What do we do?
Promote Greater Student Independence.
Greater independence improves the lives of adults with learning difficulties/learning disabilities, challenging behaviour, mental health and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorder; it helps them live a better happier life which in turn enhances the lives of everyone around them.
Skills Tank is based in a modern, safe, fully equipped building, open 5 days a week to develop and deliver our proven (15 years experience) range of fun and practical learning activities to educate, enhance and enrich our students lives. Our dedicated, experienced team are fully trained to work with adults with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities, Challenging Behaviour, Mental Health and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
We can help you and the adult(s) you care for in many ways as we work closely with social care and health professionals who have a wide range of specialisms including; community nursing, speech and language therapy, behavioural nursing, psychology, and psychiatry. We work in partnership with many charities and organisations such as Mencap and Advocacy Services.
Come along and talk to us, see what we provide and share your knowledge and feelings with us, bring along the adults you care for, meet the team, see what we do and experience at first hand a day at Skills Tank. Speak to one of our helpful friendly support team on 0121-358-8150 to see if we can help you and to book your free trial session.
It’s all about you being happy with what we do, how we do it and the people that will be involved in delivering your provision. Let me assure you that all our staff are fully CRB checked, with previous work references always taken to make sure they can be a valuable part of our team creating trust and a happy calm environment, delivering a service to enrich the lives of the adults you care for.
"Mary never wanted to get up, it was incredibly difficult to get her to do anything but now she is dressed and ready to go to Skills Tank everyday, even days she isn’t due to go!”
Examples of these activities include:
At Skills Tank our students enjoy a wide variety of activities, and it’s through these activities they learn new skills, and maintain existing ones. Our activity programme ranges from communication sessions to community participation, from creative and cultural activities to social skills and social enterprise.
Many skills are taught or maintained in each activity the student takes part in for example - a cookery session. With students, who enjoy cooking and experimenting with recipes – we start with a particular recipe chosen by a student or a dish for a cultural or social occasion. The student is encouraged to undertake the whole process, from deciding upon the recipe, costing and sourcing the ingredients, creating the dish, and then presenting it to, and enjoying it with, fellow students.
To find out how we can help you call us: 0121 358 8150
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