Salutem Healthcare is a

social care Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work ...

provider based in

Windsor Windsor may refer to: Places Australia * Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area * Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland **Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wi ...

founded in 2016. It employs more than 3,000 staff. John Godden, the chief executive, was awarded an

MBE Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo * Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria * Mbe language, a language of Nigeria * Mbe' language, language of Cameroon * ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language Molal ...

in the

2021 New Year Honours The 2021 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebration ...

. Salutem provides residential healthcare and education services for more than 1,350 adults and children with learning disabilities and associated needs, including those with challenging behaviours. In April 2017 it took over Pathways Care Group and Modus Care, two providers of specialist care services for children and adults with

learning disabilities Learning disability, learning disorder, or learning difficulty (British English) is a condition in the brain that causes difficulties comprehending or processing information and can be caused by several different factors. Given the "difficult ...

, mental health conditions,

autism The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) characterized by difficulti ...

and

challenging behaviour Challenging behaviour, also known as behaviours which challenge, is defined as "culturally abnormal behaviour(s) of such intensity, frequency or duration that the physical safety of the person or others is placed in serious jeopardy, or behaviou ...

s. At that point it had 55 homes with about 400 residents. The purchase of Clearwater Care in November 2017 added an additional 20 services. In October 2019 it was running 130 services across England and Wales. In April 2018 Salutem purchased 51 services from

Scope Scope or scopes may refer to: People with the surname * Jamie Scope (born 1986), English footballer * John T. Scopes (1900–1970), central figure in the Scopes Trial regarding the teaching of evolution Arts, media, and entertainment * Cinem ...

, including three special schools, 38 care homes and 10 day services. The transfer included 1,598 staff, two thirds of the charity's payroll, were transferred from Scope to Ambito Care & Education, a division of Salutem. Scope made £3 million on the deal. It runs an annual a black-tie event, the Kudos Ball, at Rainton Meadows Arena,

Houghton-le-Spring Houghton-le-Spring ( ) is a town in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, North East England which has its recorded origins in Norman times. Historically in County Durham, it is now administered as part of the Tyne and Wear county. It is s ...

for 300 service users from across the country.

Services

Craig y Parc is a school in Cardiff established in 1955, for complex, neurological and multi disabilities, formerly run by Scope. Tŷ Cwtch Residential Children home is nearby. In April 2020 a display by the local police force was organised for the 14th birthday of one of the pupils. The school uses

Dragon Dictate DragonDictate, Dragon Dictate, or Dragon for Mac is proprietary speech recognition software. The older program, DragonDictate, was originally developed by Dragon Systems for Microsoft Windows. It has now been replaced by Dragon NaturallySpeaking fo ...

to help pupils. Documentary director Mei Williams was given a BAFTA award in 2019 for his film about a resident of Lewis Martin Court where the company provides round the clock care for young adults with complex needs. Bull Point is a residential care home in Plymouth for 5 people with an

Autistic Spectrum Disorder The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) characterized by difficulti ...

. In 2019 it organised a dog show to celebrate the 8th birthday of a dog belonging to one of the residents.

References

Health care companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Berkshire {{disability-stub

Services

See also

References