Company Website: www.swedandcare.org
Contact: Andy Simms
Position: CEO
Telephone: 01823 765078
Email: info@swedandcare.org
Type of Provision: Children’s Home
Total number of children’s homes & other services: 1
Total number of registered beds: 3
Age range on admission: 12-18 years
Specialist services: SWEC is a specialist SEMHD provision supporting young people with complex needs.
Names and Qualifications: Andy Simms, MBA, MA (Education), BSc, Kiks Sheppard, MEd, BSc(Hons), Crim. Dip (Open), QTLS, SET, FRSA.
Other education provision: Outdoor learning and access to natural environments underpins our approach. Throughout all our services we are able to offer part-time education or catch-up sessions with qualified teachers.
Therapeutic provision: Counselling, CBT and psychological assessment is available to all young people in our care, dependent on individual need.
Other services: Qualified instructional staff for a wide range of outdoor activities.
Description:
SW Education & Care e offer a unique form of support, where children and young people live in a family model children’s home but have significant access to outdoor activities. We are registered to provide care and accommodation for children and young people with social, emotional and/or mental health difficulties (SEMHD) as a primary need. The age range supported is 12-18, mixed gender.
When children demonstrate challenging behaviours due to childhood trauma and environmental impacts, there is a need to see the child behind the manifested behaviours and support them to identify the causes. In providing a nurturing and boundaried environment with highly trained and experienced staff, we ensure each child’s emotional wellbeing, and their development of self-regulation are key throughout our services. Through a non-sanctioned based ethos, where adults are attuned to individual needs, we provide opportunities for increasing self-esteem and adaption of coping strategies, thus improving self-regulation.
As an education & care provider, SW Education & Care can provide, where necessary, bespoke packages to meet an individual’s needs, which may include core subject learning with qualified teachers, outdoor pursuits to boost self-esteem and improve emotional intelligence, or access to life skills to support entry into employment and training.
We provide access to extensive outdoor activities with fully qualified instructors and/or fully licensed adventurous activity providers.
