Sycamore House: ASD Home, School & Therapy
Elizabeth House, Ofsted Good (2024)
“Children make progress while living in the home. This includes developing their confidence, establishing healthy relationships and understanding and developing their emotional maturity. Social workers and children’s families are extremely positive about the care provided to children by the staff team.”
Sycamore House
Sycamore House is a four-bedded ASD specialist home, school and therapeutic centre in Withernsea, near Hull.
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In The Registered Manager's Words
The main characteristic of Sycamore House is definitely the children - they are happy, friendly and thriving. They have fantastic vibrant personalities. The children have welcoming and friendly relationships with staff and engage in good quality key working and direct work throughout their time here. The young people attend education every day and they make the most out of being in care and utilise the opportunities that they are given. All the teachers here put 100% effort into the child and this really shows from when they first come to Sycamore School and where they are now. Home, Education, and Therapy (both Psychology and Occupational Therapy) work closely in triangulation together and strive for the best outcomes for our children. It is this way of working, coupled with listening to the child’s voice that ensures every possible understanding is afforded and utilised to ensure the best packages of care and support are put into place. The staff team at Sycamore House have nothing but the children’s best interests at heart and will go above and beyond to create experiences and memories for the young people throughout their time with us. We personalise our young person’s bedrooms too! All of our children have memory books which they contribute to and enjoy showing their families when they visit! The home promotes and supports a variety of activities for example : cinema trips, ice skating, going to the park, short breaks holidays, horse riding, skate park, days on the beach and any other identified on a personal level by the young people.
Homes
Our ASD homes have been modified to meet individual needs and to be able to achieve the best outcomes for young people. The homes have been modified in partnership with a number of consultants in Autism to help with the planning process, including looking at lighting, acoustics of the building, layout, fittings, fixtures, colours, resources and sensory needs. Some examples of the modifications made are the adjustable lighting in the homes, which enables young people to have a choice around the level of lighting that meets their sensory need and secondly all baths are hydro powered to support and give choice to the young people to regulate sensory stimulation.
Education
Young people in our ASD homes attend the onsite school provisions, which deliver a bespoke and personalised curriculum to meet the needs of the individual, based upon their academic ability and their interests. The staff within the homes understand the importance of each child’s education programme and support them to develop transferable skills that can be used in many areas of their day to day lives. Our qualified teachers and teaching assistants have the skills and expertise to deliver learning to young people with Autism and they work closely with home staff to ensure that the needs of the pupils are met and that positive outcomes are achieved.
Therapeutic Interventions
Our ASD homes benefit from the support of our Specialist Therapeutic Service. Each home has a dedicated Senior Psychologist embedded within the home. This allows them to work systemically with the care and education staff, as one team. This enhances the knowledge of the factors that underpin the behaviours, and offers psychologically informed practise to support each child.
Address
Unit 1, Tustin Court, Port Wy., Preston, PR2 2YQ
Phone
0333 600 6620
