Beech Tree House Children's Home is situated in a large detached house in Wrightington, near Parbold (one mile from junction 26 of the M6 motorway) and is set in it’s own grounds of approximately two acres.

The Home accommodates up to seven young people, of either gender. The young people will usually be aged between eleven and sixteen, although there will be some flexibility in this age range to take account of the individual’s developmental stage and cognitive functioning. The maximum age upon admission would be no older than fourteen years of age.

The purpose of the Home 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.

It is envisaged that the young people will live in the Home for at least two years; this is necessary in order to undertake therapeutic work to help the young person develop a sense of personal security and identity with consequent emotional and social development.

The Home caters for young people who are experiencing a range of difficulties including:

• Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
• Complex Learning Difficulties
• Language and Communication Problems
• Challenging Behaviour
• Asperser’s Syndrome
• Dyspraxia
• Disaffected Learners
• Attachment Disorders
• Attentional Deficits
• The Home has been judged as  "Outstanding " by Ofsted at the last eight inspections.

Education

Most of the young people living at Beech Tree House will be educated at Cumberland School in Bamber Bridge and Cumberland Upper School in Blackburn. Staff from the Home work very closely with education based staff in order to provide an integrated package of education and care.

Both of the schools have been assessed by Ofsted as providing "Good" education and provide a wide range of nationally accredited courses including GCSE, ASDAN, Entry Level and BTEC.

Accommodation

Beech Tree Children's Home is situated in a large detached house in Wrightington set in its own grounds of approximately two acres. The Home provides a high quality group living experience within a welcoming and warm domestic setting. The ground floor of the Home consists of two large and comfortably furnished reception rooms, dining room, good sized fitted kitchen and a downstairs toilet, a laundry room, staff sleeping-in room and Manager’s office. The first floor contains seven bedrooms, six of which are en-suite and a family bathroom.

All bedrooms are equipped with a colour television, DVD player and internet access.  There is also the facility to relay Sky TV from the main lounge to each bedroom.

Externally there is a large area of decking providing additional outdoor living space. There are extensive grounds consisting of a lawn area and formal flower beds as well as a significant wooded area for free play activities.

All young people living at the Beech Tree House have individual bedrooms and are encouraged to personalise their rooms to ensure opportunities to feel secure and comfortable are maximized.

Activities

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. Within the locality there are a variety of facilities that the young people access and enjoy; shops, parks, fairground, beach and cinema in addition to activities that offer a more structured programme of events; sporting clubs, swimming pools and youth groups. The young people are fully involved in deciding which activities take place.

The Home is ideally situated to provide easy access to community facilities and is only a short walk from the village centre.