Hanbury House
Hanbury House is a three-bedroom, terraced home and both the inside and outside areas provide a holistic environment for the children and young people. The house is well placed within the community and is in a suitable location to access local amenities and services, including the local primary and secondary schools, which are a short walk from the home. The living space within the home provides a homely environment for the children and young people, and is neutrally decorated, yet welcoming, to meet the preferences of all those who live with us.
The front of the property comprises of a paved driveway for a singular vehicle and the rear has an enclosed garden, not overlooked, and is set out on three levels consisting of a patio area and decking which is ideal for outside dining and limited ball games.
Both bedrooms for children and young people are double bedrooms with ample room for a wardrobe, single/double bed, dressing table and/or chest of drawers, as well as a workspace for homework. The third bedroom within the home is a staff ‘snug’ which can be utilised to accommodate private meetings, completing confidential paperwork, and for use during staff rest breaks.
The house consists of a large kitchen diner that accommodates a full-size dining table and chairs to facilitate family meals, snack times and a communal space, a large lounge area where children and young people can relax, unwind, and spend social time together and a family bathroom on the first floor, comprising of a shower over the bath, wash basin and toilet and an additional separate W/C on the ground floor.
Please note: there is currently no specialised equipment at Hanbury House, however we are adaptable to meet the needs of the children and young people and any specialist equipment required to support a child will be addressed during the admissions process.
There are stairs within Hanbury House to allow access to the first floor, conversely, the top two layers of the garden is accessed via small steps. However, Hanbury Care will complete a risk assessment as part of the initial admissions and commencement of service procedure to ensure that our home can meet the needs of each individual child.
Usk House - Turnaround Project
Usk House recognise and are passionate in the understanding
that every child’s needs are individual to the child or young person
themselves, therefore we ensure that our approaches to support
are flexible and adaptable to meet the changing needs of the
individual, through our robust recording and monitoring,
Personal Plans, Turnaround Support Workers (of which one is an
Accredited Thrive Practitioner), and a competent and confident,
well supported, and structured organisation.
Usk House provides provision through its ‘Positive Futures Project’ – the home delivers, two options.
1. A minimum of 28-day, up to 3-month, turnaround Early Intervention for Children, Young People, and their Families[1] in Crisis, coupled with a follow on 28 day, once a week session, to maintain and sustain the improvements achieved and to enable, parents or carers to continue working with the tools provided once our support is ended.
The project provides children who are risk of becoming looked after, and their families, turnaround crisis provision that delivers intensive crisis support and intervention with the aim of rehabilitating the child back to the care of their family with continuing support from the local authority. Alternatively, through real time monitoring and Twin Tracking, alongside the Social Worker, the local authority will source a suitable longer-term placement to meet the needs of the child and family, based on the ‘Positive Futures’ intervention outcomes as per the child’s Personal Plan.
Our experienced, well-trained, qualified, and supported staff team will provide 24/7 care or support, whereby the child will be placed in Usk House through the ‘Positive Futures Project' after referral from their Social Worker and Provider Assessment. Intervention will be delivered to address the following issues, including but not limited to:
· Underlying trauma
· Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
· Anger management and aggression
· Child exploitation
· Trafficking and modern-day slavery
· Self-harm
· Drug and alcohol misuse
· Missing behaviour
· Non-education engagement
Alongside the child’s intensive intervention, throughout the placement, our Family Crisis Intervention Worker will provide a bespoke tailored package of intervention to the child’s parents, carers, wider family members, or current local authority sourced placement, with the aim to successfully reintegrate the child back to family, or previously fractured long-term placement with the ongoing support of their Social Worker.
This support includes, yet not limited to:
· distressing behaviours – i.e., physical violence, missing behaviour, risk of exploitation, self-harm, underlying trauma
· disguised compliance of family/carers
· lack of engagement of family/carers
· lack of experience and support
At Usk House we believe that children who are at risk of being taken into the care of the local authority, or suffering multiple placements break down, should be offered early intervention, with support to parents, families, or carers right from the start, to prevent children either being taken into long term care, or reducing the risk of placement breakdown, creating positive futures, changing their narrative.
We encourage children and young people to understand and manage risks, we encourage and support children and young people with their social skills, emotional and physical well-being, behaviour support, and supporting family links and contact.
2. Usk House recognise and are passionate in the understanding that every child’s needs are individual to the child or young person themselves, therefore we ensure that our approaches to support are flexible and adaptable to meet the changing needs of the individual, through our robust recording and monitoring, Short Term Placement Plans, Accredited Thrive Practitioner, and a competent and confident, well supported workforce. A longer support placement for children aged 16+ who require a bridging placement to support their move on to supported living or independence, for up to the age of 18 is available, if the placement is successfully improving on predicted outcomes.
The project will work with young people in crisis to enable a positive move on to a supportive placement following an irretrievable breakdown of their current placement, the project will support the move on placement to understand and support the child improving outcomes.
Our experienced, well-trained, qualified, and supported staff team will provide 24/7 support for a period of up to 3 months, whereby the child will be placed in Usk House through the ‘Positive Futures Project' after referral from their Social Worker and Provider Assessment. Intervention will be delivered to address the following issues, including but not limited to:
· Underlying trauma
· Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
· Anger management and aggression
· Child exploitation
· Trafficking and modern-day slavery
· Self-harm
· Drug and alcohol misuse
· Missing behaviour
· Non-education engagement
· Skills of independence
· Grief, loss, and bereavement
Our Family Crisis Intervention Worker will provide a bespoke tailored package of intervention to the child’s parents, carers, wider family members, or current local authority sourced supportive living placement, with the aim to successfully reintegrate the child into society.
This support includes, yet not limited to:
· distressing behaviours – i.e., physical violence, missing behaviour, risk of exploitation, self-harm, underlying trauma
· disguised compliance of family/carers
· lack of engagement of family/carers
· lack of experience and support
Usk House have established and excellent working relationships with agencies within the Gwent area, providing links to the public sector, including education, housing, police, social services, and health, as well as voluntary sector services. We pride ourselves on accessing services for children and young people with a wide range of needs to best support them in these areas.
[1] Families – a term that is used throughout and includes all those who provide care and support to the child. This may include, but is not limited to, parents, kinship carers, foster carers, or carers in other residential settings.
Penywain House
Penywain House aims to support children who display social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties and associated needs. This is including, but not exclusive to non-education engagement; complex safeguarding; self-harm; anger management and aggression; drug and alcohol misuse.
We provide intensive, tailored packages of support which is child centred and enables us to meet the individual needs of the child, with Personal Plans being reviewed at least monthly in order to meet the changing needs of the children and young people placed with us. We aim to provide an environment that supports a child to feel safe and reach their potential.
We encourage children and young people to understand and manage risks, we encourage and support children and young people with their social skills, emotional and physical well-being, education, independence, financial support and supporting family links and contact.
We work actively to enable children and young people in our care grow into adulthood with the right tools to prosper independently.
We provide, a long-term home for children and young people who have faced rejection. We also provide a package of support to facilitate and provide children with the skills to enable successful transition from our home to a placement home with parents or family members, as well as independent living, through facilitating a well-trained skilled work force, delivering key worker session, and adopting the Thrive approach[1] .
Penywain House recognise and are passionate in the understanding that every child’s needs are individual to the child or young person themselves, therefore we ensure that our approaches to support are flexible and adaptable to meet the changing needs of the individual, through our robust Personal Plans, Accredited Thrive Practitioners, and a competent and confident, well supported workforce.
Penywain House have established and excellent working relationships with agencies within Torfaen and the wider area, providing links to the public sector, including education, housing, police, social services, and health, as well as voluntary sector services. We pride ourselves on accessing services for children and young people with a wide range of needs in order to best support them in these areas.