Moss Road (part of Essex Community Support and Enabling Service) – Colchester
Moss Road is home for up to 10 disabled adults in Colchester. It is part of Essex Community Support and Enabling Service. This is a supported living service, helping people who want to boost their independence and have specialist support when required.
Our superb support team that gives tenants the support they need with personal care and life skills.
Find us
- Organisation
- Street address
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Office
Roseberry House - Post town
- Colchester
- Postal code
- CO3 0BN
- Phone number
- Service manager:
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Kirsty Michelle Wynter
What we offer
- Individual apartments for up to 10 disabled adults
- Spacious living rooms with built in-kitchen
- Spacious bedrooms with lots of natural lighting
- Experienced staff team
- Accessible transport links into Colchester town centre, London and beyond
- A large garden space
How to get here
Moss Road has excellent transport links into Colchester town centre and beyond. If you have your own accessible vehicle with an open insurance policy, our staff are on hand and happy to drive you.
To reach Colchester town centre, you can travel on a couple of accessible bus routes or take a short drive into town. If you're looking to get into central London or other surrounding areas in Essex, you can catch the Greater Anglia train: we are just a couple of miles from Colchester station, Colchester Town station and Hythe station.
About supported living
Supported living is a flexible option for people who want to retain their independence but want support when they need it. Leonard Cheshire is the sole care provider. A housing association provides an accessible property: for this service it is Inclusion Housing. Every tenant has their own one bedroom self-contained flat.
Who we support
We offer supported living for up to 10 disabled adults at Moss Road. Our linked service, Heathcroft, is also part of Essex Community Support and Enabling Service: this offers supported living for another 14 disabled adults.
People living at Moss Road are currently all aged between 18 and 65. None of the tenants are wheelchair users. While the building is not wheelchair accessible, it is suitable for everyone living here.
We offer person-centred care. We take time to understand each individual’s personal preferences and what’s important to them in their lives.
We understand that people’s conditions are just one part of their lives, affecting them in different ways. We provide support to people with a range of conditions. This includes:
- People who have physical conditions (including mobility impairments)
- People who have learning disabilities
- People who have autism
- People who have Prada Willi Syndrome
- People who have Williams Syndrome
What support we provide
We provide support to all tenants at Moss Road when needed. This can involve all forms of personal care, medication support and assistance with daily living. We also help people to get out and about and access the local community.
Everyone receives a certain amount of one-to-one support. The precise amount of this support will depend on an individual’s particular care package. Everyone has their own person-centred plan.
We help people build life skills. These might include volunteering and career opportunities and educational opportunities, empowering tenants to grow in confidence. These might also include cooking, cleaning, bill management. (Tenants pay for their own utility bills, such as electricity and internet costs, as they would in any supported living or community flat.)
What activities are available
- Trips into town (including to restaurants, cafés, parks, bowling alleys, cinemas and theatres)
- Shopping (local shops nearby, with the Tollgate Centre and Stanes Retail Park offering larger options)
- Trips to Colchester Zoo
- Indoor games
- Movie nights
- Cooking
