• Young adults 16+/Adults 18+ with moderate to severe learning difficulties/disabilities, behaviours that challenge, autism, brain injuries and/or mental health who would like to improve their lives through engaging, practical learning opportunities delivered in bite sized chunks in an understanding, fully supported setting. 

Skills Tank delivers a range of engaging and practical ‘learning by doing’ educational opportunities (see our case studies section for examples) as well as community based activities.

We provide a number of community based outdoor activities that have learning built into them, please see our case studies section for examples. These include museum visits, cultural events, visits to RSPB sites and small zoos as well as parks and gardens.

Yes, through a number of activities which include:

• Day trips to places of interest/educational benefit
• Open days and fetes
• Our on-site Café (Tamworth)
• Sandwich Run (Tamworth)
• Engaging with the community through Social Enterprise Learning Models

Yes, they can. Our sister company Care First Limited is an approved City & Guilds provider

Where possible we will help and support students to work towards and gain City & Guilds qualifications.

Skills Tank is open Monday to Friday 09:30 – 15:30 most weeks of the year.

Yes. We are open all year but we do close at Christmas.

Click here to request an information pack or call our Admissions/Transmissions Team 0121 308 6555 

We can arrange for transport where funding is available. 

Escorting can be provided if funding is available. 

No. We do ask you to provide a healthy lunch as part of our health and wellbeing philosophy.  Diet does play a significant part in student’s behaviours and levels of concentration.

Where sites do have refreshments available we always cater for individual’s dietary needs and allergies under our health and wellbeing philosophy. 

Yes, we will try and give you the support you need through our Head of Health and Wellbeing, and Head of Clinical Services. 

Yes, we can, our Head of Clinical Services can advise you on the protocols and staff training we have in place.

• Moderate to Severe
• Complex and Challenging
• Mild to Moderate LD
• Mild to Moderate PMLD
• Complex PMLD
• Cerebral Palsy
• Downs Syndrome
• Dementia amongst LD

We deliver our service in 12 learning and development hubs across Birmingham and Staffordshire. 

There are planned schedules of engaging, practical and hands-on vocational learning activities as well as accredited learning where appropriate. These are delivered by a team of trained and experienced learning and support assistants, overseen by a Hub Manager.  Our qualified learning assessors ensure the educational curriculum is developed and managed on a person centred basis to ensure individual students learn at an appropriate pace and level.    

Students will work with a dedicated team at each hub, and are not encouraged to become dependant upon one member of staff. 

We complete a holistic assessment and behaviours will be covered as part of this. This assessment enables us to develop a person centred plan around behaviour management for each student.  All staff are trained in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS).

Post the information to:

Unit 3, Great Barr Business Park, Great Barr, Birmingham B42 1DY;

or email

• Jo Jeffs, Head of Health and Wellbeing on j.jeffs@carefirstltd.co.uk
• Monika Gonciarz, Head of Clinical Services on m.gonciarz@carefirstltd.co.uk

We treat all information with the utmost of respect and take out Data Protection protocols very seriously.

Our costs are based on a full holistic assessment of the individual, taking into account levels of staff support required, transport and escorting etc.

Yes, we do organise a range of trips. Please see the question ‘Do your students access the community?’ above. Most trips do not incur additional costs.

Yes, our Heads of Areas and Hub Managers frequently liaise with specialists and professionals where appropriate.

Yes, we embrace all religious and cultural diversity throughout the company.

Yes, each hub has a trained first aider and yes, we would contact you if the student needs to be taken to hospital.

Yes, we provide person centred reviews periodically and when specifically required or requested.

Along with periodic reviews, we operate a two way, daily communication book.