Overview
We offer a holistic approach to providing support and services
to meet your needs and wants. We
will encourage and support you to develop old and new
personal skills alike, in a bid to respond to the changes
in your life. We can develop an individually
tailored rehabilitation and activity program designed to both
compliment the formal rehabilitation provided by health
professionals and assist you to increase your independence
within the community. Services can be delivered in a variety of
settings that may be appropriate to you and accessed within
our centres, as outreach or even within your home.
Centre Services
Our activity and rehab centre is situated in Kennington, Oxford.
We assist those living across Oxfordshire to access our
centre, with a subsidised transport service. Through our
centre, you can access a range of activities and services
that compliment your formal rehabilitation. We encourage
socialisation and peer support with the aim of reducing anxiety and
increasing confidence. You can share your experiences in
an environment of understanding, with an emphasis on fun.
Structured individual programs enable you to access any or all
services and therapies which may include: 
- Physiotherapy
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Memory Workshops
- Brain Gym
- Yoga Therapy
- Tai Chi
- Specialist Computer Software
- Access to Computer Suite
- Art as Therapy
- Music as Therapy
- Digital Music Workshops
- Games and quizzes etc...
If you would like to discuss what we can do for you at our
centres please call 01865 326263
Community Support
(A BIG Lottery Project)
Our Community Workers can support individuals with ABI
(including stroke and some other neurological
conditions) across the county of Oxfordshire from early
diagnosis and throughout the various stages of rehabilitation. This
also includes support for carers, families and other professionals
as necessary.
Our Community Workers can meet with you and/or your
carer, in a hospital setting, in a public place (such as cafes) or
even within your home. They will listen to what support you are
looking for and react to those needs. Community
Workers can provide support in a number of areas including:
• Information; such as publications produced by
Headway
• Information on Headway services
• Signposting to other organisations for specialist support;
such as benefits
• To participate in activities; such as joining a gym or art
group
• Helping people back to employment (Voluntary or Paid)
• Liaise between you and Health Care professional / Social
Workers
• And much much more………………………….
Vocational Support
Getting back on track and returning to "normality" is paramount
to those affected by acquired brain injury. Returning to a previous
job is a very clear objective for many, whilst for others it may be
that they wish to engage in a new opportunity. We
understand these desires and offer support to try to make this
a reality.
Headway Oxfordshire's vocational worker is available to offer
you the support necessary to get you as close to your goal as
possible. At the point that you feel ready to be
returning to the workplace, either in a voluntary capacity or
paid, or to engage in education or training
opportunities, you can request our assistance.
You will be offered an initial meeting to identify your
wants and your needs. Then, in agreement with you, we
will create an individual enablement plan, that lays out a
clear pathway for you follow, with attainable milestones that
enable you to reach your end goal.
The Vocational Worker may support you with such things
as:
- Identifying your skills
- Writing a CV
- Writing covering letters for applications
- Searching and applying for paid employment or volunteering
posts
- Liaising with employers
- Continuing to offer support once you are back in the workplace
(both paid and voluntary)
- Providing links to local colleges and volunteer bureaus
- Offering basic computer training
- Signposting you to other services that may be of
assistance
Headway Oxfordshire will also shortly be offering a 'Back to
Work' training programme. For more information please contact
us.
To download a Headway Oxfordshire referral form, please
click here
Transport Service
Transport is one of the biggest challenges for our services
users. It is difficult to find, expensive to use and as from
April 2011, very unlikely to be funded as part of a care
package. Headway Oxfordshire recognise this problem and have now
invested in a Welfare Ambulance. We are now able to offer a
transport service to our service users, at a subsidised rate. We
hope that this will mean that those who would have previously been
unable to attend our services, will now be able to do so.
Headway Oxfordshire Ambulance
Our Ambulance is able to accomodate up to four wheelchairs at
any one time, or up to 9 passegers or a combination of both. If you
would like more information on our transport service, please
contact us on 01865 326263.