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Programmes

Headway WM currently offer 4 different Social Rehab programmes based at Headway House and Leighton House. For more information on what is available on each day and at which centre - call 0121-457-7541 and ask for the SR Manager

 

REGAIN - This aimed at brain injured people who are ready to start to re-learn lost skills in a supported environment.  It will lead to people being able to access supported community activities and lean coping strategies for behaviours that may not be appropriate.

Provide activity sessions that can help them re-learn lost skills                                                                    Learn coping strategies
Provide an active social environment where people can practice skills
Introduce new activities and interests .
Provide support and understanding
Lead to accessing community based activities with support

 

LADIES DAY - As women have always been the minority in the BI community, when the numbers increased – they asked for days on their own.  This enabled Headway to:-

Provide activity session that can address ‘women’s issues’
Encourage empowerment of women
Provide a quieter, ‘male free’ environment
Introduce activities with women in mind – assertiveness for women training, beauty products, talks on sensitive issues etc.
Provide a service that Asian women can use
Give BI women the chance to make friends with other women

ladies Day

DLS - This programme is designed for helping BI people achieve goals in skills which help them become more independant in the home.

Meal preparation/planning
Laundry
Cleaning etc
Budgeting
Health Eating
Healthy eating
Food & Hygiene certificate

DLS

 

NEW STEPS - This is a new programme developed to ‘move people on’ who have now reached a higher level, but perhaps are not yet ready for work.  The programme is designed introduce clients to:-

Higher IT skills and use of the internet
More ‘user involvement’ over the activities in their programme
Individual projects
New sessions designed for the next level of development
Job preparation
NVQ support
An aim to get people who are able into ‘supported volunteering’
Reduced support for managing behaviours etc

New Steps

Programmes may vary and change according to need and demand.

 

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