WHITSTABLE
(Woodbridge House)
WOODBRIDGE HOUSE
Woodbridge House is situated in the seaside town of Whitstable. In the home there are 4 bedrooms, which 3 are occupied with young people. A nice spacious kitchen/dining room. A large lounge area and front/back gardens. The town is only 5 minutes’ walk from the home. The beach is also only a short walk away and this is lovely in the summer.
The ethos at Woodbridge House is to create an environment where children and young people can develop the skills to sustain positive relationships and secure attachments, based on building trust, providing a high standard of care and support, listening to children’s views, wishes and feelings and ensuring they are central to the planning of their own care as well as the running of the home.
The Statement of Purpose and function for the home is available via our Tri-X link
MADISON HOUSE
Madison House is bright spacious 3 bedded home in Ramsgate. Each young person has their own bedroom which they are able to decorate to their choice and make as homely as they would like. We have 2 lounges one of which is used for gaming. The home has a nice spacious kitchen area where everyone sits and has meals together. At Madison House we have a team of 10 staff that support the young people daily in learning life skills and independent skills, ready for moving on to independence.
At Madison House we encourage all young people to take part in education, working closely with professionals to find the right school or college for each individual child.
All the young people at Madison House are encouraged to join activities in the community to support making positive friendships, such as youth clubs, scouts and sea cadets.
The Statement of Purpose for the home can be found via our Tri-X link
MULBERRY COURT
Mulberry court is a spacious 3 bedded home located within a quiet cul-de-sac in Ramsgate.
The home has 2 lounges to which one is used for arts and crafts and gaming, the home has a spacious kitchen area where everyone sits and has meals together. Each young person has their own bedroom which they are able to decorate to their choice.
The home has a large spacious garden where there is an opportunity to grow your own fruit and vegetable’s.
At Mulberry Court we have a team of 10 staff that support the young people, we ensure we meet the young peoples individual needs and encourage the young people to partake in independence learning so they are ready to move on to independence living.
At Mulberry Court we encourage young people to join in with activities / groups of their choice, this encourages the young people to make positive friendships.
The Statement of purpose for the home can be found via our Tri-X link
OCEAN LODGE
Ocean Lodge is a four bed Registered home situated on the seafront in Herne Bay. It was opened in 2007 and is our most established and well-accredited home as a result. The last Ofsted key inspection rated this home as GOOD.
Ocean Lodge has a staff team of twelve including the Registered Manager and Deputy. The home is registered for four children and young people and is much sought after. The home provides care for a resident group which can be categorised as “emotional and/or behavioural difficulties” (EBD) and can on occasion take emergency or same-day placements.
Ocean Lodge over the years has provided a sound home environment for particularly long-standing placements and has a significant track record of Children being placed at the relatively young ages of 11 or 12 and proceeding to live there into adulthood.
In all of our homes we will always try to ensure that the residents receive prime activities experience appropriate to their needs and requirements. Because of its location right on the seafront and because of the client group, activities functions at Ocean Lodge represent a very large part of the daily curriculum for children and staff.
The statement of Purpose for the home can be found via our Tri-X link
ROSELAND HOUSE
Roseland House is a two bed Registered home located in the rural area outside of Sittingbourne. It is a detached farmhouse property very much concealed from the lanes and highways surrounding the premises. The home has a team of eight staff including the Registered Manager and Deputy. Manager and staff competencies reflect the service provision offered here at Roseland; where experience and professional resilience plus the ability to take instruction from expert external professionals in implementing care plans is of vital importance.
Over the 4 years in which this home has been operating, its primary and most effective function has been to provide a safe environment for a complex case which might for certain periods of time benefit from a more intensive staff to client ratio. It is used most often to facilitate and concentrate multi-professional resources on the child or young person subject to a forensic care treatment plan. For this reason, placements can often have staff to client ratio of two staff to one child. The detached property and rural location suit the initial needs of many such cases and long protracted placements are therefore relatively rare in this home. Like Ocean Lodge outlined above this home is much valued by local authorities and it is very rare to have a vacant bed for long.
The Statement of Purpose for the home can be found via our Tri-X link