Hillview
- Registered: 2006
- Registered Places: 4
- DfE Education: Yes
- Assessment/Therapy: Yes
- Step Down Placements: Yes
- Staff Ratio: Close Supervision
Hillview - A 'Good' Children's Home in all Areas
What Ofsted say...
"Children are making good progress in all areas. They are well cared for, happy and like living in the home.
Arrangements for children moving into and out of the home are well managed. Children are supported to move positively from the home. Managers are conscientious about ensuring that children receive the right support to move on. Well-informed assessments inform care planning and plans for children moving into the home. Child-focused stories and direct work help children to prepare to move in and to settle.
Children are listened to. They are supported to share their thoughts during one-to-one sessions and children’s meetings. Their views are routinely sought on choices of activities, menu and bedroom decor. Children make choices on the things that matter to them.
Children enjoy a range of positive daily experiences. They have fun and develop their skills and interests. Children are encouraged to join clubs in the local community. The home recognises and supports children to develop relationships outside of the home.
Children are supported to maintain active and healthy lifestyles and learn about how they can stay healthy. They are supported and encouraged to try new things, including new foods and forms of exercise. One child is pleased with what he has achieved since changing his diet.
Children make good progress in their education. They receive support to attend school and have positive experiences of education. Staff engage with professionals to support children with their schooling. They ensure that children have access to the right provision to meet their individual needs. Learning from school is supported at home and children are helped and encouraged to do their homework and take part in reading challenges. One child, who was previously on a reduced timetable, is now attending full time and achieving 100% attendance."
Ofsted Inspection - November 2024 - Full report available by request
Residential Care
Hillview provides a stable, nurturing and safe home to children/adolescents with emotional and behavioural difficulties. This includes young people that suffer mild to moderate learning difficulties and complex emotional needs. The home benefits from a robust, consistent and dedicated staff team that oversee the holistic care of the young people residing in the home.
Hillview aims to provide the young people with a caring a, nurturing environment that overall holds the ethos of a professional family. The expectations and rules in the home replicate much of those experienced in a family environment.
The home works hard alongside other professionals to support and understand the children’s behaviour. With this being the focus that enables the staff to think about the children’s behaviour and make good, appropriate informed choices in supporting their physical and emotional development.
The management and staff team focus on the building of relationships, using this first and foremost to build a foundation of mutual trust and respect. Hillview is sited in a remote location with vast grounds and space, this enables the staff to engage the young people in the activities. The home and grounds offer spaces such as a football pitch, pool room, gym and table tennis room.
We aim to provide the young people with a positive experience whilst growing up at Hillview, we work to build their self-esteem and self-worth and try to rehabilitate the integrity and trust of those who take on the role of primary carers.
Hillview pride themselves on the individual thought and care that goes into each case management. The achievements are individual and diverse as with each young person and as each young person starts their placement, progress and development is monitored as we strive to meet individual care plans, these include rehabilitation to birth families, foster families or independent living.
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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