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Dream Cottage
Dream Cottage will provide care and support for children / young people, and we are prepared to consider placements for children / young people exhibiting a wide range of behavioural difficulties.
Dream Cottage
Dream Cottage caters for looked after children with emotional and behavioural difficulties being that of their primary care need. (EBD), (Mild Learning difficulties), (DOLS)New Era Residence has a positive history in supporting young people under formal Dols orders with good outcomes for all young people. The home will be set up to meet all DOLS orders and restrictions that are in place. All staff within the home will receive robust training where the company having commissioned Respond https//www.respond.org.uk to support all young people and additional to this our clinical play therapist with support our young people to regulate their feelings through playful activities. Out staff teams understand trauma-informed services that include, psychotherapy and advocacy.
House Overview
Dream Cottage is a semi-detached 5-bedrooms house within a multicultural area of Birmingham. Dream cottage itself is a spacious building providing accommodation for up to 3 children / young people. We provide care to children / young people of both genders between the ages of 8 to 17 years old on admission. The staff reflect the culturally and ethnically diverse nature of the local community and provide care and support to children/ young people who may have experienced abuse, neglect and exclusion in the past in a flexible and relaxed fashion. The staff at Dream Cottage recognise the need that many children / young people must regain control of their lives and their behaviour and provide the necessary structure and boundaries to enable them to do so.
Dream cottage is for children / young people who experience behavioural and emotional difficulties, and social difficulties and who may have suffered abuse, neglect, exploitation and exclusion in the past. Dream cottage will also accept planned and emergency admissions. Whenever a decision is made to admit a child / young person the needs of the child concerned as well as the other children /young people already in placement are considered.
Dream cottage offers short, medium to long term and emergency placements for children/ young people and preparation for the next step in their lives whether it is a return home, a move to another placement or the transition to independence. The provision of a key worker for each child / young person ensures that all children / young people receive the level of support and direction they require to benefit fully from their experience of being looked after at Dream cottage.
A list of the types of placements and behaviour accepted subject to risk assessment is as follows: -
- Emergency Placements
- Young people remanded into the care of the local authority.
- Young people who have emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Challenging Behaviours resulting in young people having an educational statement.
- Young people with autism, ADHD low functioning
- Young people on a DOLs order
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