Childrens Homes Consultants - Head Office: 83 Ducie Street, Manchester, M1 2JQ. Leicester Office: 87 London Road Leicester LE2 0PF.

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About Childrens Homes Consultants

Children’s homes provide care for some of the most vulnerable, traumatised and challenging children and young people in the country. They also care for children with complex special educational needs and disabilities.

Children Home Consultants (CHC) are an independent company with twenty five years of Residential management experience. Our dedicated team of qualified Social Workers and Residential Manager’s have spent years in this field delivering frontline services and understand the complexities of Residential care.

CHC team members have an excellent track record of attaining and sustaining Outstanding rated Children’s Homes.

CHC ethos is to be open and transparent in our approach and work in conjunction with providers to achieve individual goals, from aspiring to or sustaining Outstanding status. Our Management experience expands over the spectrum of Children’s Homes provisions i.e. Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, Learning Disabilities & Short Breaks Services.

CHC are firm believers in the highest quality of service delivery within Children’s Homes to achieve Outstanding outcomes for young people. CHC are passionate about our specialised expertise and will never compromise in supporting providers to meet complex individual needs of young people.

Our team members are extremely well versed in balancing complex issues such as: childcare, health & safety, good practice, Quality Standards & Regulations. Therefore we know exactly how to support providers. CHC are already well versed with the new Quality Standards and Regulations set to be launched in April 2015.

CHC have supported providers in implementing these in preparation for their own next main inspection.

Childrens Homes Consultants - Head Office: 83 Ducie Street, Manchester, M1 2JQ. - Leicester Office: 87 London Road Leicester LE2 0PF.

Please contact CHC on 0333 200 5857 for an initial free of charge consultation meeting to discuss individual needs of your organisation.

Services from Childrens Homes Consultants

‘Innovative ways is at the heart of everything we do for our clients’

Independent Visits

CHC provide a comprehensive monthly Independent Reg 44 visits service to Children’s Residential Homes. This service meets the Regulation 44 requirements outlined in The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards 2015. All of our reports will go through a rigorous quality assurance process before being sent to both the provider and Ofsted within timescales. We pride ourselves on our discretion and professionalism fitting in seamlessly to your environment ensuring we have minimal impact to the young people’s environment while conducting our visits.

Health & Safety

CHC’s qualified Health and Safety team can support your individual requirements relating to Children’s Residential Homes. Our aim is to provide cost effective solutions to meet a growth in legislation. We offer a wide range of services to assist providers in meeting these demands and achieving best practice. In addition, we understand in achieving a fine balance between a homely atmosphere and legislation compliance. Some of the services we provide include:

  • Fire Risk Assessments
  • Health and Safety audits
  • Fire / drill training
  • Building inspection quarterly reports
  • Emergency lighting tests
  • Asbestos checks and reports

Recruitment

CHC understand due to the skills required for the role and working with vulnerable young people who deserve the best care possible. That is why CHC can support providers in ensuring they employee the best workforce for their service users.

CHC are able to be independent recruitment panel members that can support your company’s recruitment. Our consultants are well trained and have many years of experience in interview preparation, shortlisting, testing and interviewing.

Please call to discuss your needs and how we can support you in employing the right people.

Out Of Hours Service

CHC offer an out of hours service. This consists of 24/7 advice and guidance to Children’s homes providers. We cover a wide range of complexities e.g. safeguarding issues, staff related issues, health and safety issues etc.

Templates

CHC have particular expertise and excellent in supporting clients that would like to open a Children's home. Our team will design and implement policies and procedures in line with your requirements and to ensure your home is fit for purpose. We will offer continual support to your home on the journey together in achieving Outstanding status.

CHC design templates to meet evidence practice needs, such as care plans, health & safety recordings, young people’s files documentation, risk assessments, physical handling plans and recording formats etc.

Training & Development

CHC offers a wide range of training and development opportunities to enable Practitioners working in Children Homes to continue in their developmental journey. Training is tailored to individual providers requirement. Some of the training we offer includes:

  • Learning for Autistic young people
  • Autism Awareness and working strategies
  • making sense of Autism
  • developing good autism practice
  • Minimising and Effects of Self-Harming
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Mental Health & Emotional Well-Being
  • Mental Health Awareness
  • Working with young people experiencing loss and transitions
  • Working with LAC &/or unaccompanied young people experiencing unresolved trauma

Our trainers deliver lectures on Residential best practice and has been highly rated and recommended by the students.

Consultancy

CHC are committed to the delivery of high quality services that improve outcomes for children. Our dedicated consultants will assist Local Authorities and private sector providers in achieving and sustaining outstanding rated Children’s Homes. Our consultants will draw on current good practice and national guidance to provide an individually tailored improvement plan for your Children's home.

Childrens Homes Consultants - Head Office: 83 Ducie Street, Manchester, M1 2JQ. - Leicester Office: 87 London Road Leicester LE2 0PF.

Please contact CHC on 0333 200 5857 for an initial free of charge consultation meeting to discuss individual needs of your organisation.