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Whitehouse Enterprises

Location and Contact details Whitehouse Enterprises Lovetofts Drive Ipswich Suffolk IP1 5NZ Telephone: 01473 588115 Email: info@whitehouse.suffolk.org.uk

Type of organisation Local Authority Descripton of organisation Community Based Service Supported work placement opportunities miles (straight line) miles (approximate road distance) Entry last updated Dec 5, 2011

Further Details

Whitehouse Enterprises is a social enterprise supporting adults with disabilities/disadvantgages in a variety of vocational settings. These include catering, sign manufacture, furniture manufacture and packing. We offer support to individuals looking to regain their confidence in a work environment and build working/life skills. We also offer accredited and non-accredited training in a number of areas.

We have a range of service users from those with individual funding wishing to gain work experience to paid employees. Within the enterprise we have a number of community settings including 5 community based cafes.

Services available

	ABI Specialist	National	Regional	Local
Advice
Community support
Day Activities
Information
Training (for clients/patients)
Vocational Support
Voluntary Activity

This service adheres to the following Regulatory Frameworks / is affiliated to the following bodies:

CIEH
NOCN
BSI accredited
LASMA accredited for sign manufacture
We are part of Suffolk County Council and as such are affiliated with a number of different organisations.

Referrals can be made by

GP
Consultant
Healthcare Professional
Self/Advocate/Family
Other professional eg Social Care/Case Manager

- specialist providers

How are services paid for?

Publicly funded - individually commissioned

	Regularly	Sometimes	Never
NHS	?	?	?
Social Care Services
Jointly funded by NHS & Social Care Services	?	?	?

Privately funded (anyone can purchase)

Typical duration that a service is offered

The duration is flexible depending on the needs of the individual.

This Service was mapped by Eastern Region ABI. See HERE for more information

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Services available are defined by the following EHIG Rehabilitation Codes

For an explanation of the codings please click here

SOMETHING TO DO

[Code 120]
Patient description
Medically stable. Wanting to engage further with the community, alone or with others.

Sites
All sites

Description of rehabilitation input
Organised activity in the community offering opportunities to to develop social skills, stamina, confidence, attention & leisure pursuits, Specific attention paid to: Community involvement & integration (further education etc), Personal social development and empowerment Structured daytime activity within the individual's competency framework. Includes Day activities, Day Centres, clubs and activity that may be purchased with a personal budget.

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

[Code 125]
Patient description
Medically stable. Wanting to engage further with the community, alone or with others.

Sites
All sites

Description of rehabilitation input
Organised activity in the community offering opportunities to develop skills through voluntary work and activity.

This service is defined by the NMDS (National Minimum Data Set) codes as:

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No Data for NMDS