Day
Service

• What We Do
• How We Help
• How To Refer
• Meet The Team
• Personal Stories

How We Help

Increasing and Supporting Independence

• Advising on structure and strategies for issues arising from brain injury
• Improving daily living skills
• Improving cognitive skills
• Developing strategies to manage memory problems
• Sourcing local support networks
• Providing long-term support and guidance

Social Integration

• Improving social and inter-personal skills
• Providing peer support
• Enabling clients to access supported social activities
• Supporting clients to access local organisations and clubs
• Providing social outings

Emotional and Mental Health

• Raising awareness and insight into the effects of an individual’s brain injury
• Rebuilding confidence and self-esteem
• Providing opportunities to express emotions
• Helping with depression
• Addressing issues of drug and alcohol abuse
• Addressing social and psychological issues

Modifying Behaviour

• Improving offensive, difficult and inappropriate behaviour
• Developing social and inter-personal skills
• Increasing awareness of other people’s needs

Communication

• Increasing ability to communicate
• Improving inter-personal skills
• Developing understanding of social etiquette

Advice and Support

• Providing information about brain injury and its effects
• Supporting clients through crises
• Signposting to other appropriate agencies
• Providing advice on benefits
• Working with other agencies to provide a seamless service

Education and Training

• Reviewing and improving educational skills
• Identifying appropriate education and training needs
• Providing adult basic education
• Providing IT training
• Preparation for further education or retraining
• Supporting clients with their ongoing educational requirements

Access to Employment

• Providing information on brain injury and its effects to employers
• Preparing clients for starting or returning to work
• Supporting clients with employment issues
• Arranging volunteering opportunities to develop stamina and work skills
• Supporting clients with applications for appropriate jobs
• Developing appropriate goals

Health and Self Care

• Assessing and reviewing clients’ abilities to care for themselves
• Developing strategies to improve and maintain personal hygiene and self care
• Promoting exercise and physical activity
• Encouraging correct usage of prescribed medication
• Developing awareness of risk and personal safety
• Providing training on healthy eating and cooking

Supporting the Families and Carers

• Providing respite for the carer
• Supporting the family with the stresses of living with brain injury
• A listening ear
• See Community Support Service information for more information on Headway’s work with families