STATEMENT OF PURPOSE CHARDLEIGH HOUSE
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STATEMENT
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PURPOSE
ChardleighHouse
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3 Dimensions Care Limited: Main Office:
01460 68055
Chardleigh House: 01460 261194
October 2018
Chardleigh House, Wadeford, Chard, Somerset TA203AJ
CONTENTS
CONTACT DETAILS
ESTABLISHMENT DETAILS
REGISTERED PROVIDER
DIRECTORS
RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL- Nita Ellul
REGISTERED MANAGER
ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
CARING FOR CHILDREN
PROVISION
FACILITIES
FACILITIES NOT AVAILABLE
OUR ETHOS
OVERALL AIMS
OBJECTIVES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
STATUTORY REVIEWS
RECREATION AND ACTIVITIES
CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND LINGUISTIC IDENTITY
FAMILY CONTACTS
CONSULTATION
ANTI-DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
THE HOMES ACCOMMODATION
THE HOMES LOCATION
CCTV AT CHARDLEIGH SITE
SAFEGUARDING AND CHILD PROTECTION
MISSING CHILDREN
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
ANTI-BULLYING
ADMISSION CRITERIA
PLACEMENT REQUIRMENTS
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOUR
Positive Behaviour Management
SURVEILLANCE OF CHILDREN
DE-ESCALATION, PHYSICAL INTERVENTION and RESTRAINT
STAFF TRAINING – Physical Intervention
EDUCATION
HEALTH
A THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT
STAFFING MATTERS
STAFF DETAILS
STAFF SUPERVISION
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
STAFF TRAINING
FIRE PRECAUTIONS
PARENTS & GUARDIANS
Contact Telephone Numbers:
CONTACT DETAILS
ESTABLISHMENT DETAILS
3 Dimensions Chardleigh House was established in 2004, to provide a safe, secure learning environmentfor young people. The school and home are on the same site and is registered for both boys and girls, with communication, behaviour and learning difficulties, including ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder), Asperger’s, SEMH (Social Emotional Mental Health) and LD (Learning Difficulties). Each young person will undertake individual assessments so we may provide a tailored behaviour and education program to ensure optimum growth and positive outcomes.
REGISTERED PROVIDER
3 Dimensions is the Registered provider and the Company main office is located atChardleigh House, Chardleigh Green, Wadeford, Chard, Somerset, TA20 3AJ.
DIRECTORS
The Directors have collective responsibility for the general overview of the management in each of the Homes within 3 Dimensions.The Directors will oversee financial viability and quality of care and education.
Director, Nita Ellul is the Responsible Individual and Line Manager for the Homes Registered Manager.
RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL- Nita Ellul
- The Responsible Individual, NitaEllul, is responsible for ensuring that the provision remains of high standard, provides a caring and nurturing environmentand the care service complies with the statutory and regulatory requirements. Also that the Education provided by 3 Dimensions School meets the outcomes required by young people’s statements or EHC plans.
She is also responsible for:
- the definition of care policy and its implementation
- Company designated safeguarding officer
- Supervisions of Registered Managers.
REGISTERED MANAGER
Hendrik van Schalkwyk, wasappointed House Manager in June 2017 and became the Registered House Manager on 01 December 2017. He has 12 years’ experience in Health & Social Care Services working with both childrenadults.
Hendrik has a Level 4 NVQ Leadership and Management in H & S Care (Adults) and a Level 3 NVQ Caring for Children & Young People and is undertaking Level 5 Dip in Caring for Children.
As the Registered ManagerHendrik’s role involves the following:
- Responsible for initiating and implementing placement plans and risk assessments for each young person that meet outcomes required in EHC and their Care plans
- Ensuring outcomes for young people are successful can be proven and monitored.
- Responsible for the day-to-day management in the Home ensuring staff ratios on shift are adequate and holidays and sickness covered appropriately
- A shared responsibility for on-call response to the care team and for handling operational incidents with other managers.
- Responsible for monthly Regulation checks and 6 monthly reports to Ofsted
- Staff Supervision, training and development and Multi Agency liaison/statutory services, reviews, reports and planning meetings.
Hendrik is supported by House Supervisor, Andrea Beal. Andrea has nearly two years’ experience as a House Supervisor and three years’ experience as an RCW.Prior to joining 3 Dimensions Andrea had 9 years’ experience as a Teaching Assistant with young people with SEBD. Andrea has an NVQ 3 Teaching Assistantqualification.
ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
CARING FOR CHILDREN
PROVISION
The home is registered for 5 young people both boys and girls up to the age of 18, with challenging behaviour and learning difficulties. This does not mean that they have to move and may stay until a suitable independent or adult provisions is found. At present the home has five residents all boys, with challenging behaviour, autism and special educational needs. Each young person undertakes an individual assessment so we may provide a tailored behaviour and education programme throughout the waking day, to ensure optimum growth and positive outcomes.
FACILITIES
The home offers comprehensive facilities and a service of care geared to promoting each young person's comfort, safety and well-being. Our services are intended to achieve the following objectives:
A well trained team of up to 15 carer’s as appropriate to the needs of the young people resident generally 2.3 or 1.1 supervision; unless their individual risk assessment deems otherwise. A Registered Manager oversees day-to-day care supported by house supervisor or seniors. Together they ensure staff are supported and each young person is provided with the care and support they need to grow. Carer’s, work a 3 week rolling rota, each shift is 24 ½ hr, which includes a sleep in.
There is a Registered Manager or House senior and Education Manager(in term time) working on site from Monday-Friday to provide support to the care and education staff teams. Along with other house managers and seniors an on call service is provided for emergencies and support, outside of these hours.
- Tailoring our services to meet the needs of each young person within our care.
- Encouraging each young person to comment on the services provided and to make suggestions for improvements, by regular house meetings and key worker sessions. Listening and responding to each young person's wishes where and when appropriate.
- Maximising the resources available to ensure Service Users receive value for money.
FACILITIES NOT AVAILABLE
We are unable to offer placements to young people in the following categorieswithin Chardleigh
- Young person who is a schedule1 sex offenders
- Young person with a history of Arson
- Young People who have a condition where nursing staff are required full time.
- Young people who have a disability which requires wheel chair access.
OUR ETHOS
3 Dimensions Homesand School, were created in response to the growing need for specializedprograms of Education and Care providing appropriate accommodation for vulnerable young people with Challenging Behaviour, Autism, Learning Difficulties and other special educational needs.
3 Dimensions was also created to fulfill the need for a provision with more intense support, to enable each young person to fulfill their own potential and function in society to the best of their ability.
3 Dimensions is a small company, however we are intent on developing and providing quality care and believe this is of paramount importance in helping young people make the most of their lives. We have ensured that any growth is not at the expense of the quality of care and outcomes for young people, which must always remain the priority.
Managers of Care and Education work together to share knowledge and strategies, to provide consistency of approach for the young people who reside with us.
Besides the education and activities described elsewhere, there are certain dynamics which underpin the exterior programmes, and which we maintain as crucial.
- Communication.We understand the importance of open communication and value this highly. We will develop techniques and strategies to help each young person develop the confidence to communicate with their peers, teachers and care staff. Being able to communicate is essential and we will teach those that do not know how, to enable them to communicate by some form within their ability. Honesty is especially significant within communication. We encourage this on a management level and between staff members. Staff are expected to be truthful towards young people in a sensitive manner and young people are encouraged and helped to communicate honestly in return.
- RespectWe strongly believe that each member of the organisation has the right to be respected and a responsibility to show respect towards others. This belief is cascaded through the organisation, from senior managers to staff. Young people are respected and this is shown through seeking their opinions on matters within the home and through the way that staff communicate with them. Through positive role modelling, nurturing and individualised programmes, our aim is that we will help young people to respect others as they learn to respect and value themselves.
- RelationshipsGood relationships are the foundation of 3 Dimensions. Relationships between managers, staff, young people and their carers are of the utmost importance to develop trust and progression. We develop good working relationships with multi-agency professionals to ensure that each young person’s needs are identified and that goals within care and placement plans are met to provide good outcomes.
We will aid and encourage staff and young people to understand conflict and resolution, and the dynamics of relationship and attachment, how this plays out in a psychodynamic way in the home. This will encourage carer’s and young people to:
a)Identify of obstacles to positive change, and strategies to remove these.
b)Reveal innate strengths, talents and abilities which we may help to bring out into the open, and develop.
c)Present opportunities to grow towards an independent positive life.
d)Recognise that whatever their past, that they will be supported to achieve the goals they desire if they take the opportunity.
We hope that working within 3 Dimensions will be as fulfilling an experience for staff as it is for the managers and directors. Our aim is that together we can make a real difference to the lives of the young people we care for.
OVERALL AIMS
Many young people will have challenging behaviour and social difficulties that have created social exclusion, non-attendance or exclusion from mainstream school, or an inability to live at home due to their difficulties. Young people may also have suffered abuse or trauma in their lives and need a consistent, caring and nurturing environment where they can receive the therapeutic help they need to address their difficulties and gain hope for the future.
We aim to provide an environment where stability and consistency enables each young person to feel secure, build esteem, and address their behaviour. We make communication a priority where young people learn respect for themselves and others and acquire the life and social skills to move towards a more independent positive future in which they can function within society.
The Company was established by individuals with practical and diverse experience of working with young people with learning and behaviour difficulties, who are committed to provide a professional and consistent quality service. We use a well-defined programme of positive behaviour management in care and education which challenges unacceptable behaviour and rewards all positive actions, where errorless learning enables young people to become enthusiastic about education. This is further affirmed where necessary in a specific program for young people with ASD.
The company is known and respected as a professional, caring organization which:
- Places young people at the centre of their provisions.
- Provides a safe environment in which the young person can live and grow.
- Provides an environment where Equality is paramount and everyone’s rights and confidentiality are observed.
- Provides tailored education and training opportunities for all.
- Is a good employer and values its staff and is committed to improving outcomes.
- Employs well qualified staff, with integrity, who take pride in our Ethos
and Philosophy and take an active part in the activity-based learning.
- Promotes inter-professional and inter-agency working.
- Promotes effective communication and consultation.
- Continues to make every effort to stay financially viable.
OBJECTIVES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Our main objective is to help young people who have special educational needs, a disability such as ASD, suffered a severe family crisis, or trauma in their lives, to benefit from the continuity of a safe and stable environment, where they can gain confidence, build their self-esteem and nurture hope for the future.
In addition, we seek to enable all young people in our care or education to build a sense of belonging, identity and positive relationships, and prepare them to integrate socially and educationally, to facilitate their personal development and to fulfil their own true potential.
We believe Education is not simply a process of super imposing information on to an individual. It is more importantly, a strategy for growth; it does not stop at the end of the school day!
3 Dimensions is a learning environment where talents and abilities may be encouraged to flower, providing social, emotional growth, career choices and learn skills for life.
Our programme’s emphasis is on what can be gained, not what is lost, using a positive approach to behaviour management, which is eclectic and includes social learning and role modelling, cognitive behavioural therapy, ABC-antecedent, behaviour and consequence. Positive Behaviour management informs and enables each young person to recognise the consequences of their behaviour, and make informed choices, enabling negative patterns to diminish and allowing new positive patterns to grow and establish.
Chardleigh House provides family style accommodation for up to five young people with a high staff ratio. The dynamics of this structure will aid young people to address their difficulties with relationships and social integration with both peers and adults. Personal strategies will be developed to deal with their anger and/or other emotional difficulties, building self-esteem, confidence, and respect for themselves and others.We have introduced the PACE training into our daily practice which is a technique of working with children with traumatised and negligent beginnings which helps support and form secure attachments
We believe the key factor in the process of bringing about positive change in behaviour is consistency, and on-going support of experienced professional staff, which are committed to the care and education of each young person.
The aims and objectives will be met through the positive ethos within the home and its strategies that provide positive outcomes in each area of Every Child Matters:-
•Being healthy - not just mentally and physically but by expanding their awareness of the life style choices available to them and the impact this will have on their lives and those around them.
•Staying safe - ensuring that they not only feel safe (protected, secure, free from harm whether this be emotional, physical or sexual) but understand what we mean by such terminology and how it applies to issues like crime, self-harm and personal risk taking etc.
•Enjoying and achieving - both in their education and life itself, developing a positive mind-set that will allow them to say "I can and want to do this" and then be enabled, through knowledge, to take action on such a mind-set so that they can gain the most from life.
Identifying areas in which each young person can and will achieve, encourages self- belief and progression. Building on children and young people’s strengths, impacts positively on their self-esteem and allows them to begin believing in themselves and that they are able to hold in mind, progress towards and achieve their aspirations for a positive future.
•Making a positive contribution - both for themselves, the local community and society by embracing life's challenges positively. We will work alongside other service providers and community based projects to fulfil this.
•Achieving economic well-being - by remaining in education and engaging in training which will provide a greater range and choice of career opportunities, leading to long term security and stability within current and planned family units. We will use other service providers to help achieve this.
We believe that to achieve the above outcomes, each young person should be mentally and physically stimulated by their environment, the facilities, activities and staff interaction. Staff intervention, where appropriate and necessary, will help young people to problem solve and increase their ability to learn to self-regulate and manage their behaviour.
We will give the opportunity for each young person to make positive changes; a change in how each young person feels about themselves as an individual, about their family and how they function in groups. Our focus is primarily on long term placements. This is so we can provide the young person with the life skills that will enable them to cope with life as independent young adults; who are more responsible and more capable of contributing towards society after they have left us. Through direct work we aim to explore and teach each young person the necessary life skills to realise their dreams and ambitions; dreams that are established as realistic and therefore achievable.
There are formal areas of consultation – monthly house, team and young people’s meetings (more if requested/required) and one to one work between each young person and their key worker. This consultation will be about the operation of Chardleigh House, activities and the perceived quality of care each young person receives. House meetings and agreed outcomes will be minuted and records kept on file. Key-worker and one to one tutorials which may also form part of this consultation process will be recorded as will the actions taken and outcomes. Some of the consultation processes may involve questionnaires and suggestion elements.