News
We
are now providing education from 3rd March
2008
The aim of our education support programme will be to provide an interim
period of 6 to12 months that allows young people to learn, improve existing
skills and rebuild confidence so they are able to return to mainstream or
equivalent as recommended in the every child matters paperwork. We are
working with Heroes www.heroesberkshire.co.uk
for 3 days of the week and qualified teachers/LSA’s at Yew Tree
Cottage for the remaining 2 days. We intend to cover the core subjects of the
national curriculum as well as arts and crafts, sports, drama, writing,
dance, history, cooking and excursions.
We're
100% outstanding...
Following our
attendance to the Outstanding Providers Conference on 12th January 2008, we
discovered that only 7% of children's homes and children's therapeutic
communities across England and Wales achieved the outstanding rating with
Ofsted in 2006 and 2007. Furthermore, a 100% of the CSfC therapeutic
communities were awarded with this rating and therefore included in the 7%.
 Over 500 professionals joined us
including her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert who is pictured
with Delia
Donovan
and Rachel Redgwell, both of whom are Registered Managers and representatives
of CSfC. The day highlighted the effort, dedication and commitment our staff
contribute to our organisation. We were incredibly proud and hope to continue
with this standard.
Calcot
Cottage makes a great start to 2008
A congratulations
goes to Calcot Cottage who had a visit from Ofsted this month. Not only did
they keep their outstanding rating, they will get a special mention for all
the improvements in relation to the evaluation of outcomes for young people.
Furthermore, they were commended for improvements in evaluating their
service.
Promotions
at CSfC
We would like to
congratulate the following staff for their commitment, loyalty and efforts in
developing practice at CSfC. Their work has subsequently led to the following
promotions: Carolyn
Burton
– Deputy Manager, Mary Taplin – Team Leader, Emma Few –
Supervisor, Linda Stiven – Supervisor, Sarah Walton – Supervisor
and Danielle Evans – Supervisor. Well done to you all!
The
Excellence Award
CSfC proudly entered
the Excellence Network Award with Community Care. Our application highlighted
progressive practice that we believe has transformed lives and exceeded
standards set within our sector.
 Our application will be assessed by
leading figures within the social care sector and the best will be honoured
at a high profile lunchtime ceremony at Community Care Live on 14th May 2008.
For more information about our work please contact us.
Gold
Star Achievement
The 27.11.07 saw Calcot Services for Children officially awarded with the
“Gold Star Standard” award for Positive Handling. Assessed and
awarded by training provider Team Teach (www.team-teach.co.uk)
we are incredibly proud to be the first group of children’s homes to
achieve this status.
 The assessment process involved the
Director of Team Teach, George Matthews, meeting with a range of staff and
young people within the company to discuss their views and experiences of
Positive Handling and an in depth look into our policies, practice, recording
and monitoring systems. Following the assessment it was confirmed that we are
working to the high standards expected by Team Teach and the Gold Star status
was granted. Our achievement of the “Gold Star Standard” is a
fantastic accomplishment and we are pleased to be working to such high
standards in this area.
Therapeutic
Child Care Degrees
At CSfC we’re always commended for our commitment to staff training and
development. In continuing this mode of practice, we are proud to announce
the introduction of the Therapeutic Child Care Degree. We have undertaken
this project with SACCS and the University of Wales. The degree will provide
staff with theoretical knowledge underpinning child development and
furthermore, it will recognise the therapeutic approach we take to
support the containment and growth of the children and young people in
our care.
Yew
Tree Cottage Opens October 2007
 CSfC
are proud to announce the registration of Yew Tree Cottage which has been set
up as part of Calcot Cottage to provide two extra places for young people.
Additionally, Yew Tree Cottage has been set up to provide children and young
people with an interim education programme. For more information or if you
would like to make a referral please contact us.
Community
Care Live
(11-10-07 - Business Design Centre -
London, Islington)
The Community Care Live exhibition was a huge success! We managed a stall in
partnership with the Charterhouse Group for Therapeutic Communities. The
event was split into two dimensions, one being the exhibition stalls and the
other being the conference. The conference lectures gave us an opportunity to
learn about current initiatives in place, whilst the stalls gave us a chance
to show case our work and meet various colleagues within the sector. Thanks
to all those who visited our stall and we hope to see you all again next
year!
The
Open Day was a Success...
Thank you to all the professionals who attended our Open Day. We met so many
inspiring people and it was a wonderful opportunity to share experiences with
others who work with children and young people. As well as taking the
opportunity to show everyone our communities and the positive work we do, we
received some invaluable feedback about our teams and organisation from
people who share our passion and vision. We hope everyone who attended
enjoyed the day as much as we did! For those of you who didn’t make it,
feel free to contact us about visiting and
for those of you interested in next year, this will be hosted on 17th
September 2008!
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