Community Occupation for people with a learning disability

Name of service

Community Occupation

What the service is

Community Occupation supports people with a disability to develop vocational skills.

The service offers a range of vocational schemes that promote independence towards personal vocational aspirations. The schemes operating currently are: Recycling, Allotment, Garden Centre, Woodwork, Card Making.

Support is offered as people choose to move towards paid / supported employment.

The team are developing a Community Café and Community Farm to extend provision and create further opportunity.

Who the service is for

People of working age with a disability

How can you access the service

You can access the service through ADIS:

Phone: 0161 770 1515

Fax: 0161 770 1519

Minicom: 0161 770 1520

Email: adis@oldham.gov.uk

Postal: Adult Duty and Intervention Service, The Link Centre, 140 Union Street, Oldham OL1 1DZ

Opening hours 8.40am - 5.00pm

Updated: DL 07/2008