Contact Details for Referrals

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

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

Placements: 09.10.18

Location   AgeVacancies
Lioncare School  7-15 yrs3
Springfields   6-12 yrs1
Westfields 10-14 yrs3
Hillfields12-16 yrs0
18+
Portland Road+18 years0
West House+18 years0
Hill House+18 years0
New Church Rd+18 years0

If you need to contact us regarding referrals we have a dedicated e-mail address for this: referrals@lioncare.co.uk

Inspection

The Lioncare SchoolGood Overall Effectiveness2nd-4th June 2015Full Inspection
Inadequate Overall Effectiveness3rd-5th May 2017Full Inspection
The School Meets All Of The Independent Schools Standards That Were Checked During This Inspection13th September 2017Monitoring Visit
Springfields Therapeutic Children's HomeOutstanding19th November 2014Full Inspection
Improved Effectiveness26th February 2015Interim Inspection
Good10th September 2015Full Inspection
Sustained Effectiveness31st March 2016Interim Inspection
Inadequate20th July 2016Full Inspection
Improvements Made14th September 2016Monitoring Visit
Good19th October 2016Full Inspection
Inadequate9th June 2017Full Inspection
Improvements Made7th August 2017Monitoring Visit
Good3rd October 2017Full Inspection
Westfields Therapeutic Children's HomeGood12th November 2014Full Inspection
Improved Effectiveness17th February 2015Interim Inspection
Good24th July 2015Full Inspection
Declined Effectiveness8th February 2016Interim Inspection
Inadequate26th January 2017Full Inspection
Improvements Made20th March 2017Monitoring Visit
Requires Improvement20th July 2016Full Inspection
Hillfields Therapeutic Children's HomeGood4th June 2015Full Inspection (1st)
Sustained Effectiveness15th December 2015Interim Inspection
Good18th May 2016Full Inspection
Sustained Effectiveness27th September 2016Interim Inspection

We strive to provide the highest possible standards of therapeutic care and education and nurture to our children and young people, continual support and development of our colleagues and workforce, investment in and improvement of the facilitating environments, and increased understanding of the Management Task.

The Lioncare Group is committed to offering a therapeutic living-learning environment that works for the children, young people, and adults, around which it has evolved.

We have experienced the new-style OfSTED Inspection Framework (SCCIF) and fundamentalist-like approach of certain inspectors as unlike anything we have experienced previously, culminating in the closure of Seafields Therapeutic Children’s Home after 26 years continuous operation, a difficult relationship with our Regulators, and the loss of several valued and respected and experienced colleagues from across the organisation.

However, we have gained valuable experiential learning from this and continue to work hard at meeting the raised standards expected and demanded by the Regulation and through the SCCIF inspection framework; we have every confidence that compliance with these will shortly match the higher than expected and demanded standards we already achieve in relation to the actual care of the children placed with The Lioncare Group in our homes and in our school.

We are very appreciative of the dedication, commitment, and personal investment given by all the adults working in our school and homes, and we thank you all.

We welcome and encourage visits by anyone seeking to place a child or young person in our school or our homes, so you can form your own opinion as to how well we are doing.

Latest News

2018 - End of an Era and New Beginnings:

We are delighted to announce that Ofsted has granted us registration to open our 'new' Home...Westfields Children's Home.
Westfields Children's Home officially opened on Monday 17th September 2018 and provides up to 6 placements for boys and girls and those transitioning aged 10-14 on admission.

Across The Lioncare Group, we continue to embed the changes we made in 2017 and continue to develop and improve our systems, processes, and practices to ensure that our children receive the very best experience of safe care and education that we can offer.

Don't Just Take Our Word For It:
We recently received the following endorsements from two former children (now adults) that we cared for in our Homes and School:

From M.C: Thank you for helping me over the years that I lived in Lioncare, if it was not for you and your company (Lioncare) I don't know what would have of happened to me. I cold have of been on the street, sleeping on the streets shivering cold, thinking to myself, in fear and of being petrified every day, so yes I have been given a opportunity to be in one of the most astonishing care home companys' out there.
About my current placement. I've settled in really well, I'm getting to know the staff around me, I have already told the staff how to help me and I am helping the staff to help me. I'm going to start up the gym, one of the clubs had low functioning autistic people. the only think I enjoyed about the club was, when I guzzled down my drink, and I'd need some form of air to ecape from people, who was, for the most part, not as a led and not as intelligent as I am, do me being the only one in the club, rushed out in a hurry and I gasped some air. I am starting to know my area around me, once that all happens, I'm going to explore new place around in my area and start new clubs, my plan is to invest my time in as many new opportunities and adventures as I can.
Overall my time in Lioncare has been really amazing and I thank you and your staff for helping me in the best possible way ever.

From C.H: Basically I've been hit a few times at work now etc. etc. and it bought it all home to me about how you adults put up with so much from us young people lol, and I suppose I was just gonna say sorry for everything xx

We have also received the following praise from the Placing Authority of a child attending our School:

Thank you for completing such a comprehensive PEP document for M (child); it's a delight to read. I can see that there have been so many positives this term, and he continues to make progress within the Y3 curriculum. There appear to be challenges too, particularly ones that begin with his self-esteem; I'm sure you do everything possible to support this at all times.
The progress on his targets is pleasing. Being able to infer meaning is a difficult skill, which begins with the 'how do you think the character feels'. Being able to pinpoint the evidence from the text takes it to the next level, and I can see that M (child) has just started on this. With regard to his partially meeting his fraction targets, he's on the way to understanding this concept if he appreciates that its all about parts being equal. I'm sure with over-learning of this, he will get there.
It's lovely to see his artwork too, so thank you for uploading. I look forward to reading his next PEP.

Supporting Worthy Causes:
On 25th July 2018, a group of adults and children from Hillfields undertook a sponsored trek to the summit of Mount Snowden in Wales, to raise money for the Rockinghorse Children's Charity.
Rockinghorse is a Brighton-based charity that has been supporting children for over 50 years. It was set up in 1967 by Dr. Trevor Mann, who recognised there was a real need for additional resources to improve healthcare services for sick children and babies.
You can find out more about Rockinghorse Children's Charity by following this link: https://www.rockinghorse.org.uk/about-us
Hillfields managed to raise £483.00 for the charity!

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