CMSS - Skills Development Centre For People with Disabilities
Referrals
What to do if you are interested in a placement at the Skills Development Centre
You may ring the Skills Development Centre to arrange an informal visit. You will find our phone number on the contact page of this website. We will make you an appointment and you will be shown around the centre by one of the Clients. This visit will take about an hour.
Once you have seen the Centre and would like to apply for a placement you will be asked to fill in an application form. Referrals can be made through your Social Worker (you will need to contact your Social Worker to get funding for an assessment approved) or privately, in which case you will cover the cost of the assessment. If you wish to fund your placement through Direct Payments we will be more than happy to assist you in the process.
Once we have received your application form and the funding for your assessment is approved, CMSS will make an appointment for a 2 day assessment.
During the 2 day assessment you will be given a full timetable of activities and the staff will focus on your abilities. They will then write an assessment and all the individual recommendations make up the final assessment report. Existing clients at The Skills Development Centre will also have an input in your assessment report and they cover your hobbies, interests and social abilities. Based on this report the Skills Development Centre will decide whether we can offer you a person-centred service.
Once we offer you a placement we need to establish whether funding is available for your placement. The fee for attending the Skills Development Centre is a standard daily fee that includes a cooked lunch and refreshments in the morning and afternoon. If you live very far, there maybe an additional transport fee or if you require learning, one to one or dietary support there may also be an extra fee. Do not worry too much about this as we will talk to you about all of this.
Once the funding, is confirmed the Skills Development Centre will contact you with a starting date.
Please note the Skills Development Centre has a waiting list for wheelchair users, but please ring and check to see how long the waiting list is.
Assessment Form
Click the PDF icon to download a CMSS assessment form. Right click and select 'Save Target As...' to save the PDF file to your hard drive. Then you can print off and post to your assessment form to us.
CMSS Latest News
NEWS****** ******FLASH
*CMSS*
*Diamond*
*Jubilee*
*60 Years*
*29th September*
*2012*
This year at CMSS is a very special, exciting and a fun packed year for us as we will be celebrating our Diamond Jubilee.
Throughout the year, we will be having lots of different events to celebrate this special year.
Events for the year:
1st June: Evening disco and buffet
29th June: 'The In Between Years' performance by Clients of CMSS at the Compass Theatre
2nd July: 'The In Between Years' performance by Clients of CMSS at the Compass Theatre
6th July: A day trip to the sea side
10th August: Picnic in the grounds
12th September: Carers outing to Buckingham Palace
29th September: **GALA DAY**
24th November: Christmas Bazaar; 'Launch of 'The In Between Years' History Book'
14th December: Christmas Lunch
*Gala Day*
29th September 2012
2pm-6pm
Please come and join us to celebrate this special day of the year. The day will be packed full of fun; Barbeque, Bar, Coconut Shy, Raffles, Bottle tombola, refreshments, beat the goalie and plenty more...
If you are able to volunteer, support, double fund or donate any items for the forthcoming events, please email Naheed Judge on naheedjudge@hotmail.com or Leana Hughes on lealea300@hotmail.co.uk.
*Holidays*
Butlins Bognor regis: 30th March - 2nd April and then again 13th-16th April
Center Parcs Elveden: 18th- 21st May
Alton towers: 28th May- 1st June
Gladwins Farm: 15th-22nd June
Potters resort: 13th-17th August and then again 24th-28th August
Centre Parcs: 7th-10th September
*Socials*
Filming of ' Family fortunes' : 6th feb
Valentines disco- 14th feb
x factor concert: 3rd March
quiz night -9th march
Jubilee disco event- 1st june
Performance at compass theatre: 29th june and 2nd July
whole centre day trip: 6th july
Picnic afternoon~: 10th August
carers trip to buckingham palace: 12th sept
gala day: 29th sept
bingo night: 19th oct
xmas bazaar: 24th nov
christmas lunch: 14th dec
*Can YOU Help?*
Have you been attending CMSS for 50 years? Has your family been involved with CMSS for many years? We are currently in the process of publishing a book about the history of CMSS and we need any old newspaper cuttings, photographs, letters, or anyting related to the history of CMSS. Please could you forward these to Betty Morris and we will photocopy them with your permission, and give the originals back to you.