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concrete casting. Whilst the trainees will be responsible for keeping the
workshops, classroom, domestic science unit, concrete casting and car
washing bays and greenhouse clean and tidy, domestic staff will be
employed for the remainder of the centre.
All who attend will be given the opportunity of continuing with
basic social training and 3R work in order that all the educational skills,
domestic training and social independence that has been achieved at the
Junior Training School should not be lost.
The workshops on the first floor are supplemented with large stores,
grouped near a one-ton hydraulic lift linking these vertically with the
loading bay on the ground floor. Also, sanitary accommodation for both
sexes, equipped with showers and a bathroom in provided near the three
workshops.
A single storey pre-vocational unit is attached to the main building
to cater for trainees who in addition to their mental handicap, suffer from
physical disability. These cases are capable of doing simple repetitive
tasks provided they are in a tolerant atmosphere and are taught in small
groups. The unit contains cloakrooms, toilet accommodation, a small
staff room and a large general purpose room capable of being subdivided
into two separate areas with a sliding/folding partition enabling grouping
of trainees to engage in different activities. The general purpose room can
be opened out on to a paved play area which is enclosed for privacy.
Each trainee will have a training programme tailored to fit his or her
educational capacity and therefore it is necessary to arrange for each to
be individually assessed and this will be a continuing process especially
with the higher grade trainees who, it is hoped, will eventually be able to
obtain employment in the community. For this purpose provision is being
made for an educational psychologist to be engaged for one session per
week.
A graded system of monetary awards will be in operation. This will
not be just remuneration for work done but is regarded as part of the
trainees' social training and therefore the amount they receive will depend
on work performance, behaviour, attendance, etc. In this way, they will
learn that money must be earned which will give them incentive to
improve not only industrial skills but also in social development. To this
end also a small shop is situated on the first floor where trainees will be
able to buy such things as drinks, sweets, cakes, etc. Midday meals will
be cooked on the premises and the trainees queue for their meals as they
would in a normal factory canteen. Coach transport will be provided to
convey the trainees to and from the centre but it is hoped that eventually
a number of them will make their own way by public transport. A 22 cwt.
van will be based at the centre and will be used to collect and deliver a
wide selection of items for assembly, finishing, packaging, etc., as this is
invariably work which will have to be completed and returned to factories