Pirates Rest

Services offered

• Core – Assistance with Daily Life
• Core – Assistance with Social & Community Participation
• Core – Consumables
• Daily Living Skills
• Health and Well-being
• Improved Living Arrangements
• Improved Relationships
• Increased Social and Community Participation

Pirates Rest provides 24/7 short term supported accommodation (respite) but we like to call time with us ‘retreats’. Its a bit more piratey! A retreat is a blend of respite and a planned program. We schedule every hour of the day from 6 am to 12 midnight (and overnight as well – hopefully sleep!) with specific planned activities for the young people who come to our service. We carefully design a day to meet the young person’s needs for training in:

• self care
• relationship building
• pre-vocational skills
• recreation and interest development and
• new learning

Service Review & Reports

Each one of these life domains are supported and assessed for each participant on every retreat – so that a simple report providing quality feedback can be supplied to caregivers/participant on request to provide evidence of support and also the participant’s ongoing needs for NDIS Plan Reviews. If a young person attends Pirates Rest for 12 visits in a year, for example (once a month) – 12 short reports and an overall review will show growth, development and or further need areas to be supported. This is valuable information and ensures that the young person will continue to receive appropriate care for their needs under NDIS.

Programs

A balanced approach

Our programs have been designed by Toni Mehigan – Psychologist who has specialised in working with young people with disabilities.

Pirates Rest is part of the Wonderland Community Services Family. We provide support to NDIS participants in Tasmania as well as Queensland. We specialise in innovative strategies which:

• Save money through combining services – Core Support & Capacity Building supports
• Ensure services are individual, unique and hit the nail on the head – working towards participants own goals
• Tailor services to specific age groups and level of need
• Cater for the developmental and social/emotional needs of our participants not just their disability
• Provide more than what is expected with pleasure – beautiful environments, creative activities, enthusiastic and positive support
• Capacity Building Supports -Professional Services to Improve Behaviour & Improve Daily Living Skills.