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Bedford Borough Council’s internal services

Vision

“A Borough where people of all ages, particularly the most vulnerable are able to lead happy, independent lives and fulfil their potential.”

The services we provide

• Shared Lives
• Huddleston Way Supported Living
• Bedford Independent Living Team
• Supported Employment Service
• George Beal House
• Bedford Day Services – Kempston Centre and Gadsby Street who

will be presenting at the next partnership board meeting You can access the services through your social worker.

Bedford Borough news

• Shared Lives Bedford joined up with other local Shared Lives services

and took part in a Christmas party on Saturday 1st December which was really enjoyed by everyone who took part

• Day Services had a very successful week of open days during

November when people were invited to come and have a look round to see if they were interested in accessing the services

What is George Beal House?

• George Beal House is a respite service for adults aged over 18

years old

• We are located in Kempston
• George Beal House is a purpose built bungalow
• We offer short stays to enable families and carers to have a

break from their caring roles

Who can stay at George Beal House?

• Anyone over the age of 18 years old who has

a learning disability can stay at George Beal House

• We have 12 bedrooms
• Service users can bring in their own items

from home to personalise their stay

• There are staff available at George Beal

House 24 hrs a day to ensure everyone is well looked after and that their needs are met

What we can help you with during your stay:

• We can help you with a number of things during

your stay such as Helping with medication Helping with washing and dressing Helping you with meal preparation or providing meals Supporting you to go to activities during the day such as your usual day service etc. Supporting you with activities in the evenings and weekend such as trips out to the cinema, pub into town

What facilities do we have?

• George Beal has a range of specialist

equipment such as hoists, profiling beds and specialist bathing facilities to help people with physical needs

• We are very near to a good bus route and

we also have our own specially adapted vehicle

• We have a sensory room and lots of

different activity equipment such as board games, a Wii and X Box games console, karaoke machine and arts and craft material

What happens before you stay with us?

• Our referrals usually come via the Adults with Learning

Disabilities Team

• Once they have agreed for you to come and stay, we will invite

you to come and have a look round George Beal House

• We will then come and meet with you and your family and talk

about your needs and what you want from respite

• If we feel we can offer you a place, then we will arrange for you

to come and spend some short visits with us and also to stay with overnight to keep us to get to know you and you to know us

• How many nights you stay with us each month will depend on

what has been agreed by your care manager

I’m interested – what do I do now?

• If you are interested in staying at George Beal House, please

contact your social worker who will then make a referral to us We look forward to meeting you!

Questions