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Eynesbury House
Eynesbury House is a large Victorian house that has been converted to meet the challenging needs of people with Asperger syndrome or High Functioning Autism.
The home consists of 6 bedrooms all with en-suite facilities. There is a communal kitchen, dining room, lounge,
conservatory and garden.
‘The Mews’ is adjacent to the main home and provides supported living accommodation.
Residents are supported to develop their independent living and social awareness skills to enable them to move to more independent living when appropriate.
Individual needs and choices
Residents liaise with their keyworker to discuss their likes, interests, goals and aspirations. These could include starting a college course, having a job, wanting to cook or just having the confidence to go to the shops.
Staff support residents towards achieving their goals. This may require social stories, education on social rules, understanding body language and facial expressions. Support also includes practical skills such as independent living, budgeting, food preparation, shopping and self care. We can also help access college courses and support clients to find a meaningful job.
Care plan records continue to be of an excellent standard and people are actively consulted about their care and aspirations. One person wrote, ‘I am always making decisions about what I want to do, this helps me to feel like I lead a productive life.’ We noted that people are encouraged to become as independent as possible…†
Lifestyle
We support residents to use local community amenities to develop their social awareness and engagement with the local community.
Eynesbury House is located in St Neots, a busy town environment with lots of amenities on its door step. Our residents enjoy using the local shops, colleges, leisure centres, bars, cinema, bowling alley and much more. Initially residents are supported in the community with a keyworker, but as they demonstrate their coping abilities and social awareness skills they are able to access the community independently.
Eynesbury House ‘Meets the residents’ individual needs and promotes equality and diversity within the home. People are provided with a range of opportunities to live an excellent quality of life. †
Employment and Education
Residents are supported by staff to develop social, vocational, educational and leisure skills in the community and within the home.
Currently some of the residents at Eynesbury House are undertaking:
• BTEC National Diplomas at Cambridge Regional College
• BTEC National Diplomas in computing at Bedford College
• Basic Living & Employment skills courses at Barnfield College
• Photography, computing and life skills courses at Huntingdonshire Regional College
Residents are encouraged to develop work skills through links with the National Autistic Society, Prospects and Connexions who run employment workshops (writing CVs, interview techniques, etc). Current residents at Eynesbury House are working at a fast food restaurant and a local garden centre.
Staff identify with residents where they feel they might face difficulties, in the home, community, work or college. Using problem-solving techniques and the development of coping mechanisms, residents are better prepared to reduce their anxieties and to be confident in social situations.
Eynesbury House Details
| Home manager | Andrew Fairman |
| Town | St Neots, Cambridgeshire |
| Primary Diagnosis | Asperger syndrome |
| Secondary Diagnosis | Mental Health (not if under section of MHA), Mild Learning Disability |
| Age | Registered 18 – 65 |
| Ability Level | High Functioning, verbal |
| Accommodation | 6 single occupancy bedrooms with en-suite within the home, 3 Supported Living accomodation. |
| Facilities within the home | Residents have shared access to a kitchen, living room, dining room, garden and laundry room. The residents are supported by staff to be as independent a possible. |
| Facilities in surrounding area | The home is close to local shops, leisure facilities and many residents attend the local mainstream and special needs colleges. |
| Care pathway | Previous residents have progressed onto supported living and independent living, including The Mews. |
| Therapeutic Input | All residents receive therapeutic assessment and treatment from Brookdale’s Multi Disciplinary Team. The MDT includes Consultant Psychiatrists, Consultant Psychologists, Speech & Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists. |
| Contact Number | 01707 646 646 |
| CSCI Inspection report | Download the latest report |
Personal & Healthcare support plans
Residents are supported and encouraged to provide their own personal care. Staff may remind or verbally prompt the resident to do certain tasks. The home can also provide visual prompts within the bathrooms, kitchen or bedrooms to remind residents what they need to do with the use of clear and concise communication techniques, that residents understand.
Residents are supported by Brookdale Care’s Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT). The MDT works with each resident to identify their difficulties, anxieties, impairments and develops the therapeutic strategy to help the resident to work through them. This may include Social Anxieties, Social Communication difficulties, Depression, Mental illness, OCD and more.
Environmental
“The home is comfortable, bright, airy and clean. The furnishings and fittings are of good quality”.†
“Service users are able to choose colours for their bedrooms which are decorated and furnished to meet the preferences of each service user. Service users are encouraged to personalise their rooms to reflect their individual tasks and interests.”†
We encourage each resident to decorate their room to make them feel more at home, they also have the option of bringing a TV, DVD, and computer to have in their room. Residents also have input into the decoration and furnishing of the communal areas of the home.
Staffing
“Staff members are clearly committed and enthusiastic in providing proactive support to assist service users in making choices about their lives”.†
Residents are supported by a committed staff team who are trained in ASD. The home has a Registered Home Manager, Team Leader, Senior Support Worker and Support Workers. Home Managers are supported by the Training and Development Academy to ensure that all staff are trained and qualified to fulfil their role within the home.
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†Quotes have been taken from the latest CSCI Report