We understand the unique challenges faced by children and young people who, for various reasons, are unable to live with their own families. Our ethos revolves around attachment and trauma-informed care. We provide a safe space for children to process their life story, build trust, and begin their journey of healing.
Every child we care for is treated as an individual, with personalised care plans that focus on their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. Our approach is designed to help each child regain their confidence and sense of self, empowering them to make positive choices and achieve their goals.
We are currently enhancing our children’s homes to provide an even better environment for the children and young people in our care.
Please check back soon for more details on our updated homes and services.
Karen is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Nurse and Health Visitor, educated to degree level, and currently undertaking a master’s in management and leadership. Karen has a demonstrated history of over 20 years, skilled in nursing, safeguarding, healthcare, leadership, public health and management with strong multi-agency skills and experience of working with police, social care, and other partners.
Karen currently holds a senior leadership and Director level post in the NHS leading an integrated safeguarding service and is responsible for and works to provide strategic, professional, clinical leadership and consultancy across the organisation with a portfolio including safeguarding adults and children, socially complex pregnancies, complex safeguarding, mental health, prevent and mental capacity
Karen’s career to date has been her vocation as she has chosen a profession and roles that are congruent with her values, where she has a deep inner commitment and belief. Karen is motivated by her compassion for vulnerable children and adults and by her belief that they deserve outstanding high-quality services and care.
Diane and Craig in partnership have been fostering for 15 years, during this period they have fostered ten young males between the ages of 12yrs to 18yrs, all placements have been long term. Two of the children were placed in children’s homes prior to being placed with Craig and Diane, both children have carried on their placements into a staying put agreement. They both pride themselves on their dedication and therapeutic care they have provided to all the children who have been placed with them.
Diane and Craig have successfully worked with children on MATTS (Multi-disciplinary Assessment Treatment & Therapy Service- Therapeutic Fostering) placements and worked with a range of therapists. Most of the children who have been placed long term have carried on their placement onto staying put.
Craig has enjoyed the out of school activities with the children such as taking them to football and rugby training etc…
Diane, as the main foster carer, has provided a safe and caring environment, recognising the needs of children and young people, advocating for them, and always putting the children first. Diane has taken day to day responsibility of caring for children and young people in her household. She has vast experience of forming working relationships with all professionals in children’s services and working as part of a team alongside professionals and actively contributing to care planning and looked after children reviews.
Jo is a registered Midwife and Health Visitor and has worked for over 20 years in the NHS. Jo currently holds a senior post as a Named Nurse for Children in Care and Care Leavers, and whilst responsible for leading the service, manages a caseload of young people, providing targeted clinical work with Children in Care and Care Leavers. Jo is responsible for ensuring comprehensive health care is available to all Children in Care and Care Leavers that the NHS Trust are responsible for.
Jo provides support to professional colleagues and carers to encourage the take up and delivery of health care for Looked After Children and to improve outcomes for this vulnerable population. Jo is a role model for her profession and contributes to a culture of civility and inclusivity where she demonstrates her dedication, tenacity, arduous work, support, and advocacy for children in care and those transitioning to adulthood.
Jo has held this post for 13 years and is passionate about doing her best for and promoting the health of looked-after children and care leavers and ensuring parity of esteem.
Zoe has worked within children’s social care services for almost thirty years. Since leaving university, Zoe has held several positions within children’s social care initially encouraging and embedding consultation, involvement and participation of children and young people in their own care planning and wider service development and improvement. She then progressed to Corporate Parenting Manager, ensuring all services understood and contributed to the corporate parenting agenda to make a difference to the live chances and outcomes for young people in care. This role also included auditing and quality assurance across children’s social care services to identify areas for improvement and development of services to better meet needs of children in care. Zoe has robust knowledge and understanding of the delivery of front-line services to children in care to overall management of services, audit, and strategic monitoring of outcomes.
Zoe has good project management skills, experience of events planning and organisation and a strong ability to negotiate, motivate and influence others from a variety of services/agencies/departments. Zoe has demonstrated excellent communication skills with a variety of professionals and individuals from children, young people, and families to chief executives of local authority, regulatory bodies and key government officers and representatives. Passion, commitment, self-motivation, and a strong belief in making positive change are the key drivers of my professional career and personality, this being only a glimpse of the exciting and innovative practice I have been fortunate to have been involved in over the years.
Zoe has worked as an independent consultant, specialising in children in care and care leavers services, conducting Regulation 44 visits, delivering training and professional development mostly to residential care staff in specialist education and residential services for 8 years. Holding a home manager role prior to two years’ experience as a Responsible Individual with a national company, responsible for eight homes, six solo and two multibed homes. Zoe is aspirational and is looking forward to experiencing the registration and opening of a new home, working with a new company, and developing the management and staff team to ensure the best possible care and support is provided to the young people that we have the pleasure of looking after.
Ashley has worked in residential care since 2013, in various residential settings as a residential care worker and team leader and has experience of working in various children’s homes. Ashley became a team leader in 2020 and a deputy Manager in 2024.
Ashley is experienced in supporting young people with different needs, behaviours and lived experiences; gang affiliation, exploitation, harmful sexualised behaviours and many more, supporting them to achieve positive outcomes for themselves. Ashley prides himself on developing relationships and his therapeutic child centred approach.
His work life began with TESCO PLC over a six-year period that provided transferable skills for his work as a carer; communication, listening, care, smiling and serving with pride and making decisions that are right for customers. Further to obtaining an NVQ in retail, he achieved level 3 Diploma for Children and Young People and Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management.
Ashley loves his dog called Lennie and enjoys playing basketball and watching football.
