We provide residential assessments in Blackburn and the rest of Greater Manchester in our grand, spacious and amazingly modern all ensuite 8-bedroom, countryside house, for up to eight families at any given time. Our assessments, which provide intensive care and support to safeguard at-risk children, on average run for a period of 12 weeks although programs can be tailored to be shorter or longer depending on specific needs.
Our social work assessment team are experts in working with families that have complex and entrenched difficulties. Parents typically involved in assessments include those:
- with behavioural challenges
- with mental ill-health
- with learning disabilities
- who have been victims of abuse, neglect or violence
- who have a history of substance or alcohol mis-use
- who have lost confidence in themselves
Each family staying at our centre has a unique and specific program to care for their child or children. We value the integrity and individuality of our families and understand that one size does not fit all. Tailored support is available with daily tasks such as cleaning, cooking, shopping, attending meetings and other necessary parenting requirements. Our highly experienced social work team is available to support families 24-hours a day.
Although social workers or solicitors often refer parents with babies or young children under one, Sanctuary Family Centre will carry out assessments of parents with older children too.
After an assessment, whether residential or non-residential, our social workers provide an expert opinion which includes recommendations on what parents need to do going forward to meet the needs of their children. At the end of an assessment, we produce a formal report for the courts that concludes the output and recommendations.
Sanctuary Family Centre provide a wide and extensive range of supporting services for family assessments which includes:
- 1:1 support and monitoring
- Additional waking night staff
- Supervised contact in unit with report
- Contact Supervisor off unit with report
- Supervised contact without report (monitoring only)
- Child care (while parents attend external activities, meetings, court etc)
- Escorting duties
- Attendance at court
- Integrative Psychotherapist/Psychodynamic Counsellors
- Drug testing
Our in-depth assessments which are completed by highly dedicated and professional social workers provides honest and clear feedback on the actions necessary to change unacceptable, aggressive, abusive or neglectful behaviour and this approach has made the centre to gain unwavering respect and trust of the attending parents.