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Beautiful and unique homes located across England offering warm, consistent, and tailored care.
In our Kedleston Group homes we follow the PACE approach by encouraging and facilitating play-based activities that allow children to engage their imagination, creativity, and problem-solving abilities
Our family of children’s homes help young people to thrive, flourish and reach their full potential. Our nurturing homes are located across the UK, please see below to find out more about what we offer.
We support young people with various needs including SEMH, autism (ASC) and associated conditions, mental health needs and anxiety. We understand that we are the start of their journey, and we can help build foundations for the future.
In our Kedleston Group homes we follow the PACE approach by encouraging and facilitating play-based activities that allow children to engage their imagination, creativity, and problem-solving abilities.
PACE stands for Playful, Accepting, Curious and Empathetic and it focuses on creating a supportive and nurturing environment that promotes well-being and development. It encourages a positive culture across the home for staff as well as children.
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- Age Group
- Specialism
- Ofsted Grading
9 - 17 Years
SEMH, Autism, Specific Learning Difficulties.
Good January 2024
SEMH, Autism and associated leaning and communication needs.
SEMH, Autism, Specific Learning Difficulties and Mental Health Needs.
Outstanding March 2024
Good May 2023
9 - 18 Years
SEMH, Autism and Specific Learning Difficulties.
Good October 2023
Good August 2023
This time last week we were having a great time at the NccTc delivering a workshop on our clinical approaches model.
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This time last week we were having a great time at the NccTc.
We were really proud to have Ollie and Paul join us on the day to help deliver a fantastic workshop. The session was focussed on supporting young people with gender identity needs through care and was led by our highly experienced Clinical Psychologist, Dr Lucy Redstone.
We had great feedback from the workshop, and there was an added round of applause for Ollie who attended on the day to share their story and experiences from living in a Kedleston Group home.
The workshop explored supporting children and young people with identity needs. Lucy explained more about how through clinical approaches, children can be supported to develop a true sense of themselves and achieve their personal goals.
Children in our homes and schools have experienced things that impact their sense of self (identity), their ability to feel safe and how they trust others.
Our clinical model is influenced by attachment and trauma-specific models including the Attachment Regulation Competency (ARC) Framework (Blaustein and Kinniburgh, 2018) and Golding’s Pyramid of need (Golding, 2007).
The model provides:
Interested in finding out more or obtaining a copy of the workshop presentation please contact [email protected].
What a fantastic day, sharing best practice on how to support our children and young people towards brighter futures. And what better way than to hear from a young person directly!
"We are writing to you to thank you for your continued commitment, dedication and support our child."
Local Authority | Vernon House
"Amazing- so grateful for compassion and efficient actions of the team."
Social Worker | Austen Cottage
"Hope you’re keeping well! The guys at Wood Grove are really top drawer. My young person is getting on brilliantly."
Social Worker | Wood Grove
"It was lovely to visit a service and see children laughing and being offered the opportunity to just be children.”
Commissioning Officer | Dovedale House