specialist residential care
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specialist residential care
t: 01283 480810 | e: info@godfreycare.co.uk
In these challenging times we’ve been taking the governments advice around social distancing to protect our service users and teams health as much as possible. to try and minimise the impact on everyone’s lives we’re trying to keep a sense of normali…
As the Covid-19 situation continues to evolve, we have been continuously monitoring the official advice and responding accordingly. We have acted quickly and decisively to manage the potential impact of the virus, in line with guidance from the Gover…
To celebrate the Chinese New Year, service users at Ashby House had two activity packed days’ worth of celebrations. The first day all the staff and service users spent the day preparing costumes for the evening and cooking a wide variety of Chinese …
As part of the Christmas spirit all service users at our homes had the special opportunity to meet Santa Clause and have breakfast with him in the run up to Christmas day. The morning was hosted at the Riverside Hotel and service users and staff alik…
Our main goals as a service provider is to provide the highest levels of care to all our service users to allow them to have the best standards of living with our support. Part of the test to this ambition is carried out through our CQC in…
The team at Godfrey Care are delighted to share with you the latest home that we have purchased to expand our specialist residential service in the region. The home is based in the picturesque settings of Roleston on Dove. The home is an existing …
At Godfrey Barnes Care, we believe in providing opportunities for more social inclusion and community integration. It can have a transformative impact on the lives of our service users, especially those who are naturally hesitant to explore and exper…
CN has a lifelong love of music, which plays a big part of most days for him. CN often commented on how much he wanted to go to a rave and experience being part of a crowd and enjoying all that it had to offer, this was recognised as one of CN’s life…
AF moved into Field House back in January 2018. AF needed support to develop a healthier and more active lifestyle. The team at Field House worked with engaging AF in planning his meals to ensure that he was able to have a healthy balanced diet. A…
Ashby House was recently inspected by the CQC and we are proud to have scored good on all areas. The registered manager and the staff really enjoyed the whole process of having the CQC inspector and expert by experience at the home and getting the ch…
One of our service users MM loves the chance to have a ladies night in! She recently asked one of the day staff that she really gets on with, Kirsty to stay over one evening so that they could spend some quality time together doing the things that MM…
BB recently moved in to the Ashby House service having spent that last 10 years in her previous residential placement. It was apparent that BB did not get out much in the community previously and did not get opportunities to take part in simple tasks…
With the Chinese New Year coming staff and service users took some time together to look into the Chinese culture. They looked into this year’s zodiac sing being the year of the Pig with the New Year being on the 5th of February. They also looked int…
Well into the mid of January 2019 it is worth a look back at a prosperous 2018 for Godfrey Care. We saw the groups 2nd home, Ashby House, open in Staffordshire and before the year end, we were pleased to see it at capacity. What is especially pleasin…
Godfrey Care services have been getting into the festive spirit with various Christmas activities with the homes and outside. The staff and residents have enjoyed getting the homes looking like Lapland as everyone has worked hard in the run up to the…
At Godfrey Barnes Care, supporting our residents to take steps towards more independent living and being involved in their local community is one of the most rewarding aspects of what we aim to do. The path to this is not always smooth and there are …
At Godfrey Barnes Care we help all our residents get the opportunity to participate and make positive contributions to the community they live in and that this is an integral part of each individuals dignity. Maintaining contact with families and hav…
Godfrey Barnes Care is delighted to announce Ashby House has opened. With our commitment to the local community within Staffordshire and the success we have seen at our founding home Field House, this steps marks a milestone in our groups ambition to…
We were delighted when two of Field House’s service users went to watch a celebrity football match in aid of BACT (Burton Albion Community Trust). Soap stars, TV favourites and pop artists were among the celebrities who played in the special challeng…
Godfrey Care is delighted to announce that work has started on building the groups second residential home for adults with complex needs, learning difficulties, autism, and behavioural difficulties. The home will be based on Ashby Road, Burton Upon T…
Godfrey Barnes Care is delighted to announce the completion of its new self-contained extension added onto the Field House site. As part of the close working relationships we have built with the social worker team in the Staffordshire region a need w…
As part of our commitment to delivering excellence in care we work very closely with our training partner NAPPI UK to develop tailored training for our team of carers. NAPPI is a leading provider of training solutions to the care sector and specialis…
Having the benefit of beautiful and diverse settings and our commitment to genuine inclusion at Godfrey Care, during a recent nature walk some of our staff and service users took part in collecting water reeds from the canals. These were used as p…
Since March we have been working with all the service users in Field House to plant a variety of vegetables in the garden. Not only has this been a very healthy way of getting the service users to eat some organic and delicious vegetables but it’s b…
As part of our ethos to develop access to new opportunities for Field House service users, the team and two service users went to Blackpool Beach at the end of May. One of the service users had been very keen and mentioned that he wanted to go to Bla…
On the 3rd of April staff at Field House arranged a trip for service users to go and visit West Midlands Safari Park following a request by one of the service users who has a keen interest in animals. The aim of the day was to offer an experience to …
Good News! Following an unannounced CQC inspection carried out on the 31st of January 2017 Field House attained a good CQC rating across all areas. We are extremely proud of this positive recognition and in a time where there seems to be so much neg…
As 2016 comes to an end, we wanted to take some time to look back at a very busy and successful year at Godfrey Care in our journey of opening Field House and providing support to our service users. Throughout this year the whole team at Godfrey Care…
The Christmas decorations are up at Field House! The service users and staff have done a fantastic job with the festive decorations and everyone is really looking forward to Christmas. 8/12/16
Godfrey Care are delighted to announce that our new specialist service in Burton on Trent is now open! Our brand new service offers exceptionally high quality accommodation, alongside specialist support delivered by our dedicated and highly skilled s…