Contents

QUALITY AND PURPOSE OF CARE 1. A statement of the range of needs of the children for whom it is intended that the children’s home is to provide care and accommodation. 2. Details of the home’s ethos, the outcomes that the home seeks to achieve and its approach to achieving them. 3. A description of the accommodation offered by the home, including: (a) How accommodation has been adapted to the needs of children; (b) The age range, number and sex of children for whom it is intended that accommodation is to be provided; and (c) The type of accommodation, including sleeping accommodation. 4. A description of the location of the home. 5. The arrangements for supporting the cultural, linguistic and religious needs of children. 6. Details of who to contact if a person has a complaint about the home and how that person can access the home’s complaints policy. 7. Details of how a person, body or organisation involved in the care or protection of a child can access the home’s child protection policies or the behaviour management policy.

VIEWS, WISHES AND FEELINGS 8. A description of the home’s policy and approach to consulting children about the quality of their care. 9. A description of the home’s policy and approach in relation to: (a) Anti-discriminatory practice in respect of children and their families; and (b) Children’s rights.

EDUCATION 10. Details of provision to support children with special educational needs. 11. If the home is registered as a school, details of the curriculum provided by the home and the management and structure of the arrangements for education. 12. If the home is not registered as a school, the arrangements for children to attend local schools and the provision made by the home to promote children’s educational achievement.

ENJOYMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT 13. The arrangements for enabling children to take part in and benefit from a variety of activities that meet their needs and develop and reflect their creative, intellectual, physical and social interests and skills.

HEALTH 14. Details of any healthcare or therapy provided, including:

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(a) Details of the qualifications and professional supervision of the staff involved in providing any healthcare or therapy; and (b) Information about how the effectiveness of any healthcare or therapy provided is measured, the evidence demonstrating its effectiveness and details of how the information or the evidence can be accessed.

POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS 15. The arrangements for promoting contact between children and their families and friends.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN 16. A description of the home’s approach to the monitoring and surveillance of children. 17. Details of the home’s approach to behavioural support, including information about: (a) The home’s approach to restraint in relation to children; and (b) How persons working in the home are trained in restraint and how their competence is assessed.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 18. The name and work address of: (a) The registered provider; (b) The responsible individual (if one is nominated); and (c) The registered manager (if one is appointed). 19. Details of the experience and qualifications of staff, including any staff commissioned to provide education or health care. 20. Details of the management and staffing structure of the home, including arrangements for the professional supervision of staff, including staff that provide education or health care. 21. If the staff are all of one sex, or mainly of one sex, a description of how the home promotes appropriate role models of both sexes.

CARE PLANNING 22. Any criteria used for the admission of children to the home, including any policies and procedures for emergency admission.

Annex A – Staff Qualifications and Experience

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Introduction

In order to comply with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 each home is required to have a Statement of Purpose. The Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 specifies that the Statement of Purpose is clear and available to staff and children, it is reflected in any policies procedures and guidance. It is available to the responsible authority and any parent or person with parental responsibility. The standard also advises that the Statement of Purpose is child focussed and is updated along with the homes Children’s Guide every year in line with the Children’s Homes Regulations Schedule 1, which refers to Schedule 1 Matters to be included in the Statement of Purpose. This acts as a list of matters that should be covered and for ease of use we have followed the numbering provided in this Schedule.

Quality & Purpose of Care

1. A statement of the range of needs of the children for whom it is intended that the children’s home is to provide care and accommodation

The specific purpose of Barnfield Lodge is to meet the needs of up to five young people, who present a combination of emotional difficulties, associated challenging behaviours and additional educational needs, who may be highly vulnerable and requiring intensive support.

The therapeutic care provided within the home is underpinned by the Complex Trauma Model and Attachment Theory; here we understand that our young people have often experienced many traumatic life events during their early years and that this can impact many aspects of their development and functioning. The early relationships our young people have with significant carer’s impact on how they develop styles of relating and connecting with others, these early attachments also shape their own feelings and beliefs about themselves, as well as how they perceive others and the world around them. We work with our young people using an attachment based parenting model called PACE. This model recognises the impact of Complex Trauma and focuses on building healthy attachments with young people who have attachment difficulties. Using PACE means that we focus on providing Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy as these qualities help to build and maintain healthy attachments.

The range of needs of the Children and young people cared for in the home are varied according to each child's history and individual needs. The following list is not exhaustive but details some of the more common needs of the children the home supports:

 Children and young people with a history of trauma and abuse;  Children with emotional and behavioural needs;  Children with a diagnosis of ASC and ADHD;  Children with a history of attachment disorder and difficulty forming and maintaining relationships;  Children with a history of non attendance at school and underachievement at school;

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 Children that can display challenging behaviours ;  Children who display behaviours of self harm or low self esteem.

2. The homes underlying ethos and the outcomes that the home seeks to achieve and its approach to achieving them.

The homes underlying ethos is that we have high expectations that all our young people can achieve the very best in life. They are treated as an individual, and their journey with us will be carefully planned and supported in line with their own specific needs and aspirations. Although our expectations are always high, any aims are always achievable and allow the young people to make positive progressive steps through life.

The outcomes we seek to achieve are specific to each young person. The young people's care plans and LAC reviews are carefully reflected in our Placement Plans and each young person’s time at the home is shaped by the shared outcome we are striving to achieve. We work closely with all relevant others to ensure this is possible, but most importantly we put the young person at the very centre of this process and ensure their views, wishes and feelings shape the outcomes for which we are striving.

The homes approach to achieving these outcomes is through careful planning, ensuring we engage with the wider system, and – as mentioned above – placing the young person at the very centre of this process.

The home has its own set of Core Values. These were agreed upon by the current staff team and young people. These are values that we all agree are intrinsic to what it is to live and work at Barnfield Lodge. These are displayed within the home and form regular discussions through the young people’s meetings as well as the staff team meeting. They are our collective belief as to what is important and ensure that we are all working together to fulfil the very best possible outcomes for all within the home. Barnfield Lodges’ Core Values are: - Develop (educationally and socially) - Fun (Barnfield is a happy home where young people enjoy living and staff enjoy working) - Respect (Young People and staff are accepting, tolerant and non- judgemental) - Positive Communication (we talk and we listen, we discuss issues, and speak about how we feel) - Feel Safe (the home is a safe environment, and everyone within it should feel safe together).

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3. A description of the accommodation offered by the home including- a) Accommodation that has been adapted for children’s needs b) the age range, number and sex of children for whom it is intended that the accommodation is to be provided c) type of accommodation including sleeping accommodation.

Barnfield Lodge provides a caring, structured and homely environment, specifically designed to meet the needs of up to 5 young people of either sex, up to; and on occasions, exceeding the age of 18. Dependent on the levels of needs of the individual, wishes and plans of the placing authority and risk assessment in relation to their impact on the home and other residents; the home may accommodate those over the age of 18. This would be as an ongoing accommodation for a current resident within the home.

Barnfield Lodge is a well-presented house within the Telford and Wrekin area.

One of our main objectives is to integrate the young people into the community, using ways such as leisure activity groups and youth clubs to do so. The young people receive weekly pocket money, the amount of which is linked to their age. This allows the young people to develop their identity by buying items of their choice and also develops a sense of independence and responsibility. Individual independence plans are in place for the different residents who are at a stage where they are working towards leaving care. We aim to provide the young people in our care with many differing experiences, giving them the opportunity to learn and develop in all areas of their life.

All young people have a spacious well-equipped bedroom with fitted or standing wardrobes, bed side cabinets and a set of drawers. There is room for a study area in all bedrooms. All young people have access to a family bathroom, with bath, shower, WC and washbasin. There is an additional shower room and WC and a separate WC room on the ground floor as well.

All the team and young people share a modern and well-equipped kitchen and dining area, as well as a separate utility room. We have the benefit of two lounges, offering plenty of space for relaxing, playing computer consoles or enjoying film nights. The home has a large variety of arts and crafts materials, books and board games for the young people to use.

We have a large garden to the rear with a trampoline and plenty of space for ball games and other playing.

The home has three cars, to transport the young people to school, out and about on activities and on holidays, as well as to contacts with families and friends.

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4. A description of the location of the home

The home is located in Wellington, Shropshire, near to Telford Town Centre. The map below shows the location in relation to other major towns and cities:

An annual Location of Premises Risk Assessment is produced to ensure the safety of the local environment and area. This is done through consultation with key local agencies and groups.

Local Facilities  Children’s & Young Peoples Active Involvement Service 4 Landau Court, Tan Bank, TF1 1HE  Wellington Youth Project within Charlton School, Severn Drive, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 3LE  Youth Offending Team 24, Victoria Road TF1 1LG Wellington Shropshire  Wellington Medical Practice The Health Centre, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 1PZ  Wellington Civic Leisure Centre Larkin Way Off Tan Bank Wellington  Telford Odeon Cinema Telford Town Centre Telford TF3 4NE

5. The arrangements for supporting the cultural linguistic and religious needs of children

Young people are educated around religion and culture at Hillcrest Shifnal School, as well as this the Barnfield staff team will educate the young people through discussion, taking them to events and trying out new culinary dishes. The young people are offered the opportunity to go to the church of their denomination and religious groups. The local area offers a wide range of places to worship; including a Church of England, Mosque, Methodist and Roman Catholic Church in Wellington centre.

6. The details of who to contact is a person has a complaint about the home and how the person can access the complaints policy.

Arrangements for making complaints about any aspect of the Barnfield Lodge or Outcomes First Group, including staff, other pupils, aspects of the service, or the behaviour of visitors are detailed below, and are in the guide given to young people.

The young person’s relatives and referring agencies are encouraged to discuss any areas of concern at the earliest opportunity with a member of staff, who will do their best to resolve the matter or seek the assistance of a senior colleague, if they are unable to help.

If a young person puts in a written complaint this is immediately sent to the Complaints Manager – Clive Coombs (Regional Manager) who will then decide who within the organisation is best placed to deal with the complaint. Every effort should be made to resolve an issue of concern at a local level within 5 days in a process of negotiation with the young person concerned and the home’s Manager. The young person will have the outcome of the complaint explained to them, if they are not happy with this then they will be able to continue with the complaint and this will return to the Complaint Manager.

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If the complaint cannot be resolved by discussion within the company’s procedures, or if the young person does not wish to pursue this route, they may put their complaint to their local authority (details of which they should have received from the officer responsible for the referral), or to the local Social Services Child Protection Team, whose telephone number is 01952 385385.

Young people can also complain to Ofsted at Piccadilly Gate, Store Street, Manchester, M1 2WD. Telephone: 0300 1231231.

7. The details of how a person, body or organisation involved in the care or protection of a child can access the homes child protection policies or the behaviour management policy.

The home has clear and robust Child Protection policies and Behaviour Management policies. The Child Protection policy (available upon request, on the companies Portal) is in line with the local Safeguarding Board (Telford and Wrekin – Family Connect), and the home has simple in-house procedures that will guide any individual if they had concerns of a child protection nature. Family connect is also the contact point for any concerns regarding young adults in our care.

The company has a Behaviour Management policy that is available upon request (on the companies Portal), this informs the homes Individual Behaviour Support Plans for each young person and the Behaviour Management Strategies that are included in each young persons Placement Plan. Hillcrest recognise the risks to young people around radicalisation and have developed a policy that outlines how the organisation will minimise those risks for the young people we support. The Anti- Radicalisation Policy can be accessed by all staff on the Hillcrest Resource Portal.

Views, wishes and feelings

8. A description of the homes policy and approach to consulting children about the quality of their care

Barnfield Lodge holds weekly meetings for the young people. The meeting is recorded and structured to ensure a free flowing; two way process of communication and information sharing. At these meetings, young people are encouraged and supported in contributing fully and raising issues on the agenda for all to discuss. The young people’s meetings minutes are read out at each team meeting so all the staff are aware of the content and requests or ideals can be put to the team as a whole.

Each young person has the opportunity to review his or her programme and express any concerns as part of regular dialogue with their key worker. A continuous dialogue is encouraged between young people and all members of staff. All young people know that they can approach any member of staff directly on any matter that they believe appropriate.

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The views and opinions of young people living at Barnfield Lodge are listened to and acted upon. When appropriate these views do materialise into effective change within the home. The young people are given feedback on views, requests and are fully consulted in the care they receive.

At Barnfield the young people are also asked to give their views on their placement plan and supported fully in attending LAC (Looked after Child) reviews and having an input into the important decisions made there, this ensures the young people have input in to their care and have the opportunity to really shape their time with us.

9. A description of the homes policy and approach in relation to:- a) anti-discriminatory practice in respect of children and their families; and b) children’s rights

Barnfield Lodge is part of Outcomes First Group, which is an organisation committed to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice both in terms of the staff it employs and the children and young people it looks after.

The child’s welfare and needs are of paramount concern to our staff. Any issues relating to skin colour, disability, gender, class, religion or sexual orientation will be addressed in order to ensure that children take full advantage of opportunities available to them. We encourage open discussion through processes such as individual and group supervisions in order to provide and check that we are achieving this in practise. In turn, staff help children treat others with respect and fairness. Workers use plain, jargon free language appropriate to the age and culture of the young people.

Regular children’s meetings are held to allow young people a forum to be heard, and to ensure the best possible care is being practised. The children are actively encouraged to participate in all aspects in the running of the home and their wishes and feelings are continually taken into account using this forum.

Hillcrest upholds the values set out in The United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which is a comprehensive, internationally binding agreement on the rights of children. The UNCRC is the most widely ratified international human rights instrument. Since the treaty came into force in 1991, every child in the UK has been entitled to over 40 specific rights. The different rights are not ranked in order of importance; instead they interact with one another to form dynamic parts of an integrated unit.

These include:

 the right to life, survival and development;  the right to have their views respected and to have their best interests considered at all times;  the right to a name and nationality, freedom of expression and access to information concerning them;  the right to live in a family environment or alternative care and to have contact with both parents if possible;  health and welfare rights - including rights for disabled children - the right to health and health care and social security;  the right to education, leisure, culture and the arts;

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 special protection for refugee children, children in the juvenile justice system, children deprived of their liberty and children suffering economic, sexual or other forms of exploitation.

These rights are integrated into all aspects of what we do at the home, and these are evident within this Statement of Purpose and within the Young Person's handbook.

Education

10. Details of the provision to support children with special educational needs.

Wellington and the surrounding areas has a number of schools and training providers for any 16+ young people. We work closely with Future Focus in Telford Town centre if any additional support is required in finding placements for our young people.

Hillcrest Shifnal School is a highly successful DfE-registered independent day special school for children and young people.

Set in 28 acres of beautiful Shropshire countryside Hillcrest Shifnal School is a purpose built school offering access to high-quality education and dedicated facilities for specialist subjects including science, art, design and technology, food technology and music.

The School provides individualised education programmes, access to National Curriculum and a wide range of vocational subjects. The School divides the teaching year into eight terms of similar length with frequent breaks, to help the students to stay focused on their learning.

At Hillcrest Shifnal School, we believe that education should be delivered in a way that is most appropriate and most conducive to the individual learning needs of the students. Many students arrive having experienced multiple placement breakdowns and with little experience of formal education, and as such we offer both intensive and small group teaching.

Our detailed assessment and induction processes enable us to assess students’ individual learning styles and plan their learning targets in partnership with them.

As well as offering nationally accredited courses such as GCSE, AQA Entry Level Certificates and Units, ASDAN, CLAIT and BTEC Vocational Skills qualifications, we run practical activities on site that promote the development of life skills.

All young people who reside at Barnfield will access education through Hillcrest Shifnal School and will undertake an individual programme of full–time education tailored to their specific needs, or mainstream schools if appropriate. In addition to these educational options there are also other specialist education provisions within the local area, and ensuring each young person is in the most appropriate education setting is paramount.

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Each young person will follow the National Curriculum at their own level and pace, in a culture that sets realistic, yet high expectations of everyone. Education staff are trained to recognise the types of challenges that young people with difficulties face in achieving their full educational potential. All young people will have the opportunity to aspire to, and obtain qualifications and certificates of attainment. Young people can be supported to study for A level and/or vocational qualifications, as appropriate, in conjunction with the local Sixth Form and Further Education Colleges. There are extensive educational resources and facilities for young people to undertake private study. Hillcrest Shifnal School has a compulsory school uniform which every student wears. Barnfield Lodge staff team will transport the young people to and from the school. The young people are supervised throughout their school day by educational support staff. On occasions care staff are required at the Hillcrest Shifnal School to support new young people into School. They have access to a multi sports area including tennis, five a side football, basketball and a play park. There is a school canteen where all young people have the option of a cooked lunch or sandwiches; a set menu is put in place approximately four weeks in advance.

Most of the young people at Hillcrest Shifnal School have experienced a range of factors which have potential to negatively shape their attitudes, motives and behaviours in relation to school attendance. They all have emotional, social and behavioural difficulties, and some also have learning difficulties. Many are also in care and have experienced multiple educational and family placements. As such, young people at Hillcrest School – Shifnal are at a higher risk of developing school attendance issues.

The Emotional Based School Refusal Framework was put together in order to raise awareness of school refusal and to improve the prospects of young people in attending school regularly and in building self-confidence and personal resilience. It provides information, strategies and a process to address school attendance related issues.

Barnfield Lodge has communal areas where young people are supported in completing their homework. If they require their own space they have study areas in their bedrooms. Young people are encouraged to look to the future with regard to further education. Depending on individual’s needs and age they are encouraged to pursue courses at Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology and Telford College of Arts and Technology.

All young people work within their allocated Personal Education plans and Individual Education plans. Each young person has a named tutor who will attend their statutory reviews.

In the School each young person works towards weekly Hillcrest where they have the option to choose which activity they would like to participate in.

11. If the home is registered as a school, details of the curriculum provided by the home and the management and structure of the arrangements for education.

Not applicable.

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12. If the home is not registered as a school, the arrangements for children to attend schools and the provision made by the home to promote children’s educational achievement.

As stated above under Section 10, Barnfield Lodge, as part of Outcomes First Group, has full use of the Hillcrest Shifnal School. However, where appropriate the young people will be supported in attending mainstream education or other specialist provision, and a close working relationship would be developed between the home and local school.

Enjoyment and Achievement

13. The arrangements for enabling children to take part in and benefit from a variety of activities that meet their needs and develop and reflect their creative, intellectual, physical and social interests and skills.

Once at Barnfield Lodge a programme of appropriate leisure activities is put into place. These can be anything from time spent with staff out in the local environment to joining a local club. Local clubs in the area include; local football teams, Army Cadets, athletics club, Scouts and Cubs or youth clubs.

Encouraging the young people to join local clubs helps to promote self esteem and inclusion. However this may prove difficult for some young people who reside at the home. Alternative local activities will be accessed to aid the young people to develop social skills and self esteem with the support from the staff team. Activities to support social skills and development of inclusion are chosen around each of the individual young person’s skills, likes and abilities. These are fully risk assessed prior to any activity taking place. Activity planners are encouraged weekly to support the young person to have an active and enjoyable childhood and learn and achieve new skills.

The young people residing currently at Barnfield enjoy; swimming, walking, horse riding, dance classes, ice skating, trampoline, going to the cinema, attending youth clubs, visiting historical sites of interest and going out on day trips to the beach.

All activities are risk assessed and where necessary supported on a one to one basis by the Barnfield staff team within an agreed action plan with a view to reduce support from staff.

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Health

14. Details of any healthcare or therapy provided, including:- a) details of the qualifications and professional supervision of the staff involved in providing any healthcare or therapy and b) Information about how the effectiveness of any healthcare or therapy provided is measured, the evidence demonstrating effectiveness and details of how the information or the evidence can be accessed.

Residential Care at Hillcrest SEMH is fully supported by a Clinical Team that provides individual therapy for the young people in our care alongside ongoing staff training and consultation.

Members of the Clinical Team receive supervision from the Clinical Lead and /or from an appropriately qualified external professional. The Clinical Lead receives supervision from Hillcrest Head of Clinical Services.

Each child/young person has an allocated therapist and each home has an allocated Clinical Team member who attends weekly to fortnightly team meetings and additional meetings as needed.

Every child/young person has an initial clinical plan which is devised within the first 4 weeks in placement which outlines an initial formulation of the child, intervention strategies and identified team needs which are then reviewed, amended and addressed in subsequent team meetings and training sessions. Clinical Plans are kept on the child/young person’s individual file within the home. Further to this, a comprehensive Psychological assessment will be completed within 12 weeks of the child/young person’s arrival in placement which will include baseline psychometric measures of their current presentation. These measures are repeated on a 6 monthly basis and results analysed, discussed and reported upon within the child/young person’s review and planning meetings. The 12 week assessment will also include a more comprehensive clinical plan which will be reviewed and revised on an ongoing basis. The ongoing administering of psychometric measures helps to identify change and growth within the individual child /young person and to monitor the effectiveness of the service delivery. Information gathered will inform a review of the child/young person’s clinical plan, risk assessment and behaviour support plans. All documents are held within the child/young person’s file or for those where this would be inappropriate, they can be accessed via the Clinician assigned to the home.

The core practice model for understanding the children and young people in the care of Hillcrest SEMH is the complex trauma model. This model ensures the needs of the children/young people are addressed in a holistic manner and considers each child/young person’s presenting needs and strengths. Staff are experienced, trained and supported on an on-going basis to help them work with traumatised children with a variety of presenting difficulties. These include children and young people who display sexualised behaviour, self-harm and suicidal ideation.

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Initially when a child moves into placement the priority is on establishing a sense of safety and containment for the child in a nurturing environment. The therapeutic support workers in the home are encouraged to consider how the child may view themselves, the world and those around them (their internal working model) in order to interpret, manage and contain behaviours that may emerge. They utilise the principles of therapeutic parenting and PACE (playfulness, acceptance, curiosity and empathy) to understand and interact with the young people, ensuring they remain empathic and accepting of the child regardless of any challenges they may present.

Positive Relationships

15. The arrangements for promoting contact between children and their families and friends

Where agreed; visits by relatives at the home are encouraged, as is regular contact by telephone, letter and e- mail. In addition, staff are readily available to family members for discussion and support as necessary, on request. Transport and supervision is available from the staff team.

Information pertaining to the child's progress and time while at the home will also be shared with their parents where appropriate. This will be dependent upon legal status, care plans and arranged between the home, social worker and parents. Where appropriate, parents will be made aware of what reports and documents are available to them upon their child's admission.

Protection of Children

16. A description of the homes approach to the monitoring and surveillance of children.

All supervision throughout the day is done by the team, who will spend one to one time with the young people. At bedtimes we have alarms on external doors for security purposes.

There is an alarm system in place that allows the young people’s bedroom’s doors to be alarmed. These are used on occasions where the young people’s whereabouts at all times is required, or when there may be safeguarding implications should the young people within the home be together without staff supervision. These internal door alarms are only used with the local authorities’ consent where the individual young people's risk assessments deem this necessary.

Hillcrest recognise the risks to children around radicalisation and have developed a policy which outlines how the organisation will minimise those risks for the young people we support. The Anti Radicalisation Policy can be accessed by all staff on the Outcomes First Group portal.

17. The homes approach to behavioural support including information about:- a) the homes approach in relation to children and b) how persons working in the home are trained in restraint and how their competence is assessed

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Barnfield Lodge aims to create a caring environment in which every person, whether staff or young person, relative or referring agent, is aware of their responsibilities to others and of the benefits they can expect to receive in return. Structure is one of the major benefits that Barnfield can offer a young person. We recognise that the structure has to be clear, fair and consistently applied. Integral to this process is the concept of respect for the individual. To influence young people to show respect it must be unconditionally offered to them. Unconditional personal regard is difficult to sustain, but is the goal of Barnfield. The young people accommodated at Barnfield must know that whatever they do, they will continue to be cared for and supported. This is supported with the therapeutic model through the core practices which have been developed by the Clinical Team and which includes basis care needs being met and supported to aid in the individual development of the young people.

Each young person has an individual behaviour support plan which identifies risks and patterns of behaviour; alongside strategies and de-escalation techniques. This plan reflects positive behaviours, rewards and support for the young people alongside positive intervention strategies which work for the individual young person. Intervention from the Youth Justice Service will be included within this plan if appropriate for the young person.

All staff are aware of the Company’s procedure for dealing with challenging behaviour. They operate principles based on knowledge of those issues that may trigger episodes of challenging behaviour in individuals, preventing and minimising the conditions for escalation in the event of episodes of concern, with the minimum use of effective and professional restraint techniques only where absolutely unavoidable. All staff are trained in STTRIIDE (Support Techniques and Theory to Reduce Incidents and Improve De-esculation Effectiveness). Disciplinary measures are also used and are fair and consistently applied. This training is refreshed annually as part of the staff's mandatory training and competencies addressed throughout the training and refreshers, however should any concerns relating to physical intervention arise this training can be brought forward. Staff receive de-briefing and support after any physical intervention and all concerns or issues addressed and further access to training is fully supported. All records of physical intervention are monitored by the Registered Manager.

Children are assisted to develop socially acceptable behaviour, through encouragement of acceptable behaviour and constructive response to inappropriate behaviour.

Leadership and Management

18. The name and work address of:- a) The registered provider b) The responsible individual c) The registered manager

Barnfield Lodge is owned by Outcomes First Group (registered company number 8516289). CEO: David Leatherbarrow

CFO: Jean-Luc Janet

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Commercial Director: Richard Cooke

Managing Director of Children’s Services: Richard Power

The Registered Provider is Outcomes First Group Turnpike Gate House Alcester Heath Alcester Warwickshire B49 5JG

The Responsible Individual is Clive Coombes, Regional Manager for Hillcrest West Midlands SEMH Services. Lamledge Lane Nr Shifnal Telford Shropshire TF118SD

The Registered Manager is Stuart Banks, who is based at the home, but can be contacted in the first instance via Outcomes First Group based at Hillcrest Shifnal School, Lamledge Lane, Shifnal TF11 8SD.

19. Details of the experience and qualifications of staff, including any staff commissioned to provide education or healthcare.

The staff team here at Barnfield Lodge will be based around how many young people are in residence. The current staff team comprises of a Registered Manager, a Team Leader with Deputising Responsibilities, 2 Team Leaders and 9 Therapeutic Support Workers.

Registered Manager Stuart Banks began working for Hillcrest in 2004, becoming a Registered Manager in 2010. Prior to joining Outcomes First Group he gained a BA Honours Degree in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Northampton. Since commencing employment he has received the following qualifications; NVQ3 in Caring for Children and Young People, NVQ3 in Management, NVQ4 in Health and Social Care, NVQ4 in Leadership and Management in Care Services and a Lv3 Diploma in Therapeutic Child Care. Over the 15 years employed with Outcomes First Group he has gained considerable experience working with young people in a residential setting and attended an extensive list of internal and external training events.

20. Details of the management and staffing structure of the home, including arrangements for the professional supervision of staff, including staff that provide education of healthcare.

All staff receive regular, individual supervision sessions with their manager at which a range of issues is discussed, concerning every aspect of their current role, training needs and future development. Opportunities

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exist within these sessions to discuss any areas where staff or managers may feel that particular support is required. Each staff member will have a personal development plan that deals with their individual training and career development needs. These arrangements operate in accordance with the detailed company procedure in this area (copy available upon request). There is a going training programme which addresses both the mandatory training needs as well as other training courses which are identified to aid in staff development. The Clinical Team and educational staff receive regular supervision sessions with their Line Managers which cover all areas relating to their roles, training needs and future development.

21. If the staff are all one sex, or mainly of one sex, a description of how the home promotes appropriate role models of both sexes

We understand our young people mainly in the context of developmental trauma, which consists of the seven domains of impairment. This understanding and theory informs our day to day work with young people. Our modelling is therefore informed by attachment based parenting models (PACE) as entails being safe, appropriate, consistent, nurturing, containing etc and this is what staff ‘model’ to young people.

Barnfield Lodge staff fully appreciate that children placed here may have been exposed to a variety of role models before moving here. They could imitate in some way such as fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, grandparents, siblings etc. but frequently these role models have not demonstrated effective ways of dealing with everyday problems of life. The staff will work with the young people to promote behaviours such as friendliness, reliability, honesty, and fair play.

We ensure that an appropriate model of both sexes is promoted at all times. All staff are expected to participate in domestic chores and manual tasks, such as the car maintenance checks and gardening.

Barnfield Lodge provides a structured environment and staff act in a manner that encourages positive behaviour with a view to the child copying (learnt behaviour). The behaviour management plan will identify triggers and strategies to use in order to reduce negative behaviour. The positive measures of control are used to encourage and reinforce positive behaviour and the young people are included in this process and enjoy the praise and rewards given. Negative measures of control also play a part in recognising and not rewarding negative behaviour but at the same time staff fully explain why the behaviour is not acceptable and discuss ways of avoiding negative behaviour. A key worker is vital to this process and provides the young person with weekly meetings to discuss any concerns or issues. Staff consistency is vital so as not to confuse young people and give them mixed messages. Team meetings provide a good forum to discuss behaviours and with the support of the therapist devise strategies to manage the behaviours in a consistently.

Care Planning

22. Any criteria used for the admission of children to the home, including any policies and procedures for emergency admission

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Barnfield Lodge is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to five young people, who present a combination of emotional difficulties, associated challenging behaviours and additional educational needs.

Barnfield Lodge is an integral part of Hillcrest School which provides integrated residential education, and therapeutic support to young people who experience severe emotional and behavioural difficulties, and the most complex needs. Within the home the staff team work closely with the Clinical Team to provide a care model to suit each individual young person which characterises the care given to each young person.

The young people living at Barnfield Lodge will have care and placement plans that are implemented by the placing authority. From this Barnfield Lodge will produce a Placement Plan that covers their Care, Health and Education. This will support the LAC documents, reflecting on the individual care for the young person and how the placement will support outcomes for the young person. This will include a behaviour management plan individualised to each child to reflect concerns, support and intervention. With the aim to personalise positive and achievable goals for each young person, this plan is monitored and updated on a regular basis to reflect progress made and changes in strategies. Fortnightly team meetings take place with input from the Clinical Team to address all area's relating to the young people, with new action plans to aid in the positive behaviours and promote working in partnership with all professionals involved, in co-operation with parents for the child (where appropriate).

A therapeutic model of core practices has been developed by the Clinical team as a working practice, which includes basis care needs being met and supported to aid in the individual development of the young people. The local authority of Telford and Wrekin will be informed of all admissions and discharges to the home.

The Registered Manager must notify the local authority in writing of any admissions to the home for young people who live outside the local authority area. In addition the Registered Manager must also notify the local authority of any discharges.

The home will consider emergency placements subject to an appropriate impact risk assessment being completed and relevant referral information being received from the placing authority. Each emergency admission will be considered individually, to ensure that the home has the capacity and support systems in place to care for young people admitted at very short notice, while continuing to offer high quality care to the young people already living in the home. Consideration will be given to the homes staff team, their level of experience, skills and training and whether this is appropriate to the information received regarding the emergency referral.

URN: SC398480 Valid from (updated): 8th April 2020

Valid until: 8th April 2021

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