All of the Supported Living services that we provide come with the option of an ‘in house’ day services programmes whereby Prospect Concerns Care offer Community Access, Individual Social Activities, Group Based Social Activities and Social Interactions with peers as part of each and every week thus removing the need for an individual to attend a separate Day Service during the day.
The main benefit of utilising our daytime support services is the consistency of support staff for the individual in that they will have the same support staff during their morning routine, during their daytime social activities and finishing off with the nighttime routine. When accessing an independent day service provider an individual will typically see and work with a large number of different support staff throughout their day which will include support staff at their supported living placement, transport staff for the journey to day services and then a number of different support staff at a day centre.
The other benefit to Prospect Concerns Care Day Services is the freedom of choice an individual has due to our person-centred approach. Typical day services offer a set activity schedule of group activities whereby an individual is given the choice of either attending the group activity on that day or remaining at the day centre and not participating in the daily activity.
At Prospect Concerns Care we offer a multitude of choices to an individual to ensure that should they wish to access the community they are able to and we do this by offering a choice of individual activities every day of the week alongside the option to participate in group-based activities when they are operated during the week. This means that should an individual not wish to participate in any of the group-based activities that are in operation on a particular day. We can still offer a wide range of individual activities that they may wish to participate in with the support of their staff.
Prospect Concerns Care Day Services combined with our Supported Living Services give the individuals we support much greater freedom of choice and consistency of support than traditional Day Centres.
Below is a list of the Social Activities we support clients to access in the community:
- Swimming
- Cycling (Adapted Bikes)
- Horse Riding
- Sensory Rooms
- Discos
- Cinema
- Bowling
- Country Walks
- Arts & Crafts
- Community Gardening, Horticulture and Wildlife Projects
- Petting Farms
- Ice Skating
- Go Karting
- Boxercise
- Gym
- Youth Clubs
We believe in the active encouragement of daily participation in community-based social activities and by this, we don’t mean the institutionalised approach of set daily group activities!
Every individual supported by Prospect Concerns Care has their own personalised flexible activity schedule which is based around social activities that are age and gender appropriate whilst always taking into account their personal likes.
At Prospect Concerns Care we always encourage and aim to facilitate community access every day of the week and we have an ever-increasing list of community-based social activities that form the basis of an individuals activity planner, some of our social activities include but are not limited to the list above;
Aside from the regular daily activities listed above we regularly organise day trips further afield such as to the seaside during the summer months, we have in the past organised a group trip to Blackpool Illuminations and have even supported individuals to attend concerts by their favourite artists and musicians. A number of our supported living services clients have had holidays together as a household and we do aim to encourage every individual who we support to go on holiday annually whether that be with our support or with family members.