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•Community inclusion
The development of skills for each individual to
successfully participate within the local
community is a key focus. To support the
individual's development, the community is
accessed regularly in a range of ways including the
use of local facilities such as shops, banks, places of
worship, cafes; the use of leisure facilities; and
vocational opportunities in a variety of off-site
work placements.
•Transition planning
Developing skills which will support each young adult for life beyond Prior's Court
is the aim of the learning at the Young Adult Provision. In addition to building
core skills such as communication, self-care and daily living skills, by the time
each individual leaves at the age of 25, we will have supported them in
developing the skills they need to access and be part of a local community. We
work closely with parents and professionals from their future adult placement to
ensure that transition is as successful as possible.
Location and facilities
Charlotte House is a detached residential home in a small close at the centre of
the village of Hermitage. The village has two pubs, a village shop, a garden centre
and a bus service and is five miles from the leisure and retail facilities of the
nearby market towns of Newbury and Thatcham as well as having easy access to
larger towns and the countryside of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
The house is also just one mile from Prior's Court Young Adult Provision's
Learning Centre and other on-site facilities at Prior's Court.
The location of the home brings within easy reach a wide range of leisure facilities
including swimming pools, bowling alley, shops, restaurants, cinemas,
countryside for walking, museums or venues for activities such as horse-riding,
golf, youth clubs, football clubs and more. Reading, Bracknell, Basingstoke,
Oxford and The Ridgeway are all within half an hour's journey, providing
opportunities for leisure and learning.
There are vehicles to support frequent off-site trips as well as good access to
public transport and safe walking routes from the homes to the local village
amenities which include bus stop, restaurants and shop.
The layout of the home supports the aims of the Young Adult Provision, providing
opportunities to learn and practice a wide variety of purposeful skills within
carefully designed settings enabling each individual to practise and generalise
skills learnt in the local community.