Committed to choice for disabled service users and their families and agencies, our residential services for disabled people in Greater Manchester support children, young people and vulnerable adults who have physical and/or learning disabilities, autism spectrum conditions and complex health needs.

Our ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ services awarded by Ofsted and CQC are carefully adapted and fully accessible. Offering truly welcoming and friendly environments we provide:

• Planned short breaks and shared care for children and young people with autism
• Planned short breaks for children, young people and vulnerable adults with physical and/or learning disabilities aged between 5 and 24 years
• A range of residential services for disabled young people in crisis and medium and long-term care for those up to 30 years of age.

Solution focused services

With an excellent reputation for partnership working all our services for disabled young people and vulnerable adults offer:

• Support from teams of highly trained, experienced staff.
  Training is provided in PROACT SCIPr-UK®, PECS based communication, Makaton and autism specific training where relevant
• Person centred planning – linking to all aspects of support, social integration and learning. We work closely with schools and colleges
• Assistance with transition and direct work packages where appropriate
• Opportunities to develop and enhance practical skills
• Support for those with medical needs
• Support from our own clinical psychologist
• Direct payment uptake for short breaks and shared care.

We also provide activity holidays, flexible outreach, and community and home services for disabled young people and vulnerable adults across the North of England. We have a number of service user forums, groups and activities to promote friendships and additional social opportunities.

With teams of highly skilled professionals from our multidisciplinary teams across residential and domiciliary services, together with education provisions, fostering and autism specific services, our strategy is to transform and expand our disability support services and to provide a universal approach to supporting families.