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OUR STORY
However, the reality for the children we work with is often less idealistic and fraught with real difficulty in a network that has a lack of resource. To achieve the outcomes we desire requires hard work and a commitment from a whole host of people who manage risk and challenging behaviours.
Our services provides the structure and support young people need to emotionally contain and hold them, whilst we work with them in a holistic way.
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We liken the care of our children to a hard mountainous walk
We believe that with the right help and support many children will heal, develop resilience and thrive. To achieve this, we are committed to a therapeutic approach, to building strong relationships, community and giving young people the skills and strategies to cope in the wider world.
THE JOURNEY
When we talk about therapeutic services we mean the whole organisation is therapeutic. We do not just pay ‘lip service’. We have a real commitment to ensuring that the Ascent Team has a clear understanding of what is meant by therapeutically supporting young people.
At Ascent, we are committed to our learning and genuinely thinking outside of the box to meet the needs of young people. For example; we will work to support the relationship between foster carer and child but also where appropriate, we will facilitate therapeutic support with parents which ultimately will encourage placement stability. We are dedicated to positive outcomes and progressing children from their starting point.
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Aspen House is a residential step up-step down service for young boys. Aspen House accepts referrals where the direction of travel for young people is foster care or back to their families with support. We will also have the capacity to offer an emergency bed for a young person if appropriate.
The opening of Aspen House has given us the opportunity to relaunch as Ascent Children Services which incorporates both our fostering arm Ascent Fostering Agency and the residential service now called Ascent Family Homes.
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INNOVATION & VALUE
We provide young people with the type of relational care and support that lead to our services often being called a home from home or a family by most young people who encounter us.
We offer therapeutic care and therapies by suitably qualified professionals with a range of expertise.
We provide value to commissioners by providing young people with wrap-around care and support. We achieve high levels of placement stability with few placement breakdowns. This means less moves for young people, ensuring that their previous trauma is not being compounded. What research tells us, is by responding appropriately to children’s trauma and unmet need. We avoid escalting costs for commissioners.
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ASCENT FOSTERING
For more information contact: placements@ascentfostering.com
ASCENT FOSTERING
For more information contact us
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ASCENT FAMILY HOMES
Aspen House is the first of our residential homes that will offer boys a place to heal from past traumas.
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ASPEN HOUSE WILL PROVIDE A STEP UP-STEP DOWN SERVICE FOR BOYS BETWEEN 11-15 YEARS OLD
Aspen House has a warm and friendly family environment located in a residential suburb of South London that has excellent links to the entire city. Our team is skilled at supporting young people with complex needs and understands the unique risk adolescents face; be it county lines, gangs or managing trauma.
We work therapeutically with young people helping them to make sense of their early life experience, and support them to make the best choices and become the leaders of their own lives.
For more information
michellepryce-morally@ascentfamilyhomes.co.uk
ASPEN HOUSE WILL PROVIDE A STEP UP-STEP DOWN SERVICE FOR BOYS BETWEEN 11-15 YEARS OLD
Aspen House has a warm and friendly family environment located in a residential suburb of South London that has excellent links to the entire city. Our team is skilled at supporting young people with complex needs and understands the unique risk adolescents face; be it county lines, gangs or managing trauma.
We work therapeutically with young people helping them to make sense of their early life experience, and support them to make the best choices and become the leaders of their own lives.
For more information
email michelle
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Contact Us
To find out more about our services and placement solutions please contact hello@ascentchildrenservices.co.uk
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Contact Us
To find out more about our services and placement solutions please email us
or join our mailing list.
Address
Hillcrest House
First Floor
51 Woodcote Rd
Wallington
SM6 0LT