Get in touch... Maples Community Care Limited

The Laurels 24 High Street Staple Hill South Gloucestershire BS16 5HW

0117 302 61 60

info@maplescare.co.uk

www.maplescare.co.uk

A little bit about us...

Maples provide high quality supported accommodation for adults aged18 to 55 with moderate to severe mental health and learning disabilities in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

Our aim is to help our clients to develop practical living and social skills, and confidence, in a supportive and caring environment.  We promote self-determination in order to prevent service users from becoming institutionalised and over-dependent. Our ultimate objective is to encourage and enable clients to move on and live completely independent lives in the community when they are ready and likely to succeed. We help all clients to develop their own person-centred support plans which have clearly stated objectives and outcomes and are regularly assessed and updated to ensure the support we provide is appropriate to their needs.

Maples provide an extensive range of supported accommodation throughout Bristol and South Gloucestershire in shared houses for up to six people or self-contained flats for those who require less support, or as a move-on opportunity as clients progress through our service. 

Support is provided during the day and early evenings when our team of highly skilled and dedicated support staff assist clients with independent living skills such as budgeting, meal planning, shopping, hygiene, medication management, activities from their care plan and general emotional support. We do not provide personal or medical care but that can be arranged through our partner agencies if required.

Some locations have sleep-in night staff and telephone support with a security call-out is available in other locations in the event of emergencies arising outside of normal staff working hours.

“Maples has really helped me, it has made me better. I feel more positive and less negative. It’s got me to understand my illness and who I really am. In Maples I have made many good friends and Maples has always got happy and fun things for us to do. The staff are always there to help and are very friendly. I am now a volunteer at Maples Activity and Resource Centre.” Nicholas Rawnsly, former service user.

MARC provides an environment for individuals to re-learn & develop skills. From basic social skills and participating in sporting events, to gaining qualifications and work experience. MARC provides a range of in house groups lead by Maples staff, as well as drawing on external expertise such as psychologists and tutors to provide a divers skill-set that caters to all levels of ability.

Clients accessing the facilities provided by MARC can begin the first steps of confidence building and developing social interaction skills. MARC provides a safe and comfortable setting to begin revisiting aspects of their lives that may have been lost to them. With support from staff and reassurance of having friends and familiar faces around clients can gain the ability to venture towards interaction with other individuals and experiences new to them.

The groups and classes we provide are decided through conversations with the clients about what they would like to achieve, as well as things we believe to be of benefit. The groups and classes are

aimed at enabling the client to move towards independent living and a higher quality of life.

“Many have already benefited greatly by the provision of supported access to MARC and have made great steps in a relatively short space of time. Individuals who have previously found it hard to leave their flats and houses have begun to look forward to visiting MARC and have developed the confidence to interact with others on a level unachievable until accessing this facility. Other clients have discovered interests and skills in areas that they have never had access to before. Computer and cooking sessions for example have been advantageous in providing an opportunity to learn, apply and reflect on skills discovered or rediscovered. Individual progress is varied but all attendees show a sense of ownership and desire to make significant changes to their own personal development. MARC is proving to be an important catalyst in this process.” Carl Mathers, Servivce Facilitator.

Maples Activity & Resource Centre