Person-centred Approach
At Fontenaye we believe that entering residential care shouldn’t mean losing your independence. You are the author of your own life story, and our role is to provide the support you need to write the next chapter.
We know that young adulthood is a vital time for building confidence, discovering identities, and pursuing ambitions. That is why our person-centred approach puts your voice, your choices, and your aspirations at the absolute centre of everything we do.
Individualised care plans
At the heart of high-quality, person-centred support is the Individualised Care Plan (ICP). We believe that no two journeys are the same, and a one-size-fits-all approach to care simply doesn’t work. An individualised care plan is a dynamic, personalised roadmap designed to meet a person's unique physical, emotional, and social needs while respecting their choices and lifestyle preferences.
Personal Care Services
At Fontenaye we believe everyone deserves to live with dignity, comfort, and independence in the place they feel most at home. Our dedicated personal care services provide gentle, reliable, and respectful support designed around your unique daily routine and personal preferences.
Whether you need a helping hand for just an hour a day or more comprehensive daily support, our compassionate team is here to help.
How we care
• Therapies: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to build emotional regulation and distress tolerance.
• Behaviour Support Plans (BSPs): For adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities who exhibit challenging behaviours, formal Behaviour Support Plans are used to implement positive reinforcement and self-management techniques.
• Music and Arts therapies and therapeutic practice: Music and the creative arts therapies and therapeutic practice has been a specialism for the Fontenaye team having spent over thirty years working in the area with children, young people and adult at a professional level.
• Training, learning and personal development: The Fontenaye team will set up, facilitate and support them with tailor made learning for the people it supports to encourage and up skill them so they can move forward into their chosen path in life.
• Physical activities and wellbeing: Having the park across the road from the home Fontenaye can offer many different forms of physical exercise from cycling to walking and running. There several activities happening in the park every week from Yoga through dance and martial arts. Being close to the town there is also a gym nearby. The company also has access to several professional sports and arts tutors who can provide additional activities each week.
• In house activities: The home has a large well-equipped kitchen to provide cooking and baking activities. The organisation aims to build a purpose garden building for music and arts or educational training activities.