St Gabriel’s, Residential Care Home, Kent

Residential
Kent
Autism Spectrum Conditions, Complex needs, Epilepsy, Hearing Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Sight Impairment

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About this home

St Gabriel’s is a specialist care home in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, which provides 24-hour care and support to eight people aged 18 and over who are deaf or have hearing loss. The people we support have a wide range of additional support needs including autism, epilepsy, learning difficulties, sight loss and mental ill-health.

Residents say they love living at St Gabriel’s. The team has everyone’s best interests at heart, and, like any family, everyone has a laugh together and is interested in what one another is doing.

The team finds out what a person’s needs, interests and goals are and then creates a tailored package of care and support to facilitate these. We have a strong ethos of care, where people have maximum choice and control over their life.

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Who we support

Adults
Autism Spectrum Conditions
Complex needs
Epilepsy
Hearing Impairments
Learning Disabilities
Mental Health
Sight Impairment

Facilities

En-Suite
Garden/Outside Space

What we offer

St Gabriel’s is a large two-storey detached house that has two flats, each with four bedrooms. The flats are on the first floor and have a range of bedrooms – some ensuite and others with separate bathrooms. Each flat has a kitchen, lounge/diner and a room for team members to sleep in so that they are on hand if needed for emergencies at night.

On the ground floor of the building is a day centre that people at St Gabriel’s use along with other deaf people from the local community. Our large garden is perfect for parties and barbeques during the warmer months.

St Gabriel’s is close to shops, restaurants and a cinema as well as the lovely sandy beach of Westgate. The nearby railway station offers frequent trains to London Victoria and London St Pancras and there’s a good bus service to Margate, the rest of Thanet and Canterbury.

Lifestyle

Choice and independence are central to living at St Gabriel’s. The team supports people in all aspects of daily life such as gaining social skills, getting involved in their local community and even looking for a meaningful job or voluntary role, if that’s what they’d like.

We use tailored communication approaches, communicating with people by their preferred method, whether that’s British Sign Language, pictures, ‘now and next’ boards or easy read documents.

One of our team members says, “I want to make each person’s day the best it can be” and that perfectly sums up our team’s approach. Everyone is welcome to decorate their room however they wish and have friends and family over for meals. Some individuals have joined choirs, been on holiday, gone rock climbing, and others who have wanted to move into independent living have been supported to do that too.”