About Us
Our Ethos, And the Outcomes We Hope to Achieve
The reason we decided to name our company Invested Childcare is that we fully believe that if we invest in children, we will ensure that fantastic outcomes are achieved. This investment comes in many forms. From the investment of time, patience, resilience, warmth, genuineness, kindness and understanding to the investment in our property in ensuring the very highest of quality living environments for our children.
We also understand that to ensure these outcomes are realised, we must invest in our team members. We aim to offer the best training and continued professional development available. Our experienced and highly skilled team understand that only the most individualised, and child centred levels of care planning will ensure the outcomes we hope to achieve.
Our Model Of Care
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Respect for children and their families and a belief in a capacity for change.
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The children are the experts and should be empowered to lead change.
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Children define goals and solutions, in collaboration with the adults in the home.
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We support children to identify strengths, whilst being clear about risk.
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The relationship is a fundamental vehicle for change, and it is an intervention in itself.
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We understand that bureaucracy and paperwork is a barrier to developing relationships, so we have invested in a recording system which reduces the amount of time an adult need to be in the office and away from the children.
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A real focus on direct work with children.
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Maximising collaboration and focusing on young people’s strengths and increasing power.
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We focus on interactions, conscious of verbal and body language and the impact of surroundings.
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Maintaining a ‘purposeful authority’ and setting clear and transparent expectations.
The Team
The team at Invested Childcare Ltd are ambitious for our young people. We want every young person to realise their own personal best. We treat every child with unconditional positive regard, and believe all children are capable of greatness.
We hope to be the springboard young people need as they move into adult life.
We are committed to bridging the gap between a child’s home and ‘a children’s home’
We feel strongly that there should be some absolute minimum expectations on our part. For example, where possible, no child should finish their time with us without a nationally recognised educational certificate. We aim for no child to move out of our homes without a passport, bank account, national insurance number (age depending) and, where possible, a driving licence being obtained.
Emma – Quality and Compliance Manager
Testimonials
Young people feel safe and secure in **** with a sense of belonging, it is evident from conversations that young people feel that adults Invest in them as people which in turn gives them a greater sense of belonging. It is clear that adults know the young people and are quick to respond to emerging needs and concerns.
The young people’s voice is always shared by the adults if they don’t feel able to do this themselves. They ensure they have access to an independent advocate should they want one. The adults balance listening to the young people’s wishes with their best interest. They make sure they explain decisions in an appropriate way.
There is a strong commitment to ensuring the young peoples potential is realised. They are given every opportunity to achieve to the best of their ability. The adults are very good advocates for the young people and maintain effective communication with school, always attend meetings and ensure that the young persons voice is heard. When not in school **** work really hard to understand the barriers or issues and support the young person to return to education in a positive manner.
The young person attends our provision and the home are thorough in terms of communication, probably the best in terms of any children’s home that I have experienced in the 10 years working in the industry. They will let you know how he was the night before, if he is coming in, if he is going to be late, and how he is feeling or anything external things that have happened. This helps us to gauge where we are at in terms of progress. In the short time I have worked with ****, I have been impressed by the service that they deliver. The adults are polite and very professional, they are easy to communicate with. It is refreshing, as you can see that they have a genuine care for the young people. On a professional and personal level, I think they come across really well
I would like to thank the team at **** for their support through efforts made to repair the relationship between me and my young person. The team supported her to be able to share how she really felt around what had happened in her past and gave her the voice to do that. This has benefited our relationship now and I can even sit on the sofa, and she will cuddle into me which means everything to me, I appreciate this and will not forget what **** did for us
*** has been so lucky to have lived with you all for all these years, you guys have turned *** life around and he’s the young man he is today because of you all and I can’t thank you enough. **** have been incredible and by far the best Home I’ve ever worked with in all my years as a Social worker. I’m really sad that we won’t be working together any more, and I hope that one day I’ll be able to work with you all again when we help another young person together. Thank you for giving him an incredible send off. I always want my young people who are leaving care to grow up with really positive memories of their time in care and to know that people really cared about them, and this is what you have all done for him, and I really believe that he knows you all care for him and want the best for him. There is no way that he would have grown up and matured into the young man that he is, if you all hadn’t been behind him every step of the way.
