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What We Use
At Same Difference our manager and staff have vast amounts of experience and expertise in providing exceptional standards of care and inspiring such unique adults to engage, progress, nurture and feel valued. Our successes are born out of our proven approach and our profound belief in the positive potential of all our such unique individuals.
Same Difference will achieve its aims through tailoring provision to meet individual need. A range of activities to develop communication, including sign language, picture exchange and objects of reference, together with self-help life skills, will all be used to help build relationships with others.
A wide range of daily activities including Arts and Crafts, Cooking, ICT, Swimming, sensory activities, Rebound Therapy and Gym as well as the use of an on-site cafe, public Library and Adult Education Centre. Furthermore, work experience opportunities will be offered and community visits will form part of our weekly routine.
We continually support individuals to expand their self-help skills, prepare and cook simple meals, go shopping and integrate into community activities.
What We Have
Alongside both our spacious buildings our facilities include;
- A spacious kitchen to support clients preparing food, cooking and enhancing life skills
- Hydrotherapy swimming sessions
- A sensory room
- Relaxation living spaces
- Hoists and changing facilities
- Wheelchair accessible transport
- ICT to enhance learning and fun
- Art and Craft sessions
- Soft sensory and messy play activities
- On site gym, cafe, library and Adult Education Centre
- Regular, organised family events
- Community links
.. as well as weekly trips out to exciting places including our own community.
How We Do It
We work with all relevant agencies and referring authorities and our reputation is that we are professional, self-assured, confident and that we take our responsibilities and duty of care extremely seriously. We fully understand the disabilities and challenges of our clients and we are proud of the work we do and the positive impact we have on the lives of our clients and their families.
We are supportive and sympathetic to the concerns of others, yet we are not distracted by them. Instead, we are relentlessly focused on achieving positive outcomes for our everyone we encounter… this is our purpose and everything we do or say is driven by this. We will provide the opportunity for individuals to:
- Achieve greater levels of independence
- Enhance their personal, social and communication skills
- Experience person-centred activities to suit individual needs
- Manage and improve their own health and well-being
- Access learning in Numeracy and Literacy
- Become part of their community and make use of community resources
- Access other provisions and community links
Where We Go
Although Same Difference has two excellent and spacious buildings as bases that includes a spacious kitchen, a sensory room, soft furnishing relaxation areas and large activity areas we continue to visit many exciting places on a day to day basis.
At Same Difference, we are driven not only to provide exceptional day to day care, a warm, safe and enriching environment alongside personalised timetables to suit individual need but recognise the importance in forming links and partnerships with other Daycare Opportunity providers and as many relevant and beneficial community links as possible.
We are committed to working towards developing this further alongside regular visits into our local community and further to enjoy regular outings.
Current regular links and community outings include:
- Elm Tree Court Care Home for the elderly
- Dales House
- Route 66 local musical band
- Tweendykes Hydrotherapy Swimming Pool
- Woodford Leisure Swimming Pool
- East Park
- East Park Disability Bikes
- Town Centre
- Local Seaside Resorts
- The Deep
- Themed events
- Family events
- Museums and Art Galleries
- Local Farms
Meet The Team
Our staff team bring a huge array of professional qualifications, skills, talents, knowledge and life experience and all share a genuine drive, commitment and respect for our clients.
Our staff approach our clients as unique individuals and understanding their needs, we find new and exciting ways to reactivate their engagement with self-help, independence skills. There is no "one-size-fits-all" solution and so we adopt a personalised approach for each individual to ensure continued progression, whilst feeling safe, happy, valued and stimulated. By bringing passion, empathy and exceptional standards of care to their unique cases, we enable our clients to grow and reach their potential. "Aspiration not limitation" should develop our clients to a point where they can contribute and be a valued member of their community and wider society. All Same Difference support workers have an enhanced DBS check and receive mandatory training in Safeguarding; Moving and Handling; Infection Control and Basic Food Hygiene. This is complimented by specific training to meet individuals requirements that might include Epilepsy Awareness; Autism Awareness; Administration of Medications and Intensive Interaction Communication Skills. Specialist Skills such as PEG tube feeding will be verified by qualified clinical partners and competency certifications obtained. Staff training is monitored as part of an on-going process and professional development to ensure that qualifications are regularly updated and change in clients needs are catered for.
What people say about us
Our reputation is that we are professional, self-assured, confident and that we take our responsibilities and duty of care extremely seriously.
"Since my daughter began at Same Difference her health and well-being has improved so much, she seems much more relaxed too, calmer, confident and so happy"
“The manager, Rachel, and staff at Same Difference are just so dedicated, caring and professional that we could not see our son going to any other provision – our son's seizures have reduced significantly and his sleeping patterns are much improved since he began at this day-care provision”
“I think Same Difference and its staff are amazing.They continue to help me become more independent and complete challenges I have previously been unable to do. I am treated like an individual and they see the ability I have, not my disability”
Alice, Learner.
"The moment I walked into Same Difference it had such a warm, calm and homely feel"
Same Difference
97 Preston Rd, Hull HU9 3QB.
© Same Difference 2019.
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Contact Us
Rachel Russell, Manager
Tel: (01482) 707879
Email: russellscare@gmail.com