West Berkshire Mencap / Link Up
Link Up is a Work Skills project for Adults with Learning Disabilities, providing a real work environment for Adults with Learning Disabilities. Link Up works to develop each individual member's potential within a sheltered work skills unit, providing real work skills and also tailor-made educational courses.
Link Up supports its members to provide such services as mail shots, light assembly, light packaging and shrink wrapping to businesses. Link Up provides an excellent standard of work and is highly thought of by its customers.
Link Up's educational co-ordinator provides and education element to Link Up by offering training on a variety of subjects that are tailor-made for our service users. Funding comes from a variety of sources.
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Jane Hall
- Contact Position
- Link Up Manager
- Telephone
- 01635 778120
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jane.hall@wbmencap.org
- Website
- Mencap
Where to go
- Name
- The Slater Centre
- Address
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Unit E
Hambridge Road Industrial Estate
Newbury
Berkshire - Postcode
- RG14 5SS
- Notes
Venue is fully accessible, disabled toilet with changing bed and Oxford Hoist.
Please feel free to contact us directly to discuss any issues or concerns you might have regarding accessibility.
Time / Date Details
- When is it on
- Monday - Friday 9.30am - 3pm
- Time of day
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Afternoon
Morning - Session Information
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Monday to Friday
except in the following times: except Bank holidays
two weeks over Christmas period and two days for training during October.
Other Details
Availability
- Age Ranges
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26-49
50+ - Referral required
- No
- Referral Details
Age Ranges - 18 years and over
Local Offer
- Description
Link Up is a Work Skills project for Adults with Learning Disabilities, providing a real work environment for Adults with Learning Disabilities. Link Up works to develop each individual member's potential within a sheltered work skills unit, providing real work skills and also tailor-made educational courses.
Link Up supports its members to provide such services as mail shots, light assembly, light packaging and shrink wrapping to businesses. Link Up provides an excellent standard of work and is highly thought of by its customers.
Link Up's educational co-ordinator provides and education element to Link Up by offering training on a variety of subjects that are tailor-made for our service users. Funding comes from a variety of sources.
- Contact Name
- Jane Hall
- Contact Telephone
- 01635 778120
- Contact Email
- jane.hall@wbmencap.org
- SEN Provision Type
- Specific Literacy Difficulties, Speech & Language Difficulties, Behavioural, Emotional & Social Difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Physical Disability, Hearing Impairment, Moderate Learning Difficulties, Visual Impairment
- Local Offer Age Bands
- 19 plus
- Needs Level
- High
- Medium
- Low
General Provider
Fully accessible, disabled toilet with changing bed and Oxford Hoist. Please feel free to contact us directly to discuss any issues or concerns you might have regarding accessibility
Eligibility depends on the individuals ability and desire to attend and take part in the service, able to show ability to learn and develop skills to partake in the work. Link Up offers a free taster session to potential new members. New members are then placed on a six week assessment to see if the service is suitable for their needs. Link Up is unable to provide personal care to individuals on a regular basis, a Dom Care service would have to be an additional funding on top of the Link Up placement cost.
Funding can by through Social Services Locality Teams, Personal Budgets or self funded. Referrals and applications can be made by: •Self referral •Care manager referral •Application form on request Funding needs to be in place before placement can start and all paperwork completed, with Care Plans and information shared with placement.
Applications and enquiries are acknowledged as soon as they are received. Individuals will be invited, at their convenience, to visit Link Up and see if they would like a free taster session (if appropriate and organised, this can be at the same time).
£60 per session. Half days are charged at a half day rate of £30. Absences are charged for, everybody is allowed to book four weeks holiday over the year.
Link Up is registered with Wokingham and West Berkshire's 'Support with Confidence' Scheme
The service conducts an annual customer satisfaction survey which provides an opportunity to provide feedback and comments on the service. However, we are keen to ensure that any issues are addressed by ourselves at the earliest opportunity and complaints and compliments should be addressed in the first instance to the manager of the service verbally or by phone / email as follows: Name Telephone Email Should the complaint relate to the manager of the service (or dissatisfaction with the way an existing complaint has been handled) then complaints should be addressed to the Acting CEO as follows:Tony Ferguson / Jane Hall - West Berkshire Mencap The Mencap Centre Enborne Gate Enborne Road Newbury Berkshire RG14 6AT Tel. 01635 41464 tony.ferguson@wbmencap.org / jane.hall@wbmencap.org
Individual Risk Assessments are completed for everybody who attends the service, all activities are risk assessed and all staff are fully trained in a variety of subjects on a regular basis. Health and Safety Awareness, Fire Awareness, Safe Guarding, Medication / Personal Care, Epilepsy, PRICE, First Aid, Equality and Diversity, Managing Challenging Behaviour. West Berkshire Mencap complies with all Health and Safety requirements and all associated legislation. Link Up fully supports best practice and provides annual training refreshers to staff, instead of the three yearly recommendation for training.
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