Children Care and Support

The introduction of our carer’s support in a family often marks a turning point for those who have been finding looking after a child or young person with disabilities or behavioural issues challenging. Our carers have been professionally trained and have plenty of experience to draw upon when it comes to seeing the bigger picture.

They are often ideally placed to offer a new angle or different coping mechanisms to family members, suggesting new tactics and supporting with advice and tips. Aside from helping the child or young person to deal with things on a day-to-day basis they can also help put a plan in place for the future.

We understand that if someone is going to be coming into your home on a regular basis, you’ll want them to fit in with the lifestyle and routines of your family unit. For this reason, we try really hard to match our care assistants as closely as we can with your family, aiming to find someone we think you would all get on with best.

As a parent there might be several reasons why a little extra support at home is much needed. You might wish to get ready for a time when you won’t be able to be your child’s or young person’s main carer; you might want to help them to learn essential skills for living independently; or you might have reached a point where you definitely need extra support with daily life. We’re here to help with ways of coping for the future and tailoring support to your individual situation.

Help for families on a short-term basis

When a parent or carer needs to stay in hospital for a time or perhaps recover from an illness and there’s no one else to help care for their child or young person we can step in with expert assistance and support.

We can help with all kinds of situations

Our expertly trained carers are experienced in helping your child or young person and other members of your family cope with all kinds of situations

We Can:

• Assist you and the rest of your family in establishing daily routines
• Keep your family regularly informed about your child’s progress
• Provide attentive day-to-day support covering personal care and meal preparation
• Encourage your child or young person to enjoy hobbies and activities in the home
• Support your child or young person’s feeding regimes
• Support your child or young person with socialising through sport and cultural activities
• Encourage your child or young person to be independent
• Work with your child or young person’s school and other bodies to meet objectives
• Support your child or young person through the transition into adulthood
• Communicate with specialists, case workers and wider family members
• We can support your child while out in the community.
• We can support your child with medication including the arranging and collection of their prescriptions.
• Supporting family and their child to appointments.

Our aim when we provide care for children and young people is to empower them to achieve independence, Build Confidence and resilience