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Residential Care
Caritas Care established its residential therapeutic children's home in the 1970s. Situated in Central Lancashire, it is a home for children aged 8-16 years on admission, and can care for up to 5 children and young people of either gender at any one time.
Our team of dedicated and experienced staff works closely with independent consultant therapists to meet the physical and emotional needs of some of the most damaged children who may have experienced physical or sexual abuse. We aim to maximise each child's prospects of returning to family life.
How do we work therapeutically?
Our experienced team of residential workers and external consultants work within a ‘resilience’ model to meet the needs of the children and young people in our care offering:
- High staff ratio (minimum 2:1; 1:1 and 1:2 also possible where needed)
- Weekly key worker sessions
- Resilience model of working
- Life story work
- Anger management
- Art, music, and sensory rooms on-site
- Clinical psychologist
- Education Support Worker
- External play therapists
- Access to nursing consultancy
Care plans of appropriate support and strategies are tailored to meet the needs of each young person, and reviewed and updated regularly.
Who are the children?
The children and young people referred to Wellington Rd have often experienced a great deal of trauma and difficulty in their early lives, and have been separated from their birth family. Many of our young people have experienced multiple moves of placement, and often have additional needs which require extra help at school, or a place in a special school.
Children and young people we place often have:
- Experienced multiple moves
- Experienced abuse
- Additional needs
- Siblings placed elsewhere
- Challenging behaviour
- Supported contact arrangements
- Educational statements
Our experienced staff team
- Well established team
- Highly qualified management team
- Experienced and highly trained residential workers
- Experienced in assessments, contact supervision, and outreach work
- Skilled in preparing children for moving on
Helping with contact
- Self contained facility for family contact for resident and non resident children
- Professional supervision and assessment of contact
- Transport available
- All the benefits of a therapeutic environment
How do we move children on?
Caritas Care has a comprehensive fostering and adoption service for family finding. We work in close proactive partnership with our family placement service and the local authority to maximise the potential for every child to experience family life.
Are you looking for a residential therapeutic environment for a child or sibling group?
If you are interested in learning more about our Residential Therapeutic Children's Home, e-mail Caritas Care Assistant Director amandaforshaw@caritascare.org.uk or the Residential Team Leader pmjohnston@caritascare.org.uk
Alternately, you can telephone for further information: 01772 732313
Statement of Purpose
Please click the link below to view the Statement of Purpose document for our Residential Child Care.
