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Employment and Supported Volunteering
Creative Arts
Leisure and Life Skills
Community Stroke Service
Karten Computer Centre
Back Care Advice for Carers
Information and Advice
Rendezvous
The adult resource centre
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Adult and Community Support Service
Working with people to encourage and widen choices by:
• exploring and developing new interests;
• engaging in personal development to achieve a healthier
lifestyle, improve learning opportunities and broaden social networks;
• building skills towards a chosen lifestyle where housing,
volunteering and employment possibilities can be explored; and
• recognising rights and responsibilities in everyday life.
The Adult and Community Support Service operates from Rendezvous,
our adult resource centre, and offers opportunities at a variety
of locations to people aged 18 and over who have a physical disability.
This may involve accessing the local leisure centre, pub, shops
or theatre, or support to move into purpose-built accommodation.
Whether a person is interested in improving their health and fitness,
attending a course, starting a creative activity or socialising,
the Adult and Community Support Service develops individual programmes
to build skills towards a person’s chosen lifestyle. Each
person is allocated a key worker within the staff team with whom
they meet on a regular basis. People can refer themselves to the
Adult and Community Support Service or be referred by their GP,
other health professional or by their Care Managers.
Therapy
Service
The aim of the Therapy Service is to enable individuals to encompass
therapy into their everyday lives. This is carried out, for example,
by improving posture control, learning new skills and use of practical
equipment and therapeutic activities such as fitness and exercise.
Therapy services are individually tailored to meet specific goals
that the individual has identified as an area in which they wish to
improve.
An initial assessment is undertaken and home visits can be arranged
where short and long-term goal setting is discussed. This will be
followed by regular reviews. Therapies on offer include physiotherapy,
occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, fitness and exercise programmes
and advice on diet and nutrition.
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Employment
and Supported Volunteering
As partners in 'Stepping Stones', we offer support in finding employment.
This is offered in a variety of ways from job search, approaching
possible employers and CV writing, to advice on interview techniques
and practical support to find employment with follow-up support once
employed.
Supported volunteering opportunities are offered to people who have
a long-term goal of paid employment but who initially need to build
confidence and skills. These opportunities are offered at the Centre
or with external organisations.
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Creative Arts
Creative art can offer many benefits to everyone ranging from the
fun and pleasure of learning new skills through to the expression
of innermost thoughts and feelings.
Sessions are held in the art studio and provide an opportunity to
broaden creativity, develop new skills and work with many different
mediums including clay, mosaic, sculpture, pâpier-maché,
paint, textiles and many more.
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Leisure and Life
Skills
A variety of courses are run at the Centre or in other suitable locations.
Courses are geared towards individual learning goals and interests
and group sizes are small to ensure an appropriate level of support
is given. In addition, we organise different outings throughout the
year as requested by people accessing the Centre. These include trips
to museums and cinemas, pubs, shops and sport and leisure facilities.
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Community Stroke
Service
Co-ordinating services for people recovering from a stroke and their
families and carers, this service researches unmet need in the community
and aims to find innovative ways to fill these gaps. Support, health
and lifestyle advice and sign-posting is offered to anyone affected
by stroke.
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Karten Computer
Suite
The computer suite provides a range of educational and leisure programmes for physically disabled adults, people with visual impairments or carers. A variety of adaptive equipment is available. We currently offer small group or individual IT skills and support sessions or will deliver short courses for groups by arrangement. The Karten Computer Suite can also be hired out for training purposes.
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Back Care Advice
for Carers
Carers are offered advice and support on all aspects of moving and
handling, including advice on good posture and back care, within the
home or in small group sessions. Advice is given to enable carers
to use equipment to its best effect and assist in minimising risk.
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Information
and Advice
The following services are available at the Centre:
Adult and Community Service Support Group –
a support group for families and carers of people accessing the Adult
and Community Support Service.
Short-Term Breaks – advice can be found at
www.shorttermbreaks.org.uk
Surrey Supported Employment – helping disabled
people to find employment. More information can be found here:
www.surreyemploy.org.uk
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