WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY
WE DO THINGS OUR WAY
THE WOODFORD WAy
Welcome to Woodford
We are a SOCIAL ENTERPRISE based in London focused primarily on providing support and care for children with emotional & behavioural difficulties (EBD)
We strive to
Change the narrative in children’s social care and meet the needs of children who have suffered childhood trauma, abuse or neglect.
We aim to
Provide calm, consistent and reliable environments. Reduce placement breakdowns through thoughtful matching and trusting relationships.
We recognise that children in care can experience further trauma by way of:
Multiple placement breakdowns
Poor relationships with carers and professionals
Negative experiences of being in care
The lasting effects of this trauma can be damaging for children, resulting in feeling;
Rejected
Unloved
General feelings of being unwanted
These events can reinforce a traumatised child’s negative view of themselves and make recovery even harder. This is why here at Woodford we believe in firstly, doing no harm and where necessary protecting our children from the system that is supposed to protect them.
The Woodford Way
Our homes
We have an established, psychologically informed tool in use to develop our placement plans, monitor progress and evidence outcomes; we call It PRIME.
ABOUT US
We recognise that the children’s social care sector sometimes fails children through poor commissioning, short-term thinking and poor decision making. We want to highlight this and work in partnership with all our colleagues and statutory bodies to effect change.
Careers
As a growing organisation we can offer career paths from support work to registered manager and beyond. If you care about social justice and are passionate about working with traumatised children get it touch.
Our ethos
Through the creation of safe, calm and reliable environments that are designed and understood using psychodynamic and systemic principles, we can break the cycle of trauma for our children by helping them move on from their past
OUR HOMES
Explore our homes in more detail.
Our model
We have an established, psychologically informed tool in use to develop our placement plans, monitor progress and evidence outcomes; we call It PRIME. This has been curated with the aid of teams including clinical psychologists. It supports the tracking and monitoring of the child’s progress in mental wellbeing and stability.
PRIME
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(P)sychological assessment
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(R)egular outcome measurement
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(I)ndividualised care-planning targets
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(M)ulti-faceted formulations
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(E)vidence-based interventions