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The Lioncare Group has one aim: To improve
the lives and prospects of the children and
young people in our care.
We
work therapeutically with children and young
people who have complex needs, have experienced abusive, neglectful,
and / or chaotic and traumatic situations, and who need
specialised professional support in learning how to
cope with the pressures and demands of
day-to-day living before they can be expected to
survive and thrive in a family-based placement.
Our primary task is to enable
them to be more integrated individuals, thrive
in a family setting or succeed in living
independently, and become valued and valuable
members of their community in later life.
We have 3 Therapeutic Children's Homes and a
Special EBD Independent School.
Children and young people placed with us
generally present as being emotionally
unintegrated or fragilely integrated, display
levels of disturbed or disturbing behaviour, and
have difficulty in containing or controlling
their own conflicted feelings.
We aim to help them begin
repairing the damage of previously abusive or
traumatic experiences. We assist them in
finding ways to incorporate a positive
experience of ‘good enough care’ and parenting
in their present worlds. Our
therapeutic practice approach assists children and young
people achieve equilibrium, enjoy their
childhood, and manage the change needed to move
forward in their lives.
By providing intensive
individualised programmes of therapeutic care,
informed by ongoing assessment of need within
the residential group milieu, we are able to begin to
form vital and appropriate attachments, survive
the unbearable and overwhelming feelings and
anxieties experienced in the children and
projected in to the adults around them, begin
the process of repair and restitution, begin to
assess and meet complex needs, and
provide our children and young people with the means of
finding the missing pieces in the jigsaw puzzle
of their lives.
We are very proud to
announce that Springfields Therapeutic Children's
Homes has just gained the highest
Ofsted rating
"OUTSTANDING"
5 times in succession,
whilst Seafields
and Westfields Therapeutic
Children's Homes have each gained
"OUTSTANDING" 4
times in succession.
The continuing
achievement of this rating in all
our homes is evidence of our
commitment to providing the highest
possible standards for the children
and young people in our care , and
consistently offering a therapeutic
living-learning environment that
really does work.
Credit for this success must
be clearly given to dedication, commitment,
and personal investment given by all the
adults working in our homes and in our
school. We thank you all.
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Training Courses
& Consultancy
Lioncare Diploma in Therapeutic Child Care &
Education (NOCN Accredited) Next Courses
start 7th (Brighton) & 9th (Maidstone) October
2009.
W.A.V.E. Restraint
and Control (awaiting B.I.L.D. Accreditation)
Safe Environments (Combined Fire, H&S,
and Risk Assessment)
Introduction to Therapeutic
Fostering
Organisational Consultancy
Group Facilitation
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What we offer....
Therapeutic Residential Care
Therapeutic Community Approach
Psychodynamic practice
Child friendly & welcoming 'family-like' homes
Positive care experience
Partnership between placement & placing
authority
Special EBD Education
Positive education experience
Education programmes tailored to meet individual
needs
Partnership between school & education authority
Preparation for Fostering
Laying the foundations for sustainable foster
placements
Preparation for Independent Living
Unique "Learning to look after me" training
programme
Therapeutic care for adolescents
Successful Independent Living as a positive
outcome
Outreach & After-Care Support Package
Planned & effective support through
transitions and beyond
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