Broadview is an extensive detached house set in a private location with spacious gardens and ample living space and provides a home for 6 people with learning disabilities who have special needs. It is situated in the village of Welwyn. There is easy access to the nearby towns of Hitchin, Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City which provides comprehensive shopping, educational and recreational facilities, together with good public transport including mainline railway stations.

Towards further quality standards the house is refurbished and the environment adapted to enable people with special needs to live with dignity.

PHILOSOPHY

Services will be modelled on the principles of ordinary life with a Commitment to:

• Provide care, which allows individuals respect, choice, community presence, competence and community participation.

• Enable clients to integrate into the local neighbourhood and enjoy as full and active a life as they are able, with maximum of self-Determination.

• Provide care, which is responsive to individual needs.

• Continuously improve on our standards of service in collaboration with clients, carers, relatives, other professionals and statutory bodies.

Broadview is a registered residential care home for 6 adults with learning disabilities who have special needs, owned by Candour Care Services Limited, a private provider, which has two registered homes altogether. Candour Care Services Limited has a managing director, a company secretary and two other directors with specific roles.

The lead responsibility within Candour Care Services for Broadview lies with Rosario Fernandes, who is the managing director of the company. Mr. Fernandes is trained in the field of learning disability and mental illness having gained nursing qualifications of RNMH in 1973 and RMN in 1975. Mr. Fernandes served in the NHS for a period of 33 years in a variety of settings and positions. Mr Fernandes opened Broadview as part of a resettlement project for people with learning disabilities, who were moving out of large institutions.

Mr. Fernandes used to work in a large local hospital for people with learning disabilities. It was his personal experience of working in a large institution that inspired him to set up Broadview, as he became convinced of the need to find a better alternative to long term hospital care.

With this background Mr. Fernandes is able to provide the quality leadership that is crucial to the effective and efficient operation of the home.