READING Borough Council has laid out new plans for social care facilities to help support vulnerable residents.
The council has announced that it approved plans to “transform” its adult social care provisions with a new facility.
The new Amethyst Road Respite Service will provide general support both vulnerable residents and carers while offering flexible services to better cater to residents’ specific needs.
Support will be given through temporary respite, providing space for residents and carers to gain much needed rest and associated help.
Proposals were given the green light at a policy committee meeting on Tuesday, March 15, with councillors agreeing to plans for a “standalone” building.
This means it will be a dedicated facility for social care and will not be required to share space or land with any other facilities.
Despite this, plans have also laid out the development of a general needs housing unit following the splitting of the site into two adjacent plots.
John Ennis, Reading Borough Council’s lead member for adult social care, said: “The needs of vulnerable residents and their carers will be at the heart of the new facility on Amethyst Lane.
He explained that is was just a part of: “significant investment in new adult social care services right across Reading and demonstrates once again the Council’s commitment to protecting the most vulnerable in our communities.”
“Helping them to lead as independent lives as possible whilst providing the specialist support they need it.
“In this instance it also means providing much needed respite for Reading’s hidden army of carers who do such an incredible job, day in, day out.”
Reading Borough Council has already begun engaging with the Care Quality Commission.
The council has said that there are more than 3,000 residents over 18 with profound or multiple learning disabilities in Reading.
