Company Website: www.gbacare.com
Contact: Gemma Birkhead (MD) / Delores Croasdell (RI)
Position: Contact Delores Croasdell initially regarding placements
Telephone: 01422 311157 or +44 7746 981153
Email: Delores.croasdell@gbacare.com

Type of Provision: Emotional, social, behavioural, with HSB issues & CSE risks, multiple complex needs & learning difficulties.
Total number of children’s homes & other services: 3 x children’s homes 3/4 bedded and with transitional 16+ Supported Pathway Placements and outreach services.
Total number of registered beds: 11 placements – which include; 4 male only, 8 mixed.
Size range of homes: 3 x sites currently, Duke House – mixed Therapeutic, Beeston View – male/rural Therapeutic and Farwood – mixed Therapeutic
Age range on admission: 18-18 with SSP placements from 16+ until as required.
Specialist services: Partnership with the CCATS organisation providing in-house and community based bespoke services. See website www.gbacare.com
Names and Qualifications: All Care staff qualified or working towards recognised NMS qualifications. Management CV’s and qualifications available upon request.
Registered school: Successful partnerships with local specialist full-time education provisions, training providers & Virtual School Heads.
Therapeutic provision: Partnership with the CCATS organisation providing in-house and community based bespoke services. See website www.gbacare.com
Other services: Supported Pathway Placements for mixed 16+ young people, we can also offer CCATS support and therapy. See website www.gbacare.com

GBA Care Ltd currently has 3 x registered children’s homes. Our current homes can accommodate 11 Young People which can support complex needs, emotional, social and behavioural difficulties. Our homes are situated in Halifax and Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Our male only setting is in a rural location and our other homes are in more urban residential locations, whilst remaining iscreet and private.

GBA Care has a highly skilled, knowledgeable, experienced and motivated care team, ensuring the unique needs of the young people are successfully met. This is evidenced by our Ofsted inspections and external care audits, which consistently evidence our ‘outstanding’ outcomes for the young people in our care. We have established successful partnerships with numerous placing authorities and through these links, we create comprehensive and individualised care plans to meet young people’s individual physical, personal, social, psychological/emotional, behavioural, spiritual, communication and health needs. Our professional link with CCATS supports young people with more complex needs.

All referrals and admissions will be considered for; emergency, planned, short breaks and long-term placements and ultimately progression or immediate admission to our 16+ Supported Pathway programs. Our referrals are discussed with our partnership with CCATS prior to admission.

Each home has a clear established successful link to our own progressive 16+ Supported Pathway Placements program, providing continuity and a clear direction to self-reliance and true independence.

GBA Care can also offer intense support packages within each home’s setting and within the community, ranging from 1:1 to 2:1 if required, providing intense supervision and continuity.