Children's Enablement

CIC’s Children's Support Services

CIC’s Children’s Enablement Service offers a wide range of support services for children and young people with disabilities and complex health needs, including learning difficulties, physical disabilities, Autism, challenging behaviours, sensory impairments and communication difficulties.

Children's-support-services-learning-difficulties-physical-disabilities-autism We have lots of different types of support available including:-

Home care
Short-break holidays
Respite care
Support within the community
Support at our dedicated support centres

All our services are available on both a long and short term basis, and in a variety of shift patterns, including after school, weekends and holidays.

Everyone we support has access to a huge range of fun and interactive activities, based on their own personal preferences, including:-

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Creative fun – music, drama, dance, arts and crafts.
Leisure activities – cinema, shopping, bowling.
Exercise – swimming, trampolining, cycling, soft play, leisure centre activities.
Personal development – learning, training, working, healthy eating classes, cookery classes.
Rest and relaxation – hydrotherapy, sensory activities, beauty therapies.
Days out – visits to the countryside, nature parks and outward bound centres.

Whatever a young person’s needs, we are committed to delivering flexible and personalised support with reflects their own choices and wishes, encouraging them to reach their full potential and achieve their own aspirations.

Caring staff

Children's-support-services-learning-difficulties-physical-disabilities-autism We pride ourselves on giving parents and carers the peace of mind of knowing their loved one is in a safe and secure environment, cared for by specially trained and fully CRB checked staff.

We adopt a match-making process when recruiting new staff, ensuring each child/young person is supported by the right person for them. Our goal is always to ensure the safety, well-being and happiness of each young person we support.

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Case Studies

Brad's story
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Brad, 14, is on the Autistic spectrum, and was recently supported by CIC to attend a fun-filled friendship group weekend at The Calvert Trust in the Lake District…

“Brad is a lovely young man, surrounded by a very supportive and close-knit family,” says Noreen, CIC Project Manager. “However his family were concerned that he didn’t get chance to socialise much and they were keen to encourage him to start meeting new people and making new friends.”

“The Calvert Trust weekend was the perfect opportunity for this; along with Brad we took four other teenage boys, many of whom had never been away from their families or spent the night with people of the same age,” explains Noreen. “There were tons of activities on offer including horse-riding, kayaking, canoeing, archery, rock-climbing and swimming; the boys had an absolute ball and fell into bed exhausted at the end of each day!” she says.

“We really saw Brad shine when he was paired up with a younger boy, Liam, who was very quiet; as a natural joker of the pack, Brad really encouraged Liam to get involved in some of the more daring activities, reassuring him and supporting him along the way. It was fantastic to see Brad take this leadership role and we were over the moon when Brad summed up the trip saying “It was the best weekend ever!” That really made us all smile!”
Lyndsay's story
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Lyndsay, 20 has been supported by CIC for several years, throughout her transitional period from school to college. With CIC’s support, Lyndsay is now pursuing her dream job of working with children...

“Lyndsay has always been really great around children and has often said that she would love to become a teaching assistant,” explains Katrina Pooley, CIC Project Manager. “With this in mind, we managed to help her secure a volunteer placement at a local school one day a week. The placement has gone so well that we’ve managed to pull back on our support for Lyndsay, and she now volunteers on her own, which is fantastic.”

“We still see Lyndsay a few times a week, supporting her to get out and about and socialise. We’ll often go to the local disco, to the bowling alley or for day trips out,” explains Katrina. “In the future we hope to be able to support Lyndsay to build up her work experience in schools and nurseries, with the aim of helping her get a full-time role working with children – that would be Lyndsay’s ultimate goal and we’ll do everything we can to help her achieve it.”