Day opportunities for people with learning disabilities

Day opportunities for people with learning disabilities

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Options day service

This service helps people develop skills to continue living at home and also helps people access a range of services and community facilities. 

Services include: 

• assessment
• care
• supervision and training
• support to participate in the community
• help finding out about mainstream services
• support in using leisure activities     

People who use the service are encouraged to plan for their immediate and future needs and have a key worker to help them with this.   

We work with people who live with a learning disability and additional support needs. This may include: 

• physical disability
• frail health
• mental healh problems
• autistic spectrum disorder
• dementia
• sensory impairments
• challenging behaviour     

People can use this service for up to five days a week or on a planned basis for specific sessions or activities. 

Referrals can be made through the learning disabilities service on 020 8383 6464. 

If you would like to find out more about day opportunities, please contact us at:
280 Goldhawk Road
London W12
Tel: 020 8749 9602
Fax: 020 8749 8285 

Who is it for?

Options Day Service supports adults with learning disabilities aged 18 years and over, (including those with high complex care needs or high challenging needs) over who are FACS eligible. 

FACS stands for ‘Fair Access to Care Services’. This is the guide produced by the Department of Health 2003, telling us how we can decide who is eligible for adult social care. There are four levels of eligibility - critical, substantial, moderate and low.  In Hammersmith & Fulham we provide services for people who have ‘critical, substantial and greater moderate needs’.  For more information about who can have services, call 0845 313 3935.

What services are offered?

Options currently offer three areas of service: 

• From the Goldhawk Rd base both community and building based activates are provided for residents with high support and complex care needs. 
• From the Blomfontein Rd base, the MAPS Project provides individually tailored opportunities for those with highly challenging support needs.
• The Enterprise Project supports access to community leisure, education and training with a focus on increasing independence. Help is also available to find and support work placements. 

Other providers

View the following links for council funded, voluntary and independent day opportunities providers for people living with a learning disability within the borough.

HAFAD       
(Hammersmith and Fulham action for disability),
www.hafad.org.uk 
Various projects - sport development, direct payment support, advocacy, holiday schemes, media projects

Mencap       
www.mencap.org.uk 
Various projects including Safety Net People First, Social Inclusion and Advocacy.  Fairly sure Mencap receive funding from LBHF for specific projects.

Mentoring service     
www.creightonhouse.org 
Helps young people living with a learning disability to open bank accounts, write CVs, learn how to travel independently, cope with bereavement, move into independent living, find work or college courses, work on timekeeping and letter-writing amongst other things.

Workwise Project     
www.creightonhouse.org 
Workwise aims to access appropriate support, training and employment for young people aged 16 and over living with a learning disability.

Yarrow  
www.yarrowhousing.org.uk 
A small day service arm of Yarrow's learning disability services, where the council commissions residential and supported living services.

Education
Hammersmith & West London College
Team Enterprise Project 020 8741 1688 
www.wlc.ac.uk