Pine Lodge Assessment Centre
Pine Lodge is Caldecott’s specialist unit for the assessment of children and young people in urgent need of care, often with the most challenging behavioural patterns and the rawest of emotions.
Set in a welcoming three-storey house located in its own secluded grounds, Pine Lodge cares for up to seven youngsters. Many of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns or are unable to cope with family living.
Pine Lodge is run by fully-qualified and very experienced residential staff trained in providing a secure base, firm boundaries, a nurturing environment and a sense of fun and achievement.
Typically, youngsters will be admitted to Pine Lodge for an agreed three or six-month period. During that time, the team will observe and report on each young person’s daily life – their needs and desires, ambitions and abilities, strengths and weaknesses.
Education is provided in Pine Lodge’s own classrooms by Caldecott’s qualified teaching staff, and each child is allocated a Senior social worker to liaise with the local authority’s own social workers, ensuring that placement aims are monitored and satisfied. Assessments are based on Looked After Children dimensions and the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families.
The outcome of each child’s assessment at Pine Lodge enables the right decision to be made on the most appropriate placement following their stay. The ethos of Pine Lodge is wholly child-centred, so that by the time children leave, advances will have been made in their social and educational skills, resilience and self-awareness, enabling them to fulfil their potential with a positive perspective and hope.
Mike Haynes, Registered Manager
Mike Haynes has worked with children for 27 years. He has worked at the Caldecott Foundation for the last 11 years in various roles from Residential Care Worker to Deputy Manager and most recently, Acting Manager of Summer House. Mike Haynes has Level 4 NVQ for Managers in Residential Child Care and Diplomas in Counselling, Psychotherapy and Hypnosis and Group Analytic Skills.
| Key Indicators | |
|---|---|
| Number of beds: | 7 |
| Age range: | 8-14 |
| Overall Ofsted rating: | Satisfactory |
| Staff turnover*: | 5.2% |
| NVQ3 Achievement: | 92% |
| Vacancies | 4 |
* This is the monthly staff turnover based on an average of the previous six months.
Testimonials
The children are well supported in their transitions into their new home within the foundation or returned into foster care
Ofsted Inspection Report,
February 2009.
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