Company Website: www.aftercarenw.org
Contact: Kevin Ingham and Tim Blundell
Position: Operations Manager and Director
Telephone: 01704 535306
Email: admin@aftercarenw.org

Type of Provision: Therapeutic residential care
Total number of children’s homes & other services: Our homes provide a high-quality living experience for children and young people aged 7-17 with an array of complex needs, including emotional behavioural difficulties, challenging behaviours and experience of trauma and abuse. Bespoke therapeutic care packages are devised and tailored to meet the specific needs of each young person in our care. We believe that therapy plays a fundamental role in each young person’s journey towards healing, and we are passionately driven to make changes to the lives and emotional well-being of every child we look after. Our aim at After Care (NW) Limited is to provide cohesive, person-centred care by implementing evidence-base interventions and monitoring change. We achieve this through our PRIME model in collaboration with Dr Miriam Silva and our other Clinical Psychologist colleagues at LifePsychol Ltd. The PRIME model tracks change in a young person’s behaviour as well as their emotional and mental well-being. To read more about our therapeutic model, please visit www.aftercarenw.org.
Total number of registered beds: 17
Size range of homes: 2 - 4
Age range on admission: 7 to 17 years
Specialist services: - PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS Our aim at After Care (NW) Limited is to provide cohesive, person-centred care by implementing evidence-base interventions and monitoring change. We achieve this through our PRIME model in collaboration with Dr Miriam Silva, Dr Jaime Craig and our other Clinical Psychologist colleagues at LifePsychol Ltd. The PRIME model tracks change in a young person’s behaviour as well as their emotional and mental well-being. Our model introduces quality standards for children with complex needs, which our teams can put into effect. Using these quality standards, we can evidence the change in a young person’s well-being. Evidence like this is important as it means that here at After Care (NW) Limited, we can continually improve our service in order to provide the best care we possibly can. The PRIME model sets out a psychologically informed care plan pathway for Looked After Children. The five components of the PRIME model are: Psychological assessment Regular outcome measurement Individualised care-planning targets Multi-faceted formulations Evidence-based interventions - PYSCHOTHERAPY Our Clinical Director Sheila Vaight, who is a Senior BACP Accredited Psychotherapist will advise and allocate an appropriate therapist, in order to meet the young person’s individual needs. After Care (NW) Limited employ a male and female therapist who have worked with us for many years. We believe continuity of the same therapist is paramount in our young person’s therapeutic process. The number of sessions offered are open-ended and young people can re-engage with their therapist at any given time whilst in our care.
Other education provision: At After Care (NW) Limited, we believe all education is a key part in a young person’s journey. We recognise that each young person has different needs and finding the most suited education facility is integral in their development. We have two appointed in-house tutors who support our young people on initial placement in the interim period before a suitable placement is sourced. Our tutors also work closely with education providers to ensure that any transitions are smooth and successful. Additionally, should any of our young people require extra support within their education, our tutors are available and are flexible in providing this. Our educational specialists provide a bespoke person-centred provision for each individual child. Our tutors and providers promote a range of subjects including Music, English, Maths, Home Economics, Art, IT, Music Therapy and Fitness & Well Being. We foster a therapeutic approach towards teaching and learning. Our young people have attained many qualifications and awards during their care with After Care (NW) Limited. These range from AQA Units of Achievement to GCSE. There are several alternative educational provisions that we use for certain individual needs. We also have links with many training providers in the community for Post 16 students who wish to gain work experience.
Therapeutic provision: Please see above regarding Psychological Assessments and Psychotherapy.

Aftercare (NW) Ltd offers accommodation for Looked After young people in five Ofsted registered children’s homes. The company also offer education services from an OCR registered education facility. Counselling or therapeutic services are also available and the company has access to a team of specialists, all with BACP accreditation within this field. Leaving Care services are available and Aftercare (NW) Ltd offers varying levels of semi and full independent living care packages.

All staff within Aftercare (NW) Ltd receive training which far exceeds minimum standards. Our staff are trained in Safeguarding, Self-Harm, Child Sexual Exploitation, G-Map (for young people who display inappropriate sexual behaviours), ADHD, Attachment Disorder, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (which includes restraint, de-escalation training etc), Medication, Missing from Care, Equality and Diversity, Anti-bullying, Communicating with Children and Diploma in Childcare.