect individual need.
On the ground floor there is a large lounge, dinning room and kitchen. We have two individuals’ bedrooms on the ground floor and also our two sleep in rooms.
On the first floor there are six further bedrooms and a communal bathroom. Some the bedrooms are en-suite and we are in the process of upgrading bedrooms to include new wet rooms.
We have one vacancy in the service and this is located in a large room on the first floor looking out the front of the property.
The home is currently undergoing some exciting refurbishments and we are also looking at a large conservatory to the rear of the property.
The Service
We adopt an outcome focused approach by working with the service user to take all areas of their life, important to them, into consideration.
We Offer
- 24 hours a day shared support; including night support.
- Promote opportunity for life skills training to enable people to move from residential care onto supported living.
- 1:1 support for specific support to compliment individual assessed needs if required.
- Full inclusive support planning, care needs and risk assessments.
- Individual health care planning and facilitation.
- Promotion of communication for users with autism and or communication needs. We promote use of pictorial aids, communication passports, audio communication systems and where required will involve speech and language therapist.
- Longstanding, motivated and consistent fully trained staff team.
- Our aim is to decrease 1:1 support hours as skills are further developed and greater independence gained where possible
- Support is structured to ensure that the individual has the opportunity to access a full range of activities within the community e.g. football, cinema swimming and local clubs and where possible employment opportunities and access to local colleges.
Specialist Support
- Staff team with specialist training supporting challenging behavior and Epilepsy
- Person Centered Planning Facilitator.
- Promoting self advocacy and support to access advocacy services.
- Social Activities/inclusion and community links
- Vocational opportunities and access to local colleges
- Facilitation with health care appointments and full health action plan.
- Initial orientation to new surrounding and establishing new routines
- Well established links with community learning disability team and health care professionals.
Generalised Support
- Emotional support/socialization
- Consistency of any specific management approaches in line with risk assessment or guidelines.
- Personal care
- Promotion of group social activities as desired by individuals
- Support with cleaning and laundry
- Menu planning, shopping and cooking
- Administration of medication.
- Transport training where applicable to further promote independence
- Supporting individuals to maintain the safety of their environment
- Benefits support and assistance with claims by a specialist team
Details
E-Mail: 111eastborne@regard.co.uk
Regional Director: Daun Tattersall Email: Daun.Tattersall@regard.co.uk
Customer Relations Manager: Michelle Rumble
Localities Manager: Richard Harris |
