Haytor Practice Model
Haytor offers registered accommodation for children and young people who will benefit from a clear and planned placement enabling them to move on from periods of difficulty in other environments such as group living or to divert them from negative or destructive behaviour.
We believe that every child is unique and individual; in view of this, each young person has their own bespoke care package which is developed to suit their needs based on the framework of the five outcomes of Every Child Matters, in partnership with the placing authority and where appropriate family and significant others to the young person.
Outcomes monitoring is conducted regularly throughout the placement and the young person is encouraged to be fully involved in all the processes surrounding his / her care at Haytor Regular consultation is sought from the young person, placing authority, family and significant others as part of all processes of careplanning and outcomes monitoring.
Haytor has a small, evenly mixed team of 6 staff plus the Registered Manager, who pride themselves on good clear communication and consistency within their work, providing high standards of role modelling for, encouraging learning naturally in an ‘osmosis’ style.
The home operates a shift system built around the needs of the young person in residence. This ensures stability in the home, with less handovers and greater flexibility in the day. A single named link worker will be provided to the young person from the team, whose role will be to act as a liaison between them and outside agencies including their placing authority.
The link worker identifies necessary resources, carries out the care plan, and ensures health checks are carried out, religious observances are facilitated and educational requirements are met.
The team work closely with our head of therapeutic services Peter Kelly, DPSE, Dip Psych, UKCP/UKATC Registered Psychotherapist. He provides support and guidance to the Manager and staff team through regularly arranged consultation. He enables the team to identify particular behaviours, analyse them and develop strategies to help young people manage them, forming part of a behaviour management programme.
Further to this all staff under go CRISEES (Creative Rapid Intervention Strategies for Emotional Support) training with Russell Henderson M.N.C.P. This is a new and innovative method of physical intervention, focussed on deflection, distraction and diffusion techniques with the benefit of disengagement and physical supports.
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