For me a typical day as a therapist at Kites starts with a clinical discussion with the Head of Therapy. He usually makes the coffee as I stumble in laden with my resource boxes, most likely slightly late. We then…
What does a day in the Life of a Headteacher look like?
A normal working day would begin at around 7:30am when I log into ClearCare to read the logs from the night before. I usually arrive at school at about 8:00 am so that I can ring both the houses to…
What happens when a young person leaves residential care?
End of placements sometimes can be the most difficult transition for any young person in a residential setting. The local authorities can provide funding to accommodate aftercare services, but sometimes this is not always the case and it dramatically affects…
Mental Health Quote from young person
One of our young people has been doing some great work in therapy recently and with his permission we wanted to share this with you.
Concert visit success
One of our young people who has recently left our care his key worker took him to see his favourite band in concert.. The YP was singing and dancing the whole time and expressed how grateful he was that we…
We’ve embraced Thrive®
We use the Thrive® approach which promotes children’s and young people’s positive mental health by helping adults know how to be and what to do in response to their differing and sometimes distressed behaviour.