Oakridge Day Centre in Dungannon is a Day Care facility for adults with complex learning disabilities and/ or associated physical care needs.
Oakridge aims to provide a quality service in response to a wide range of abilities/disabilities, ensuring high levels of care, stimulation and support.
The centre aims to maximise personal development, independence and integration of people with a disability into their local community, encourage and promote user participation in the planning of services and provide personal, practical and emotional support to service users as required. Oakridge also helps to promote the rights, choice, dignity, respect and sense of fulfilment to people with a learning disability.
Day Care staff work with appropriate Allied Health Professionals as appropriate in order to implement person centred therapeutic programmes as required. Some therapists work with individuals or small groups of service users. Allied Health Professionals include:
- Physiotherapy
- Speech & Language
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Dental Hygiene
- Podiatry
Intensive Support Uni
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Routes to access Day care services
Referrals to the service are received through the Adult learning disability team (case managers) and the Transition team.
- Case Manager collates NISAT documentation and appropriate risk assessments in conjunction with the service user and other professionals and discusses this information with the Team Leader to ensure eligibility criteria is met.
- Assessment documentation is forwarded by the Team Leader to the Day Care Manager.
- Day Care Manager will discuss assessment information with Team Leader and collectively decide if the eligibility criteria is met.
- Day Care Manager will consider assessments complete impact assessment re resources etc and advise Team Leader if a placement is available or if referral is required to be put on the waiting list
- Service User and / or Carer to visit Day Centre.
- Referral discussed / recorded.
- Referral agent and Service User informed of placement availability. Agreement reached. Number of days, duration of placement etc.
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Referral criteria
Admission to day centre based care will be determined by the adult learning disability community team leader and day care manager using the SHSCT Day Services Screening Tool (Draft) and further Eligibility Criteria introduced as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic in 2020.
Day care placements will be reviewed on an ongoing basis with a clear focus on assisting persons with a disability to achieve their full maximum potential, which may include referral to age appropriate community day opportunities as appropriate.
Criteria for Admission
- The person must be a resident in the Southern Health & Social care Trust area
- Aged 18 years or
- A person with a learning disability who may have complex health care needs and / or behavioural support needs
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Covid 19 specific information
Oakridge is currently following IPC guidelines regarding Covid 19.
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Links to relevant regional services
- Arts care
- South West College (SRC)
- Arts and disability mid ulster council
- Health promotion facilitators
- Active communities
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Videos
Please see recent productions of Makaton;
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Makaton signing/easy read
Makaton choir – Makaton sign of the week used on a weekly basis
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Advocacy services & contacts
Service user Advocate is invited to each service user review.
Sinéad Campbell
Advocacy Team Leader
Disability Action
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Newsletters
Monthly newsletter to recommence
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Contact Details
Oakridge Social Education Centre
20-26 Coalisland Road, Dungannon, BT70 6LA
02887752892
Facility opening day/times: Monday-Friday, 9am-4.30pm