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Ocker Hill

by Options for Life

About our activities / service

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Ocker Hill is our community hub in Tipton, Ocker Hills facilities give us the opportunity to showcase our creative arts. Music - Music is a fundamental and sensory experience for participants to be involved in. Ocker Hill has a certified music teacher who takes a person-centered approach and works with individuals needs and requirements to actively participate in musical based sessions. Music empowers participants to express their personality and to stimulate enjoyment through music developing choice and autonomous participation. We offer two main sessions based on music, the Choir group, and the radio group. In choir sessions participants learn and rehearse new group and solo songs, to then perform at various events throughout the year. Options for Life host an annual Christmas event where the choir group perform. Throughout the year hub’s within Options for Life also host small in-house fundraising events where the choir group perform their songs. The aim of the radio group sessions is to explore new and familiar music through listening and writing. Participants work together to create new songs and to record a radio talk show. For inspiration, learning and having a sensory experience participant’s regularly visit places of interest where they can experience and acknowledge different types of music, instruments, and sensory background sounds. Music sessions promote Options for Life’s focus on Creative Options. Through Creative Options participants can express their personality by creating music through individualism. Music is the food of life! Music is a positive and interactive form of learning and retaining skills and confidence. At Ocker Hill participants requirements and expectations will be tailor met to their individual needs by a positive working environment and our person-centered approach. Drama - The aim of drama sessions is to create and provide theatre experiences for adults with disabilities. Ocker Hill work closely with certified theater teachers who are trained to work with adults that have disabilities. Individuals are actively supported in accordance to their needs to express their creativity and engage in group workshops. In these sessions, we play games and do drama exercises that aim to improve focus, communication skills, trust, Improvisation, character work, acting, dancing, and singing. Through performance and art, we create a platform for participants to build self-confidence, independence, and social interaction. In drama sessions participants learn and rehearse new group and solo acts to then perform at various events throughout the year. Drama sessions promote Options for Life’s focus on Health for Life and Creative Options. Though health for life participants are active and learning/retaining skills and social experiences. Through creative options participants can express their creativity socially by focusing and engaging in meaningful activities. Drama empowers participants to explore and develop their individual creative skills by engaging, having fun, and interacting with others.

Staff qualifications	Staff are qualified to deliver the services of Options for Life.
Genders	All
Age focus	18 year olds, 19-25 year olds, 26-65 year olds, 65+ year olds

About the organisation

We are a Sandwell based charity, which supports adults with learning disabilities and/or autism, by providing a range of services which include outreach provision, community hub based activities, drop-in sessions and accessing community activities. We support our participants to increase their self-confidence, develop communication and social skills and ultimately increase their independence. • Options for Life was established in 1988 and is a day opportunity service based in Sandwell, West Midlands, we provide professional person-centred care that is tailored to meet the individual needs of adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. We provide the support through our day opportunities outreach service, Building based and PMLD services. • We aim to provide support in ways which have positive outcomes for participants and promote their active participation. Our staff are qualified and experienced as well as receiving continuous training. • We ensure that each participant’s needs and preferences are thoroughly assessed. We aim to ensure that the support and care that we provide meet the assessed needs of each participant and needs are re-assessed as frequently as necessary and that our care and support have the flexibility to respond to changing needs or requirements. • We aim to provide a flexible, efficient, value-for-money quality care and support service. • We aim to safeguard the privacy and confidentiality of participants and to enable them to maintain their personal independence, have informed choices and have an opportunity to enjoy and contribute to society. • Options for Life is non-discriminatory and serves all participants regardless of race, nationality, language, religion or beliefs, age, sex or sexual orientation, or social standing nor is there any discrimination made between participants who pay directly for the service and those who do not. In the event of special needs and preferences of ethnic, cultural, and religious groups advice would be sought to enable Options for Life staff to meet those needs.