Witherslack Group Children's Homes

BEECH TREE HOUSE provides a therapeutically managed facility to meet the nurturing, management, social, emotional and moral needs of young people who are unable to live in a family context.

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"The review was held in very comfortable surroundings for the young person " - Social Worker, Cumbria

THE BIRCHES' young people will usually be aged between eleven and seventeen, although there will be some flexibility in this age range to take account of the individual’s developmental stage and cognitive functioning.

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"This service remains outstanding in every respect. The Management Team have established a high quality of practice capable of supporting individual children’s assessed needs." Ofsted

CUMBRIA VIEW Children‘s Home opened in June 2006 and is situated in a large detached house in Silverdale, near Carnforth, set in its own grounds of approximately two acres.

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"There are many opportunities presented for discussion and consultation on the placement arrangements. Placements are clearly open to scrutiny, ultimately meaning that they remain safe." Ofsted

THE GRANGE is a specialised fully integrated facility which provides a high quality, well-furnished Home for up to 7 young people with complex learning difficulties and challenging behaviour.

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"The staff and Management Team have maintained excellent standards between inspections. Young people are gaining many positive experiences whilst living at the Home." Ofsted

WOODLANDS CHILDREN'S HOME opened in June 2009 and is situated in a large detached house in Bolton-le-Sands, near Carnforth, set in attractive gardens with an attached paddock.

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"All of the young people are given opportunities to access a wide range of leisure and social facilities in either a supported, semi-independent or independent manner." Teacher

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Welcome to Witherslack Group Children's Homes

Witherslack Group Children's Homes is a specialist provider supplying a totally integrated package of high quality 52 week residential care and education in conjunction with our sister company the Witherslack Group of Schools Ltd.

Witherslack Group Children's Homes operates a number of small children's homes providing specialist therapeutic care for young people experiencing a range of difficulties: complex learning difficulties, autism, emotional and behavioural difficulties, challenging behaviour, language and communication problems, dyspraxia, attachment disorders and attentional deficits.

If you would like further information regarding any aspect of our provision please contact us and we shall be happy to provide relevant literature or to discuss our work or any further support or provision that you may find useful.

About Us

Witherslack Group Children's Homes is a specialist provider of 52 week care and education. We operate a number of small children’s homes in the North West and North East of England. We have a National reputation for consistently providing "Outstanding" care, education and therapy. The minimum age on admission would normally be between nine and sixteen years of age, but younger children will be considered on an individual need basis.

The purpose of the homes is to provide a therapeutically managed facility to meet the nurturing, management, social, emotional and moral needs of young people who are unable to live in a family context.

The therapeutic rationale and practice in the homes is fundamentally based upon attachment principle combined with a variety of environmental and supportive therapies.

It is envisaged that young people will be in the house for at least two years. This length of placement is needed in order to undertake the therapeutic work to help the young person develop a sense of personal security and identity with consequent emotional and social development.

To enable this process, high numbers of staff are available, based on Bronfenbrenner’s eco-system model. The aim is to have available at all times a "personalised" environment for each young person.

Young people are encouraged to develop significant positive attachment relationships with staff and hopefully with each other in order to provide emotional building blocks for personal and social development.

A pre-requisite of placement is that the young person has at least one significant attachment relationship.