Fairview children’s home supports three young people aged 11-18 years with a range of complex needs. This includes previous trauma, attachment difficulties, emotional and social difficulties, as well as mild to moderate learning difficulties and an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). The home is located in a small village in Herefordshire, looking out over countryside and a river.
Supporting the needs of the young people
We have three staff teams who work on a 1-1 basis and all of the staff at Fairview have different interests and skills. We have the young people’s best interests at heart and want all young people to achieve. The team will promote independence; this may begin with the young person helping to prepare a meal with staff, leading on to the young person cooking by themselves and in time, being responsible for purchasing their own food and cooking this for themselves. We encourage all of the young people to clean their bedrooms and bathrooms; they can also help with household chores to further develop their daily living skills, as well as supporting the young people to use public transport.
When a young person moves in, they will be allocated a key worker who will build a relationship with them. There will be opportunities for the young person to speak to their key worker in private about any concerns they may have, or for the staff member to speak to the young person about different topics.
All staff at Fairview will help young people to build their confidence, this may simply be through conversation or by supporting participation in activities such as joining clubs. All staff will praise young people if they have done something well, even if this may seem small to others.
Service summary
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Fairview is a small home situated in picturesque rural setting and comprises of a main house and an annex
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Bespoke care packages and individually tailored education services provided by Priory’s Queenswood School and other external education provisions
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All of the young people have their own bedroom that we encourage them to personalise. All bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms and there is a shared bathroom in addition
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Rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted during latest inspection
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The kitchen at Fairview is the heart of the home. There is also a separate dining room where we all sit and have the evening meal together, this gives everyone a chance to have a conversation
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A wide variety of both on-site and community-based activities
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Access to a range of therapeutic assessments and services
The facilities available
The main house at Fairview has a separate kitchen, dining room and lounge. The home also offers a study room where homework can be completed. Upstairs in the main house there are two young people’s bedrooms and two staff offices/bedrooms. There is also a separate building on the grounds which has a young person’s bedroom and another staff office.
We encourage the young people in our care to personalise their bedrooms and they are able to use appropriate items such as posters and photographs to make their personal space their own.
A range of activities
Fairview provides access to a variety of activities on-site and in the community. These include:
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Football and ball games
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Board games
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Arts and crafts
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Swimming
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Canoeing
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Cinema or film night at the home
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Go-karting
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Skate park
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Bike riding
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Indoor trampolining
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Horse riding