Plans to build 'rehabilitation' centre near Chesterfield will create 30 jobs

The centre, which will look after people aged between 17 and 65, will be located on Chesterfield Road, Holmewood, if developers secure planning permission from North East Derbyshire District Council.

It will look after adults with acquired brain injuries who need to recover after hospital treatment and will support them to relearn lost skills.

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Mike Tippins Design Ltd, the chartered architects designing the project, said: “The service has been designed and modelled around the specific needs of people with an acquired brain injury.

"There is increasing demand for this type of service offering and an under provision of specialist beds.

"The proposed development would consist of the core transitional rehabilitation facility, two pre-independence bungalows and two ‘slow stream’/ longer stay apartments.

“It is proposed the building will be phased, initially building the core transitional facility and the pre-independence bungalows and then the slow stream flats.”

Care home provider Ariya Neuro Care will develop and operate the home when it becomes operational, and the company already owns two similar services in Rotherham and Barnsley.

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Buildings at the centre will be predominantly single-storey and aim to ‘minimise the impact of the development on the surrounding properties’.

Acquired brain injury refers to trauma to the brain during adulthood and can be caused in a number of ways such as through a fall, a road traffic accident, a stroke or bleed on the brain, through viruses such as meningitis and encephalitis, tumours, surgery, poisoning and lack of oxygen to the brain.

Planning documents submitted by Ariya Neuro Care add: “We have a reputation for creating an excellent working environment, with a strong emphasis on staff development which accounts for our excellent staff retention rates unusual in the industry.

"We currently employ three individuals in various paid roles who have experienced a brain injury themselves. This development will create over 30 new jobs in the area.”

The new service will employ occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and neuro-psychologists to help design individual programmes to help aid recovery.

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