Assessment and Support for Children and Families
We are providing a Family Support Assessment centre to partner with Local Authorities in Newcastle, Sunderland, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead, County Durham, and Northumberland in the North East of England and across the UK.
This is a new service to provide an assessment and post-assessment service. It is scheduled to open in April 2023.
For further information please email us
Our Family Support Homes
Woodstone - County Durham
Regional Family Support and Assessment Service Post- assessment support
New, purpose-built group of individual apartments located in a large suburban setting.
At a glance:
Current Registration: Ofsted 10 families
Current Rating: Awaiting Ofsted registration
Accommodation:
Ten one-bedroom flats for parents and their children. Each apartment has its own kitchen, living rooms and bathrooms.
Typical 4 families undergoing a specialist assessment and four
4 families needing specialist support.
Features:
Woodstone is conveniently located only three miles from Junction 63 of the A1M, with good transport links to Sunderland, Gateshead and Durhan town centres and the surrounding Chester le Street area.
It serves the greater areas of Durham, Northumberland and North Yorkshire.
All the facilities and bedrooms are built around a central courtyard providing a quiet, secure environment. Apart from the accommodation listed above, communal facilities are available, including a specially designed nursery.
Care and support is focused on the skills necessary for parents to correctly and compassionately care for babies and small children. The normal stay would be for a planned twelve weeks when a formal assessment will be carried out in conjunction with Local Authority Children’s Social Workers.
Woodstone provides support to enable a smooth transition into the wider community. It also emphasises the value of self-sufficiency in cooking and household budgeting.
Specialist, post-assessment, support and use of the facilities can be provided anytime in self-contained, one-bedroom flats.
Working with local authorities, Woodstone provides a high standard of accommodation according to the needs of each baby. Care is by planned admission, and the duration of the placement is subject to their individual needs and the consideration of the Local Authority.
Oaktrees - County Durham
Assessment accommodation for children.
Recently converted building located in a large suburban setting.
At a glance
Medium dependency, short term home for children where a further assessment is required to inform the longer-term placement.
Accommodation
The home has 6 ensuite bedrooms. The home is registered for 3 children between the age of 8-17 years old. The period of placement is up to 12 weeks to allow for assessments.
However, this can be extended slightly if the longer term plan is known but delayed
Features:
Previously Oaktrees was a very popular community Pub within a small village 4 miles from Durham City.
After a total reform, it is now a modern detached children’s residential care service. It has excellent travel links to Durham and Newcastle, and the main motorway, A1 (M), is less than a 5-minute drive away, with easy access to Teesside, Tyneside and beyond.
The home is big enough to provide large living areas with good natural lighting. There are specialist adaptations, providing chill-out lounges and accessible kitchens and bathrooms.
There are specially designed sensory spaces, activity rooms, and large, secure outdoor recreational areas for young people to enjoy.
The home has the resources we value for our children and their families, such as local shops and leisure facilities, a local GP and dentist
Address
Enhanced Residential Children’s Care Tribley Farm, Pelton Fell, Chester le Street Co.Durham, DH2 3JU
Call Us
0191 438 6000
Email Us
info@enhancedcare.co.uk