Our Learning for Life Day Services provide a safe place for young people to develop their skills to prepare for adulthood. These placements are individually tailored to provide students with learning opportunities to prepare them for adulthood.
We offer craft, land-based and social enterprise activities in our workshops, which range from woodwork and candle making to bike maintenance and gardening. This provides students with meaningful work experience to learn and grow in a focused environment and also gain new qualifications, including our STARS Award.
The students enjoy the company of others and, by learning to work with them, they gain self-esteem, a sense of self-worth, and see the tangible output of their work which gives a great sense of achievement.
The morning starts with students arriving at the "HUB", either with support from their residential house team or our day services' team. The HUB is the common social space where our young people hang out, eat their snacks and meals, relax, socialise, play a game or read a book. The students walk to the workshops they have scheduled in their individual timetables and most sessions are 2 to 3 hours (this is entirely flexible to meet the students' needs).
Timetables can also include therapies, which range from massage to equine therapy, and also social time in our swimming pool and attending celebrations - we love to come together to celebrate festivals and birthdays! The day usually finishes around 4.30pm when the students collect their belongings at the HUB and say goodbye.
During a young person's placement we focus on five learning for life outcomes:
personal development
training for qualifications
pathway into work
therapeutic health and well-being
social interaction.
A variety of workshops are provided:
Woodwork
Art
Weaving
Felting
Craft and sewing
Candle making
Pottery
Metal and jewellery making
Bike garage
FRUVER (the produce trading point)
Gardens
Farm
Stables
Estate Land Maintenance
If you’re interested in a placement for your child, please click below:
https://www.camphillschools.org.uk/our-services/admissions/