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Shapes Domiciliary Care - Diverse Abilities

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Shapes is a domiciliary care service for children and young people with physical and associated disabilities. The aim is to provide short-term care within the home of individual children, with the objectives of: -

  1. Relieving some of the pressures that parents and carers can come under as they care for a child who has considerable support needs
  2. Help parents to continue caring for children at home to delay the possible future need for longer term residential care
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Venue/Contact Details
17 - 19
Manor Avenue
Poole
Dorset
Postcode
BH12 4LB
Area coverage
Bournemouth and Poole
Directions
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Times and Costs
Opening times:
Office available Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm
Further opening details:
  • Afternoon
  • Morning
  • Daily
Availability
  • All Year Round
Costs:
Varies dependent on needs and requirements of package
Ages, Booking Details and Referral Information
Ages:
From 0 years to 19 years
Booking Information:
Contact via the website, email or telephone
Referral process:
  • A referral can be made by parents, social care or health care by emailing a completed referral form to the manager. Funding must be agreed prior to Shapes commencing service.
Religious and Additional Needs Provision
Additional needs supported:
  • Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty
  • Medical Condition, including Allergies
  • Physical Disability
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Description:

Children and young people age 0-19 years with disabilities can receive periods of care which vary in length from two hours to a whole day session, and at a frequency which is determined by need (e.g. 1 day per month; 3 days per fortnight etc.)

Services offered include all aspects of personal care - such as support with bathing, dressing, eating/drinking, mobility and toileting. Specialist tasks such as feeding via gastrostomy sites/nasal gastric tubes and the administration of medications can be undertaken by staff with suitable training from a qualified person, such as the registered paediatric nurses who have signed to say staff have demonstrated competence and where a risk assessment has been put in place. Support workers will not carry out invasive medical tasks - such as catheterisation or the reinsertion of a nasal gastric tube, whereby the skills and expertise of a clinical professional are required.

Where appropriate a package of care may be put together that focuses on expanding a child/young persons’ social experiences, whereby they are taken out and supported in accessing activities such as swimming, youth clubs and bowling for example.

Due to training needs, Shapes staff are unable to support children and young people who have extreme challenging behaviour.

During a child’s last couple of years at school, Shapes can support transition to adult services through attending meetings/assessments or visits with parents.

Policies
Are your staff DBS Approved?
Yes
Do you have a First Aid Policy?
Yes
Do you have Public Liability Insurance?
Yes