Ivers House, Residential Home, Dorset

Residential
Dorset
Autism Spectrum Conditions, Epilepsy, Learning Disabilities, Restricted Mobility

Space Available

About this home

Ivers House provides a residential home to adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic people in the village of Marnhull, near Sturminster Newton in Dorset. A beautiful rural setting, people can live in the main house or four-bedded bungalows on the same grounds. 24-hour specialist support is provided to people who prefer a rural lifestyle, with a focus on skill development, supporting people to achieve their aspirations and maintain control over their own lives.

Support is provided to people who may have social interaction and communication difficulties and limited mobility. The team are experienced in supporting people with complex epilepsy, including epilepsy syndromes and rescue medications.

The support team work closely with families, external health and social care professionals, and our internal health & wellbeing team to provide excellent coproduced support.

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Who we support

Adults
Autism Spectrum Conditions
Epilepsy
Learning Disabilities
Restricted Mobility

Facilities

En-Suite
Games Room
Garden/Outside Space
Summerhouse/Conservatory
Wet Rooms

What we offer

The support team accesses internal specialist training to ensure they are knowledgeable, confident and competent in supporting people with multiple needs, including social and sensory processing differences, epilepsy and a range of health conditions. Person-centred support and health plans are developed with the person and their family to ensure we are focused on all the person’s needs and aspirations. We have the benefit of an activities coordinator to ensure people are meaningfully occupied and able to fully enjoy and participate in the countryside, local villages and towns.

Ivers House is comprised of a main house and bungalows. It has four rooms, which are much larger than average. Communal rooms in the main house include a lounge, dining room and activity/games room. Two of the rooms can be combined as one for larger functions.

Individuals regularly visit the village of Marnhull, which is within walking distance of the home, to use shops and pubs. They also travel to the larger towns of Shaftesbury, which is around six miles away, and Yeovil, which is 16 miles away. The nearest train stations are at Templecombe and Gillingham, Dorset.

Lifestyle

Ivers supports people to take part in a variety of community groups and clubs that include swimming and gym sessions, a sports afternoon with both indoor and outdoor games, horse riding, cinema visits, pub and access to a community sensory suite.

On-site activities include a computer club, a working kitchen to facilitate cookery lessons and healthy living groups, arts and crafts sessions, a Drama room, an on-site sensory room and gardening sessions facilitated within the services’ beautiful 3-acre grounds.