Our ethos and vision at Sandstone House is to be an Outstanding provision which is child focused and friendly in everything that we do, whilst providing the highest quality of care in achieving outstanding outcomes - for children, staff, families and the community.
Sandstone House aims to provide a standard of care which is extremely aspirational. All our practices are child-focused in order to keep young people safe and to help them enjoy and achieve in a positive way supporting each child to develop to their full potential.
We want to make a positive difference in every child’s life. We will help each child learn to understand and manage the impact of any experience of trauma and abuse. We will support children to develop resilience and skills to prepare the child to return home, to live in a new placement or to live independently as an adult.
We aim to support young people to take control of their lives and make positive choices for their future. We know that young people who are kept busy and engaged in positive pursuits that they enjoy are less likely to make negative choices and engage in negative behaviour.
To this end, we place a high emphasis on developing structured activity programmes and incentive programmes with all our young people. This means that they will be engaged in activities they enjoy, giving them access to positive, age appropriate peer groups, thereby reducing the likelihood of engagement in anti-social behaviour.
The home provides accommodation for children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties, often related to complex trauma and attachment difficulties, aged from 11-17. The Home can provide accommodation for up to four young people at a time and is open to placements for both male and female young people.
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Support Worker of the Year Winner- Marie Arif