Carrswood Day Service

Welcome

Who are we?

Carrswood Day Services have a purpose built day centre in Twerton, Bath. We also provide a range of Outreach and respite 1:1 and group sessions in the local community.

What do we do?

We offer a broad range of activities, which aim to develop, maintain and enhance people’s skills, interests and abilities.

Some of the community facilities we use are:

Bath Sports Centre for swimming / Sports
Trampolining and Volleyball at local Sports Centres
Royal United Hospital for Hydrotherapy
Local Libraries
Horse riding at Wellow Trekking Centre

We also:

Enable people to make choices about all aspects of their life
Present choices in an informed and responsible way
Enable people to develop relevant independence skills
Enable people to feel good about themselves
Create opportunities for people to meet people and develop friendships

At Carrswood, we believe that everyone has the right to make choices about their own life.

We work closely with local providers in all areas, so that people can access mainstream services and provisions wherever possible.

Service users can take an active part in the running of the service through the service user committee.

Activities are also held within the centre, including a Lunch Club (in which people choose and prepare their own lunches), the Committee (part of whose role is to organise the social aspect of using the centre) and a High Support Service, to enable people with High Support Needs to access mainstream activities in and out of the centre, and provide more specialist services within the centre (such as the sensory stimulation room) and support other professionals in their roles (for example physiotherapists and speech and language therapists).

How can I access the service?

Referrals are considered via the B@NES Learning Disabilities Team Managers at The Hollies in Midsomer Norton after full assessments are made by a Social Worker from the Community Learning Disabilities Team.