ECL Basildon (Ashleigh)

To complement our community based activities we will create you a centre based programme to help you reach your goals. We offer a wide range of activities designed to build your confidence, promote greater independence, and develop your social skills.

Activities are fun while teaching valuable life skills, for example, a cooking session is used to teach skills such as maths (weighing and measuring), literacy (reading recipes and packaging), IT (researching recipes and creating shopping lists) and budgeting. Working alongside your peers to plan the menu, discuss healthy options, prepare the meal, and eat together develops your social skills and teamwork.

We offer ASDAN courses to provide a structure for learning independent living skills and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications.

We also work with external education providers such as ACL who deliver various courses including maths, english and 'find your voice' within our centre.

We offer person-centred care for customers with a range of support needs from mild and moderate learning disabilities, to profound and multiple learning disabilities and related health conditions, autism and communication difficulties.

Our staff team receive specialist training to support customers with complex needs such as:

• Epilepsy and administering buccal
• Enteral feeding
• Diabetes
• Dysphagia
• Moving and handling
• Emergency first aid at work
• Mental health awareness
• Learning disability awareness

We are able to support customers with a variety of communication and sensory needs. Staff training includes:

• Communication needs
• Sensory needs
• Makaton
• Talking mats
• Objects of reference
• TACPAC

At ECL Basildon (Ashleigh) we can provide higher levels of support where needed (1:1 or greater) in line with the care and support plan.

At ECL we work with you to identify your goals and put together a tailored plan unique to you. One of our team will assess the level of support you need, and prices will be based on the recommendations, along with how many sessions you would like to attend.