Kirklees Adult Services Day care services

• Places where there may be activities
• Work opportunities
• Our vision
• These are our objectives
• Opening hours
• Holidays
• How to get a place
• Our staff
• Charges
• Complaints
• Equal opportunities
• Contacts

Our day services provide opportunities for adults with learning difficulties who are aged between 19 and 65.

There may be daytime activities at the following places:

Swallow Court Day Centre Swallow Street Huddersfield HD1 2PB	Map showing Swallow Court	Directions to Swallow Court
Briarcourt Community Base 28 Occupation Road Lindley HD3 3EE	Map showing Briarcourt	Directions showing Briarcourt
Briarcourt Garden Scheme Occupation Road Lindley HD3 3EE	Map showing Briarcourt Garden Scheme	Directions to Briarcourt Garden Scheme
Waverley Leisure Service provided by Mencap Waverley Hall Huddersfield HD1 5NA	Map showing Waverley Hall	Directions to Waverley Hall
Ravensthorpe Day Centre John Street Ravensthorpe WF13 3LE	Map showing Ravensthorpe Day Centre	Directions to Ravensthorpe Day Centre
Honley Community Base Honley Village Hall Roundway Honley Huddersfield HD9 6DE	Map showing Honley Village Hall	Directions to Honley Village Hall
Habib Base 27-29 Union Street Dewsbury WF13 1BA	Map showing Habib Base	Directions to Habib Base
Empire Base Walsh Buildings Town Hall Way Dewsbury WF12 8EE	Map showing Empire Base	Directions to Empire Base
Heckmondwike Base Scouts and Community Centre Thomas Street Heckmondwike WF16 ONW	Map showing Heckmondwike Base	Directions to Heckmondwike Base
Cleckheaton Base Turnsteads Community Centre, Turnsteads Road BD19 3UR	Map showing Cleckheaton Base	Directions to Cleckheaton Base
Slaithwaite Community Base Slaithwate Civic Hall New Street Slaithwaite HD7 5JR	Map showing Slaithwaite Civic Hall	Directions to Slaithwaite Civic Hall

Community facilities are also used such as public swimming pools, hydrotherapy pools, shops, ten-pin bowling alleys, local sports centres, local libraries and many more.

We access many different activities in the community all of which aim to provide leisure opportunities and the chance to socialise.

Work opportunities

Braircourt Garden Scheme is a working garden centre. Here people have the opportunity to learn about horticulture and gain work experience. They work in poly tunnels, greenhouses or outdoors and take part in work such as growing, sowing, potting and making hanging baskets for sale. Flowers are also grown to cut and sell in the summer.

The Deanery Project is based at Braircourt Gardens. A small group of workers go into the Deighton area each day and maintain gardens for people not able to do their own in that area.

Footprints is a shop based at 41 Market Street, Huddersfield.  It specialises in screen printing and transferring images onto a range of garments and accessories.
Footprint supports people service users to gain various work skills both in screen printing and working in a shop environment, as well as helping customers with their orders.

There are also opportunities in each of the community bases for people to pursue work based opportunities. This includes paid and voluntary positions, anything from working in cafes to delivering the local paper with support from Community Support Officers where needed.

Our vision

• To enable you to live as independently as possible
• To provide you with services which help you to fully and actively participate in all aspects of life in the community based upon good quality assessments and person-centred planning
• Our services will be organised and delivered to show Best Value
• We will provide our services in a non-discriminatory manner and show our clear commitment to equal opportunities
• We value the opinions of you and your carers and will routinely seek these views
• We will strive to enable you to make choices on how you live. Our services intend to help you take part in all aspects of everyday life, whether personal, social, economic or political.

We aim to :

• To meet your assessed needs in line with current legislation, community care assessments, service reviews and person-centred planning
• To develop a flexible service that will offer various opportunities for you to achieve maximum independence
• To involve you and your carers in service development
• To work in partnership with other agencies and service providers to create opportunities for you in the community
• To reduce social exclusion of people with learning disabilities
• To strive to continually improve our services and the opportunities offered

We work closely with other services who can support you if you need it.
These are:

• Physiotherapthy – to give you advice on getting about
• Speech and language therapy – to help you communicate
• Social work team – to discuss your needs
• Community nurses – to support you with health issues
• Residential / respite service / family placements – to deliver consistent support to you
• Cloverleaf / Mencap Advocacy – to help you express your views
• Real Employment – to support you in work
• Bridgewood Trust
• Mencap
• United Response
• St. Annes
• School / Further Education –to help you to move on

Opening hours

We provide services from around 9.15am to 3.30pm.

Holidays

We close for the following holidays throughout the year:

• Christmas and New Year
• Easter
• May Day
• Spring Bank Holiday
• Summer holiday -July/August
• August Bank Holiday

There are four training days a year.  These dates will be sent out to you each year.

How to get a place

You can contact the social work team at the Greenhead Resource Centre or Cullingworth Street.
A social worker will talk to you about your interests and what support you might need to use different services and this will go into your personal community care plan.

You can contact Gateway to care on 01484 223000 who will then contact the Social Work team at the Greenhead Resource Centre or Cullingworth Street.

A social worker will talk to you about your interests and what support you might need to use different services and this will go into your personal community care plan.

The social worker will talk to the Learning Disability Panel about your wishes. If the panel decides that your needs would be met by using some of our services, an 'Eligibility Criteria' document will be drawn up. This will state your needs and the needs of your carers and indicate how many days you will attend. If your needs change at any time, a new Eligibility Criteria document will be drawn up to see if the number of days should change.

Our staff

We have:

• Four Day service team managers
• Day service support officers
• Kitchen staff
• Administration staff
• Drivers and escorts
• Cleaning staff

The team will give you the support you need to take part in your daily activities and help you with your personal development and personal support needs.  They will get to know you and your carers and will help you reach your full potential by finding out what you want to do with your time while you are with us.

We will provide services that are sensitive to your cultural needs and ensure that your requests for support are met.

Charges

If you live in residential care the charge will be £3.10 a day.  If you live at home with your parents or carers your day service charge will be £5.10 a day.

Complaints, compliments and comments

If you are not satisfied with something that has happened to you or you feel there is something you have been prevented from doing, you can use our Complaints, Compliments and Comments Service.  This means that somebody will listen to what you have to say and they will try to do something about it.

Equal Opportunities Policy

Kirklees Council has an Equal Opportunities Policy and all our services should reflect this.  We will respect your individual needs and provide a service that aims to meet them.

Contacts