Early Intervention

Care Leavers:

Our outreach support service provides an invaluable link for many young care leavers who have moved on from residential care and is another important element to achieving a positive outcome. The level of support required is determined by the assessment outcomes, is agreed with all relevant individuals and is as flexible as required.

Foster Care:

This is a flexible support package that can provide support for both the carers and the young person. As above, the level of support is determined by individual needs and offers respite in both emotional and practical terms to the familial setting. It is our experience that this support enables the family to safely explore their frustrations and develop an understanding of each others needs.

As part of this package we also offer the carers training in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) as a behaviour management model. Because TCI is focused as much on self-awareness, this enables them to not only understand and manage the young person’s behaviours, but also affords a behaviour management structure for them.

Respite Breaks:

This area of the service was developed to enable parents/carers and young people from any setting, the opportunity to “take a break” from ongoing conflict before the relationships irretrievably break down. These breaks can be tailored just for the young person or as a family group to assist in the bonding process. The breaks are designed around adventurous activities with the focus on problem solving through teamwork. The goal of these breaks is to enable the participants to re-connect with each other and transfer their learning to the home setting. The activities and interactions are supervised by our qualified outdoor instructors who are also trained in TCI.

Youth Engagement Programme:

Much is said of the problem of delinquency within today’s society and the impact this has in local communities. In our opinion it is not enough to find deterrents and more must be done to promote youth engagement.

We welcome the opportunity to play a part in supporting local communities to address their concerns.

Through partnership working, we can provide outdoor experiences to positively engage young people identified as problematic within their own communities. It is our belief that once someone is given the opportunity to experience our activities, they always discover abilities previously unknown to them.

We use outdoor education to facilitate opportunities for young people to learn more constructive positive behaviours and better ways of coping. By exposing young people to new exciting activities within their local environment we aim to physically and mentally stimulate them to realise their potential and develop a positive outlook thus reducing behaviours that bring them into social conflict. It does not make sense to be angry, negative and destructive if you are enjoying yourself and can see a way forward.

This experience combined with qualified instructors skilled in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention is often the catalyst to positive change.

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