Residents can benefit from:

• A home from home environment, where residents are supported to maintain and develop personal skills and independence within a person-centred approach, promoting quality of life. Residents can choose their meals using pictorial menu boards and help to learn how to cook different meals.

• Bedrooms of varying sizes with 2 communal lounges, a dining room and kitchen on the ground floor. Our outdoors grounds include a summer house, astro turfed lawn, rattan furniture, benches, a sensory garden with a rubber-crumb safety flooring and a greenhouse which the residents grow a variety of produce.

• Daily activity boards and picture cards that support residents to choose the activities they would like to take part in, either at the Home or in the community. We host regular activities from gardening, walks, swimming, to trips to the seaside, bowling alley, cinema, restaurants and karaoke parties.

• Regular external activities are sourced according to choice and are provided by Castaways Drama group, Artspace and Stainforth Smile day centre. Some examples of activities our residents enjoy includes puppet shows, live singers, arts and crafts and baking.

• We have assistive technology resources which include tablets, iPads, FaceTime, Skype and Zoom.

• One-to-one support is available to maintain contact within the community and educational interests. The local library is a short walk away along with public transport links.

There are two shifts during the day (7am-2pm, and 2pm-9pm) and both are covered by a Shift Leader and five carers. Three of the staff from each shift provides one-to-one funded support to residents with complex needs.

During the night, the Home is staffed by two waking night care support workers.

Most of our care staff have achieved, or are working towards an NVQ/QCF in Health and Social Care and complete ongoing mandatory training.

Please note that the level of care each person receives will depend on their individual needs. This is continuously monitored and reviewed to ensure each person receives the right level of care. Staffing levels may be adjusted in different areas of the Home to support the level of care required by residents at any particular point in time.