Bromley Lodge
- Registered: 2001
- Registered Places: 2
- DfE Education: Yes
- Assessment/Therapy: Yes
- Step Down Placements: Yes
- Staff Ratio: 1:1
Bromley Lodge - An 'Outstanding' Children's Home
"Children receive exceptional care at the home and benefit from flourishing relationships with the staff. Staff are committed to the children’s welfare and are patient with the children when helping them to achieve their goals. This allows children to accept and respond to staff guidance and support. One child said that they enjoy living at the home and would not change it for anything else.
Children have formed strong bonds with staff and this provides a secure base for them to make excellent progress from their starting points. Children do well in education and have learned how to communicate their feelings and show empathy. This has helped them to develop social skills and meaningful relationships.
Children’s wishes and feelings are exceptionally well understood by the staff. Staff understand how the children are feeling because they see this as a priority and a natural part of the way in which they provide day-to-day care. Children’s personalities are noticeably influential in the home environment. The home is decorated with photos, which are presented in a way that reflects children’s characters and the fun times that they experience.
Children benefit from family time because staff support and promote the relationships with significant people in their lives. Children who live far from their homes also have consistent time with their families. The support for family time enables children to safely enjoy festive times with significant people.
Children are supported to be healthy and they attend routine health appointments as needed. They benefit from support from a therapist who works for the organisation. This has helped children to understand and come to terms with past events that have led them into care. The therapist also helps staff to better understand how to encourage children’s emotional development.
Staff focus on supporting children to develop their independent living skills according to their ages. Children are encouraged to take the next steps in developing their skills, whether this is taking public transport or shopping for meals by themselves.
Managers carefully reflect on the needs of all of the children when they consider referrals to the home. Since the last inspection, no new children have come to live in the home, as managers feel that the current arrangements are providing stability for the two children who are there, and enabling them to thrive."
Ofsted Inspection - March 2025 - Full report available by request
Residential Care
Bromley Lodge provides a nurturing, and safe environment for children on the Autistic Spectrum and / or those who present with mild to severe Emotional, Behavioural and Communication difficulties. The staff team are provided with a high level of training to specialise the care we provide the children within the home.
The home provides an environment, specialised to meet the needs of the young people and is set up to adequately support them to develop at a pace they are comfortable with. The staff team provide the children with a secure base in which they can build the foundation of trusting relationships, this will also allow them to process the emotional and behavioural difficulties that have arisen from past trauma.
The staff team will provide a consistent and structured daily routine, using methods of communication that the children are familiar with. Staff provide the young people with a wide range of activities, that allow them to explore socials situations with other similar age and disability young people, as they build confidence they will be able to access a wider range of activities that they feel comfortable with. They environment is set up to meet sensory needs. This can be easily adopted to meet high or low arousal need as each child is unique and will require their individual needs met.
The overall ethos of Bromley Lodge is to ensure the children are provided with a warm and nurturing environment which provides more specialised care to meet the complex needs of the individual child. This will allow the young people to develop trusting relationships with the adults in the home which will support them to progress to their full potential with support from a staff team that fully understands how to meet their needs. The staff team will also work closely with families where appropriate, in order to build positive working relationships to provide the children with consistent care.
Education
The home is directly affiliated to both our DfE registered, specialist SEMH schools: The Davenport Primary School and The Old Priory Secondary School.
The respective school and the home work in close partnership to ensure continuity in respect of learning support, achieving developmental goals and behaviour management.
The Davenport School (Key Stage 2: 7-11yrs) offers a differentiated curriculum in order to meet the individual learning needs of each young person. The school operates with small group settings where children are closely supported and supervised by a qualified teacher and learning support assistants.
The Old Priory School (Key Stages 3 & 4: 11 – 16yrs) offers the national curriculum allowing for GCSE study in essential subject areas, alongside alternative, differentiated curriculums, including ASDAN and City & Guilds NPTC vocational awards, both of which lead to nationally recognised qualifications.
Assessment & Therapy
Children and young people residing in our care have access to a range of assessment and therapy services including:
- Psychological Assessment
- Psychotherapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Speech & Language Therapy
- Equine Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Drama Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Play Therapy
All therapy referrals are overseen by the organisation’s dedicated Therapy Services Manager in consultation with the allocated social worker and other key stakeholders as appropriate.
Our assessment and therapy services are an inclusive element of our residential care provision and attract no additional funding requirement.
Health Support
In addition to our therapy services and panel of consultants, each of our homes have direct access to a health promotions worker and, in the event of any significant health concerns arising, oversight from a registered, dual diagnosis nurse. This ensures effective, professional guidance in respect of health profiling, together with the immediate and ongoing health needs of each individual child and young person placed in our care.
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