Copperclay Mews is a residential care provider in the market town of Easingwold near York, which can accommodate 8 people within high quality bespoke single occupancy modern bungalows. Specialist residential accommodation and care can be provided for adults with complex care needs, including behaviours that challenge and a learning disability, often in association with autism. It has a 'Good' rating from the CQC.

At Copperclay Mews our mission is to enhance the lives of the people we support by focusing on their individual needs, strengths and aspirations. We aim to enable each person to maximise their potential and achieve a progressively more independent and better quality of life; supporting people to get to a place where they have greater choice and control in their lives.

Moving to a new home should be an exciting and positive experience. But before moving in, we need to be as certain as possible that Copperclay Mews will be a good choice for a person and the best place for them to live. Enquiries, formal or informal, from families and placing authorities that fund placements are always welcome.

Our Approach at Copperclay Mews
Positive behaviour support (PBS) is the framework we use for everything we do. It is values driven, evidence-based and practical. Focusing on people’s rights provides the ethical compass which guides our approach to working with people.

We understand that behaviours that challenge arise from an interaction between a person’s needs and the environment and strive to provide capable support environments which maximise learning. Holistic assessment enables high quality personalised support to achieve outcomes for people which are meaningful. PBS is a compassionate approach to supporting people to have a good quality of life and in doing so, minimises the risk of behaviours that challenge.

Our philosophy
The team at Copperclay Mews want people to be successful in their lives. To have access to and enjoy the same activities and opportunities as anyone else. To live as independently as possible and develop lifelong skills and build positive, meaningful relationships with the people who support them and the wider community.

We help people prepare for their future by providing a wide range of opportunities for learning and development, appropriate to the needs and wishes of each person. We think that it is important to understand people’s hopes and wishes for their future by working closely with them and their families and whenever possible we support them to achieve these.

A strong emphasis is placed on meaningful activity away from Copperclay Mews, as well as within the service itself. There are opportunities within the service for people to develop meaningful skills, as well as initiatives for people to access employment, further education and other community facilities and services.

Therapeutic Services at Copperclay Mews
Copperclay Mews has access to an in-house team of therapists and clinicians employed by Hesley Group. The Applied Psychology Team is made up of Psychologists and Behaviour Therapists, with support from assistants. The team aims to understand the emotional, social and behavioural needs of a person to reduce any distress and promote positive wellbeing. They work with people being supported and their staff teams to develop a PBS plan, which communicates their preferences, strengths and needs in relation to achieving the best quality of life possible. It summarises relevant information about the person, to support those around them to assist and promote wellbeing and reduce distress as required.