Gender: Mixed
Age: 16+
We aim to enhance the quality of life of the individuals who attend the service. We focus on demonstrating outcomes and value through our activities.
“My daughter has been using Day Services for several years and enjoys her time there immensely, staff are kind, friendly and caring and just like an extended family to us. We would genuinely be lost without Day Services who have come to mean a great deal to us all as a family.”Parent
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Our on-site multi-disciplinary team is led by three key disciplines: occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy. Our approach allows us to develop a clear and focused activity plan that works towards maximising each individual’s potential.
With our staff and a clinical team including a nurse, our staffing model provides one member of staff for every two individuals as a minimum, enabling us to deliver a meaningful activity plan for each individual. Our activity plans are person-centred and co-produced, each one taking into account their likes, dislikes, interests and hobbies.
Matthew’s Journey
After a series of unsuccessful placements elsewhere find out how the team at Sheffield Day Service were able to build a fantastic relationship with Matthew, reduce incidents and enable him to enjoy the activities that the service provides.
We have several groups that run in different areas of the service enabling us to provide for different social, sensory and support needs. This includes facilities for those who would prefer to complete activities alone.
We have a dedicated vehicle that is available to transport individuals to and from home, as well as for regular trips out and about into the community and further afield.
Our days are flexible and with the involvement of the individual and their carers, we maximise the time that is spent while they are with us. Our service provides flexibility for families and carers, with opening times from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (including bank holidays). We are also able to provide a service to assess the needs of an individual, as a standalone service.
Our facilities:
- Multiple sensory rooms including soft play areas
- Large open space activity rooms
- Hydropool including a Jacuzzi
- 2 gardens with raised beds allowing individuals to plant
- Rebound trampoline allowing rebound therapy
- IT facilities
The individuals we support:
- Primary diagnosis of learning disability
- May be wheelchair users
- May have complex physical disabilities and require specialist interventions such as PEG or NG feeding
- May have autism
- May have communication difficulties
- Require a full or part time, specialist day services
- Will be living at home or in a community setting such as a residential home
Our Speech and Language Therapy
At Sheffield Day Services, our Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) is a core discipline within our on-site multi-disciplinary team, playing a vital role in enhancing the quality of life for individuals by focusing on their communication needs and maximising their potential.
Our Speech and Language Therapists conduct comprehensive communication assessments to understand each individual’s unique needs. They then work to co-produce person-centred activity plans that are tailored to likes, dislikes, interests, and hobbies, often designing bespoke tools like ‘Now & Next’ boards to support structure and choice.
We utilise diverse communication methods and aids, including communication aids, intensive interaction, objects of reference, and Makaton, to promote effective communication. This collaborative approach ensures the SLT team works closely with individuals, their families, and the wider staff team to integrate communication support seamlessly into daily life and activities.
Our Physiotherapy
At Sheffield Day Services we support individuals in ways that keep them safe, ensures they are as independent as possible and that they are able to engage in activities which are both enjoyable and beneficial to their health.
Since many of the individuals who use our service have complex health support requirements, a full physiotherapy assessment ensures that we have a good working knowledge of their capabilities. This ensures that the activities undertaken are safe and comfortable. We assess posture, seating and positioning. The physiotherapy team work closely with all team members to create detailed care plans from our initial assessments and train the staff team on safe moving and handling, and the reasoning behind our intervention plans.
Ensuring the people we support be mobile and to enjoy a range of activities means excellent teamwork and communication between the individuals we support, their family carers and all those involved. We work to design bespoke support plans for individuals that optimise both their enjoyment and safety whilst achieving positive health outcomes.
Our Hydrotherapy
We are proud to have our own warm hydrotherapy pool here at Sheffield Day Services. Moving in water can give those with a physical disability a range of greater movements and we see the relief and the therapeutic value that hydrotherapy brings.
Everyone who accesses the pool has their own individual programme that is overseen by the physiotherapy team. The physiotherapist trains all the staff to be competent in supporting individuals in the water.
Each individual accesses this fantastic resource for different reasons, it might be for swimming, relaxation, or for active exercises to maintain mobility and reduce pain and discomfort.
As the pool is private and we can control the environment to ensure that the majority of individuals can enjoyably access the facility.
Our Occupational Therapy
At Sheffield Day Services, Occupational Therapy (OT) is a key discipline within our on-site multi-disciplinary team, with our Occupational Therapists dedicated to supporting individuals in enhancing their quality of life.
Key aspects of our approach include comprehensive assessments conducted by our Occupational Therapists to understand each individual’s specific needs and capabilities.
Therapists work directly with individuals to ensure person-centred activity planning, taking into account their unique likes, dislikes, interests, and hobbies. Our holistic approach ensures that individuals are supported in ways that enhance their engagement in enjoyable and beneficial activities, with the OT team working collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the day service provides an enjoyable and therapeutic environment.
Our community links
- Country parks
- Zoos and wildlife parks
- Museums
- Seaside
- Visiting elderly residential care to play bingo
- Bowling
- Ice skating – Ice Sheffield Inclusive day – in Wheelchair
- Rock climbing
- Adapted bikes – Hillsborough park
- Canal boats – Barge boat
- Shopping – Meadowhall
- The Deep – Sealife world
- Butterfly House
- Pubs
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