The Willows offers a nurturing and supportive environment for children and young people, ensuring the highest level of care for children and young people who:
- Are aged 13 to 18
- Have experienced trauma, abuse and neglect
- Have mild to moderate learning difficulties, are neuro-diverse and/or have mental health needs
We focus on providing the positive experiences and emotional guidance that a residential setting can offer to those who need it most.
Our dedicated colleagues at The Willows are committed to empowering the children and young people in our care to reach their full potential and thrive – personally, educationally and socially. Our home embraces the nine Quality Standards and wholeheartedly work towards achieving them:
- Quality and purpose of care
- Children’s views, wishes and feelings
- Education
- Enjoyment and achievement
- Health and well-being
- Positive relationships
- Protection of children
- Leadership and management
- Effective care planning
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Facilities
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5 bedrooms
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Wheelchair access
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Summer house and outdoor relaxation area
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Horticultural and garden projects
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2 dining rooms
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2 kitchens
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2 lounges
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Gaming room with projector and gaming consoles
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24 hour care
Why The Willows?
Since February 2022, The Willows has been more than just a children’s home- it’s a haven for young souls seeking healing and growth. Dedicated to providing care for those who have faced trauma, emotional challenges, or behavioural difficulties, we strive to create a nurturing environment that feels like family.
We believe in the power of security, consistency, and trust. Our flexible routines offer stability and structure, while prioritising individual needs. With our experienced, committed team, we cultivate trusting relationships, ensuring our residents feel supported and valued.
Each child’s unique needs are carefully assessed, and individual care plans are crafted in collaboration with them, their families, and professionals. At The Willows, we celebrate every milestone and moment of progress. From fostering independence to offering enriching experiences, we’re committed to helping our young people flourish. Our sanctuary extends beyond our home with garden projects focused on horticulture and sustainability, providing valuable skills and enhancing our environment.
Education at The Willows
We believe that every child or young person deserves a safe and nurturing environment to heal and thrive. We support children and young people with a focus on personalised learning that promotes each child and young person’s interests, strengths and learning style. At the home, a high priority is given to the promotion of education seeing it as valuable in itself, and as part of the preparation for adulthood. The home is outward facing and works in partnership with education providers to address any themes or concern as relates to education.
Every effort is made in assisting the children and young people to remain at the school they attended prior to admission ensuring continuity in education and relationships. If this is not appropriate for the child’s individual needs or circumstances, careful consideration is given in choosing a local school most appropriate to the child’s age, ability and/or religion, and any additional needs.
Support for those with special educational needs
The majority of children and young people at The Willows attend special educational placements or pupil referral units to support learning disabilities, autism or emotional or behavioural difficulties. The home have input into the young people’s assessments for new schools, ensuring the most suitable school is chosen for them. Safe travel arrangements will be arranged by the home, in conjunction with the local authority.
Staff liaise with the schools ensuring good communication with the appropriate teachers and support workers for the best plans on how to support the individual child with their schoolwork, and any barriers they may be facing.
Resources at The Willows
The house is located on a quiet side road in a residential area near to the village centre, local amenities, train station, schools, education, sport, activity and health services. The home comprises of 3 bedrooms and spacious front and enclosed back gardens. The home includes a home cinema and chill out room, an arts and crafts space, and a desktop computer.
A nurturing environment is essential for children or young people who are often traumatised through their previous lived experiences, affecting their emotional and mental health. They need the space in which to express themselves, with the opportunity to be involved in many activities.
In the neighbourhood, there are many activity centres; youth clubs, Formby Pool Trust, uniform groups e.g. scouts, sports groups, swimming baths. There is a Red Squirrel Nature Reserve, with picnic areas in the woods, which head down to the sand dunes and sea at Formby Beach.
Some of these children and young people have been in numerous placements and we at The Willows aim to offer stability and permanency. As they reach adolescence, our young people like to enjoy more social freedom, with the opportunity to practise their positive independent living skills with support from the staff, through incentives and rewards.
Therapeutic services at The Willows
The home provides comprehensive security and consistency through good flexible routines: balancing individual needs with communal responsibilities and giving children and young people firm boundaries.
The Willows provides stability and care through good trusting relationships between the experienced, committed staff group, who work with the children and young people in a professional non-judgemental way. We also ensure that physical care and comfort are provided for children and young people, encouraging a good diet and a healthy lifestyle with plenty of activities with good facilities for relaxation.
The Willows are proactive in providing access to a full healthcare programme with treatment for specific health issues from professionals to enhance the well-being of the child or young person. We aim to replicate family life as much as possible to give the child or young person the best support we can to guide them into adulthood.
Placements at The Willows
Nugent home placements can be arranged quickly or planned over a longer period of introduction, for either short or long term, according to need.
The service provides for the individual needs and rights of the young person in relation to age, gender, race, sexuality and disability meeting specific dietary, cultural, religious and language needs. Careful preparations are also made to enable the child or young person to return happily to their own family, to be successfully placed with a new permanent family, or to move on to supported living or live independently in the community.
We assess the young people’s needs and attachments, to develop and implement individual care plans with the young person, family and professionals. A following risk assessment is carried out for each young person in order to highlight any issues which may occur or the need for any adaptations to the physical environment.
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