• Specialism:
  Visual Impairment, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Physical Difficulties
• Residential/Day:
  Residential/Day
• Course Start Dates:
  September
• Course Length per Year in weeks:
  38 weeks but up to 52 week placements available
• Maximum Student Numbers:
  Maximum 40 students (approximately)
• Age Range:
  18+

General Description of College:
Condover College is a small charitable organisation which will provide for 55 young people (September 2011). Residential accommodation is in a number of small houses (3 – 5 residents) in villages and towns in and around Shrewsbury. We have an Education centre in Shrewsbury. Provision is offered for between 38 and 52 weeks per year. After the three year “Design for Living” course we guarantee “open ended” provision up to the age of 65 with a full programme of life enhancing activities. Holidays are provided for 52 wee residential learners. We hold regular “Open Days”.

The Curriculum:
We offer a “Design for Living” course over three years at “Pre-entry level”. The curriculum focuses on developing communication, social and independence skills and enabling our learners to develop a valued, valuing and enjoyable life. Engagement with the local community and using local community facilities (including local mainstream colleges) is central to our provision

Specialist Facilities:
We have arrangements with a local special school to provide hydrotherapy, and “in house” Speech and Language Therapist and Physiotherapy. Most rooms are “en-suite” and ground floor rooms have ceiling tracking.

Statements:

1. expertise in working with learners who are blind or visually impaired
2. expertise in meeting the needs of students with profound and multiple learning difficulties
3. expertise in supporting learners with a wide range of physical disabilities
4. expertise in working with learners with Asperger syndrome
5. expertise in working with learners with communication difficulties
6. expertise in working with learners with epilepsy and/or associated neurological conditions
7. expertise in meeting the needs of students with severe learning difficulties
8. in-house speech and language therapy
9. waking night residential staff
10. specialist staff to meet personal care requirements
11. registered with the Care Quality Commission
12. residential provision extending beyond the academic year
13. day provision
14. a personal development programme
15. a social skills programme
16. opportunities for learners to participate in community activities and to learn about citizenship
17. in-house physiotherapy
18. opportunities to attend local mainstream colleges with support
19. opportunities to improve and develop communication skills through the use of Alternative and Augmentative Communication aids
20. help with negotiating suitable long term provision