About Us
Headway Dorset's mission is : to support, inform and empower all those affected by an acquired brain injury.
Headway Dorset offers a range of services for people who have an acquired brain injury. We offer community rehabilitation throughout Dorset and have an inter-disciplinary team including: Clinical Manager, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Neuro Psychologist, Neuro Physiotherapist, Carer Support Workers, Rehabilitation Coaches and a Counseller
Rehabilitation is offered via an individual intervention program and may be on a 1:1 or group work basis. The range of activities that may be undertaken include: life skills such as budgeting and cooking, cognitive rehabilitation and brain injury education, leisure activities such as pottery and woodwork, pre-work assessment and vocational rehabilitation
We also run a befriending scheme that includes 1:1 support and 4 peer support groups across Dorset, carer support for families and carers, gym and swimming classes, a gardening group, women's self esteem group and men's group.
Headway Dorset operates an open referral system and will accept referrals from amongst others, health and social care professionals, employment services, probation services as well as the brain injured person or other family member or friend.
Press releases
Maestri Students Perform in aid of Headway Dorset
Brockenhurst college students, Matthew Bradshaw, Thomas Heppell, Daniel Lawford and Rhea Gavin, collectively known as Maestri, have come to the... read more
15.02.2016 • By Headway Dorset
