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Contact Details for Referrals

The Lioncare Group
Lioncare House
58a Livingstone Road
Hove BN3 3WL

E: referrals@lioncare.co.uk
T: 01273 720424

Placements: 30.07.22

Location   AgeVacancies
Lioncare School  6-16 yrs1
Springfields   6-12 yrs1
Westfields 10-14 yrs3
Hillfields12-16 yrs2

The Lioncare Group currently has placement vacancies and is happy to consider and accept appropriate referrals for our Homes and School, and offer placements following a thorough matching process. If you wish to contact us regarding referrals we have a dedicated e-mail address for this: referrals@lioncare.co.uk

Alternatively, you can contact us on 01273 720424 if you wish to discuss in more detail a specific referral.

Referrals

All too often, children and young people are referred to us as a measure of last resort. They may have suffered repeated unsuccessful attempts at rehabilitation with their families, or endured multiple and repeated break down of one foster placement after another. By the time we meet them, their confidence in adults’ ability to care for them is limited, their sense of self-worth is distorted, and opportunities for them to enjoy their childhood have been dramatically reduced.

Whilst The Lioncare Group appreciates and celebrates the benefits of family life for the majority of Looked After children, we recognise that some children and young people first need specialised residential therapeutic support if they are to achieve a sustainable foster care placement or successfully live independently. For these children and young people, therapeutic residential intervention should be the option of first choice, laying the foundations on which they can begin rebuilding their lives, and paving the way for achievable fostering or independent living.

These children or young people may generally deal with day-to-day situations in a state of panic and rage, become anxious, angry, or despairing, and may have been traumatised and/or emotionally deprived and damaged through experiences during their early stages of infancy and childhood, or through previous care experiences. They will typically have suffered emotional and/or physical neglect, physical injury and/or intimidation, sexual abuse and/or emotional abuse.

They may have difficulty achieving basic trust in adults and generally find the demands of every day living overwhelming and unmanageable. They may have formed an array of defensive mechanisms which have proved effective in protecting them from the outside world, but which now represent a barrier to healthy emotional development. They frequently display anti-social, withdrawn, disruptive, and destructive behaviours and outbursts, and their chaotic inner world may leave them with a sense of worthlessness, emptiness and extreme low self-esteem. They may also show signs of learning and developmental delays.

Adults concerned with their care, education, or wellbeing of these children or young people may feel at a loss as to know what to do or how to help.

The consequence for the child or young person may be severe difficulties in their ability to:

  • Cope in a healthy way with situations of separation, loss, and change
  • Appropriately express, contain, or manage their emotions & urges (including sexual)
  • Deal with their feelings of aggression and / or violence
  • Thrive within an education setting
  • Form or invest in emotional attachments to others
  • Show healthy functioning within a group situation
  • Socialise with peers

If you would like to contact us and/or talk with us about a particular child  who you feel would benefit from the care and provision we offer, you can email us at referrals@lioncare.co.uk or phone us on 01273 720424

Latest News

Westfields Children's Home is Good in All Areas

Following a full and thorough inspection by Ofsted on 28th-29th June 2022, and the publication of the Inspection Report, I am extremely pleased to congratulate the Adults and Children of Westfields Children's Home on achieving the Ofsted Judgement of Good In All Areas.
"One child wrote individually to members of staff to thank them for the care they had received. This showed that staff in the home had made a meaningful impact on the child."
"Feedback from one child’s social worker was positive. They said, ‘I will be forever grateful to them, as will [child]. I would not hesitate in putting another young person with them.’"
"Careful consideration is given to children’s interests and risks."
"Children like living at the home and enjoy the activities on offer. Staff are knowledgeable about children’s plans, their risks and the things they like to do."
"When children display behaviour that is not socially acceptable, staff provide bespoke support."
"Group consultancy meetings and reflective debriefs help to identify triggers to behaviour."

Rainbow Flag Award:
The Lioncare Group, led by The Lioncare School, is proud to have achieved The Rainbow Flag Award.

The Rainbow Flag Award is a national quality assurance framework for all schools and colleges, focusing on LGBT+, (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, plus other related identities), inclusion and visibility. The Rainbow Flag Award encourages a whole organisation approach to LGBT+ inclusion, as well as developing strategies to combat LGBTphobic bullying.

You can find out more about The Rainbow Flag Award and associated projects by following these links:

https://www.theproudtrust.org/

http://www.allsortsyouth.org.uk/

http://thekitetrust.org.uk/

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