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Community and respite care in our own centre for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities so their main carers to have time to look after themselves.

29/09/2025

😶 National Nonspeaking/Nonverbal Awareness Day at ICH 😶

💁‍♂️ On the 30th of September, it is National Nonspeaking/Nonverbal Awareness Day, a time when we can reflect, honour, and uplift individuals who communicate without words.

🗺️ Nonverbal and nonspeaking people navigate a world that’s been built around verbal communication. By spotlighting their struggles, we challenge misconceptions, foster empathy, and champion true inclusivity.

❗ Common Challenges Faced by Nonverbal Individuals:

· Every aspect of daily life, from expressing basic needs to feeling fully included in their communities.

· Difficulty communicating even basic needs, wants, and emotions through spoken language, which can lead to frustration and misunderstandings.

· Limited ability to initiate and maintain conversations, impacting peer relationships and overall well-being.

· Problems conveying symptoms or discomfort to medical professionals, potentially resulting in inadequate care.

· Sensory sensitivities and overload caused by heightened responses to stimuli such as sound, touch, or light, which can trigger anxiety, meltdowns, or withdrawal.

🙌 At In Caring Hands, every person’s way of communicating is respected and celebrated. Our dedicated team of carers are trained in alternative communication methods such as:

· Tac-Pac tactile symbols and sensory story prompts

· Switches, buttons and bespoke technology-aided devices

· Makaton signing, PECS and personalised symbol boards

· Communication books to share each person’s choices and achievements

🧏 We listen, learn and adapt to unique cues because every gesture, glance and touch matters.

👉 Discover more about the services we offer or explore career opportunities here:

https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/

24/09/2025

☺️😀WE ARE RECRUITING!!!! 🥳🤩

Come and join our amazing team! We are looking for dedicated, empathetic and caring individuals to join our wonderful team. We support individual with PMLD to live happy, healthy and fulfilled lives in our respite center and within the community. Part and Full time Day and Waking Night positions available.
Driving Licence and own vehicle is preferred but not essential.

Some of the benefits of working with In Caring Hands:
😃£13.31 per hour day times (FTE £26,000 per year)
😀 £15.06 per hour waking nights (FTE £29,000 per year)
💰DBS Cost refunded
🎁£75 Birthday bonus plus the day off
📅 28 days of leave per year (FTE)
👩‍🎓Progression Opportunities
💝Access to our Employee Assistance Program

Very rewarding role that gives you that feel good feeling.

📩Drop us a message for more information!!

22/09/2025

🫴 ICH Supports Professional Care Workers Week in Cornwall 🫴

👏 In Caring Hands (ICH) is proud to support Professional Care Workers Week, which runs from the 12th to the 19th of September 2025 and is now in its eighth year.

At ICH, we recognise that our people are our greatest asset. For them it’s more than just a job, it’s a passion. That’s why we always try to listen closely to our employees’ feedback and act on their ideas.

👍 We deliver ongoing training, mentorship, and clear career pathways while offering fair wages and pay progression aligned with skills and responsibilities. We ensure that we prioritise our carers' wellbeing through regular check-ins and team events.

💪 Why not join our Cornwall Crew? We’re looking for dedicated carers to strengthen ICH’s Cornwall services. So, if you’re passionate about delivering outstanding one-to-one care in a supportive, family atmosphere, learn more at:

https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/

16/09/2025

🆕 Introducing ICH’s PMLD Day Centre in Cornwall! 🆕

💁‍♀️ Since 2017, In Caring Hands (ICH) has been providing young adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) with dedicated care. We are delighted that our services continue to grow and offer support to more families in the South West of England.

🏡 We opened the doors of our Day Service in May 2025, offering sensory-rich environments and one-to-one support to help each individual thrive.

👏 The day service offers one-to-one care for up to six young people per day (one guest receives 2:1 support) where they can enjoy story time, cookery, arts and crafts, tac-pac tactile communication, movement to music, themed bingo and more.

🔎 If you’re a dedicated carer and this sounds like something you’d like to be involved in, watch out for adverts coming soon. Meanwhile, check out more info on our website:

https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/

08/09/2025

🖼️ Embracing heritage and discovery with ICH 🖼️

🫴 At In Caring Hands (ICH) we support young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) to explore life’s wonders through sensory-rich experiences.

⏳ Heritage Open Days is England’s largest festival of history and culture, offering thousands of free events and hidden places to discover every September.

📅 This year’s festival runs from 12th–21st September 2025, with a packed programme that includes everything from architecture tours to themed spotlights like Green Adventures and Celebrating our Railways. Learn more here: https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/whats-on.html

🌳 We enjoy this opportunity to explore - for free - our local forests and gardens, as well as railway heritage and days out with our service users.

💁‍♀️ Our carers always ensure these outings are fully accessible to our service users to maximise the fun and build lasting memories.

👉 If you’re passionate about crafting inclusive adventures and making heritage come alive for young people with PMLD, join our compassionate ICH team today: https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/

01/09/2025

🖼️ Supporting health, comfort, and understanding with ICH 🖼️

🫴 At In Caring Hands (ICH) in Cornwall, we provide specialist care for young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). Our devoted team understands that everyday ailments such as headaches or migraines can be overwhelming when you can’t verbally communicate how you feel.

🤯 Migraine Awareness Week runs from the 22nd to 28th September 2025, so we felt it was a good time to look at this topic. Migraines aren’t just “bad headaches”, they involve throbbing pain, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and can last for hours or days. For someone who can’t use words to say “I’m unwell,” their distress can easily be misdiagnosed and be incorrectly untreated.

🔎 At ICH, we spot non-verbal cues through:

Regular comfort checks and pain-scale aids using facial expression cards and body language

Close collaboration with families and healthcare professionals to adjust care plans promptly

Logging subtle changes in behaviour, restlessness, rocking or grimacing.

📊 Our carers respond immediately when distress is spotted. We use quiet, dimly lit rooms with soft music to ease sensory overload. Where appropriate, we will give gentle massage or cool compresses, and have hydration routines tailored to each individual. And we will always make a medical referral where appropriate.

✔️ This proactive approach means fewer missed signs, faster relief, and happier, more comfortable days.

👉 If you believe every young person deserves compassionate, expert support, explore our website to learn more: https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/

25/08/2025

🪴 Windowsill gardens bringing nature indoors at ICH 🪴

🌱 At our respite bungalow, and daycare centre in Cornwall we transform sunny ledges into mini herb and flower gardens.

🌷 Our service users with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) delight in feeling soil between their fingers, sniffing fresh basil or lavender, and watching tiny shoots unfurl day by day. This hands-on gardening promotes sensory engagement, calms anxiety, and gives everyone a sense of achievement as they nurture their plants.

🏡 At In Caring Hands (ICH) life is about so much more than routines. We design days full of discovery, joy, and comfort, because connecting with nature, even on a windowsill, can brighten minds and nourish wellbeing.

💖 Love bringing smiles to young people’s faces? Grow your career with In Caring Hands and help us cultivate these special moments. Discover opportunities on our website: https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/

18/08/2025

🖼️ A picture says a thousand words at ICH 🖼️

📸 At In Caring Hands (ICH), we love printing our favourite snaps and here’s why - Printed photographs invite our service users to feel the paper, trace the edges, and point to familiar faces or beloved places we’ve explored together. This hands-on experience lifts moods, nurtures creativity, and fills their days with joy, especially when we turn those prints into colourful collages or simple photo albums together.

🏡 Life at our profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) respite care bungalow or day care service in Cornwall is about more than just meeting daily needs. We design days that are fulfilling, fun, and comfortable because every young person deserves experiences that celebrate who they are.

💖 Passionate about making a difference? Join our caring family at In Caring Hands and help us create more of these moments that matter. Discover opportunities on our website: https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/respite-care/

11/08/2025

🌱 Growing together at In Caring Hands 🌱

🌿 It’s National Allotments Week (11th to 17th of August), and here at In Caring Hands (ICH) Cornwall where our respite centre provides care for young adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), we’re celebrating the joy of growing things together!

🥕 Our service users love planting seeds, tending to the growing plants, and of course harvesting fresh fruits, veggies and fragrant herbs they’ve nurtured themselves. Nothing beats the the joy of sharing homegrown produce (and a taste of their hard work!).

🌞 This is just one of the many activities we offer to our young service users to enrich their lives as much as possible.

💚 If you’d like to help us sow more smiles, we’re recruiting compassionate day and night carers to join our Cornwall team. Get your hands dirty, support sensory-rich gardening sessions, and watch confidence bloom!

👉 Find out more here: https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/respite-care/

04/08/2025

🤝 Friendship Week at ICH 🤝

🌟 The end of July and beginning of August celebrate Friendship around the world, here at In Caring Hands (ICH) where we provide respite care for young adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) we want to talk more about the personal side of friendship, connection and companionship!

🤗 Our service users love spending time with with our carers whether it’s a sensory storytelling session, an art workshop, or a supervised outing to one of the many local attractions we visit with them each year for laughter, smiles and special moments. These friendships bring joy, confidence, and a true sense of belonging.

💚 Do you want to help us create more of these joy filled times? We’re recruiting compassionate day and night carers to join our Cornwall team. Share laughter, build bonds, and make every day brighter!

👉 Find out more here: https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/respite-care/

28/07/2025

🌳 We love Parks at ICH 🌳

🌻 It’s Love Parks Week (25th July to 03rd August), and here at In Caring Hands (ICH) respite centre in Cornwall where we offer respite care for young adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) we’re celebrating our favourite green spaces!

🌞 We love taking our service users out to local parks to enjoy some fresh air, sensory play and laughter, whatever the weather. However, summer is the perfect time to venture outdoors and explore our beautiful parks.

💚 Want to help us create more outdoor smiles? We’re recruiting compassionate day and night carers to join our Cornwall team. Embrace adventure, make a real difference and enjoy plenty of park visits and other wonderful activities and outings along the way!

👉 Find out more here: https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/respite-care/

21/07/2025

Here at In Caring Hands, we don’t just sit around all day! When young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) come to our bungalow for respite care, we have all kinds of fun activities going on.

🌻 Recently we were making these fabulous flower catchers, introducing bright colours and interesting shapes to our service users, and helping them create something beautiful. Preparing for the exercise, our manager Emma went around the local area, looking for wild, hedgerow flowers to use.

💮 On her way back to the bungalow, she passed our local florist, Gwen’s Garden Flowers and Blooms: https://www.facebook.com/Gwensgardenflorist. She took a chance, and went in, to see if Gwen had any flowers that were past their best, that our people could use.

🌹Gwen went above and beyond for us, preparing two beautiful bouquets, which we had so much fun with. Plus she is happy to provide more flowers, if we need them for future craft activities. We’re so grateful - thanks Gwen!

🌷 We love being part of a community that supports us like this. If you’re local to St Austell, and can support our activities, or you have a venue we could visit, then drop us a line!

https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/learning-disability-services/respite-care/

Address

124 Tregonissey Road
Saint Austell
PL254DS

Website

https://www.in-caring-hands.co.uk/contact-us/

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