Working at Care4Children

Care 4 Children is an organisation with social purpose that seeks to transform the lives of children and young people who have experienced complex trauma and abuse. Our approach is grounded in the lived experience of the children and young people we support and by valuing their contribution. As experts by experience, we ensure the services they receive are personal to them

Residential
Care 4 Children help the most traumatised children and young people. As a provider we are prepared for the most difficult of challenges and we work with high acuity children who Local Authorities find the most difficult to place.

Fostering
At Care 4 Children we constantly strive to create a fostering community where by the children themselves form the central part of the service we provide. Should you be interested in fostering or would just like to find out more please contact our friendly team today.

Education
Our specialist education teams are able to offer learning and behavioural support to ensure that our students access a full curriculum and achieve a range of qualifications, drawing on the National Curriculum, examination courses including GCSE and Functional Skills and a breadth of accredited vocational courses.

Clinical Model
Our model “Wellbeing for Life” is a three phase therapeutic recovery programme consisting of:

Phase 1 – Safety & Containment

Phase 2 – Resilience & Relationship Building

Phase 3 – Restoration & Life Long Learning

AIMS

• CONSISTENTLY DELIVERING MORE
• LEADING THE WAY EVERYDAY
• DELIVERING RESULTS
• REPUTATION FOR UNRIVALLED CLINICAL EXCELLENCE
• INSTILLING BELIEF AND AMBITION IN CHILDREN AND STAFF

OUR MISSION
GOING BEYOND EXPECTATION TO CHILDREN TO LIVE TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

OUR VISION
RE-BUILDING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN THROUGH UNRIVALLED EXPERTISE

“I have worked for Care 4 Children for over a year as the Executive Support Manager. My role is extremely varied and I work across the business with the Senior Operational team to deliver on the company objectives. The work we do as a collective, genuinely improves the lives of children and it is wonderful to see young people work their way through our Wellbeing for Life Programme and have a positive transition after they leave Care 4 Children.”
HS, Executive Support Manager

“I’m a registered care home manager at Care 4 Children, I love my job at C4C because of the company’s Ethos and core values, our ”well-being for life programme” is a proven and tested clinical approach which ensures outstanding outcomes for the children we are privileged to work with. We have an outstanding therapeutic team who were privileged to be nominated for an unsung hero award last year which is a credit to all the staff and the company we all work for. All the staff at the home go above and beyond their duties and as a manager I could not be more proud of them. C4C are innovators driven by quality solutions that deliver results that exceed the needs of our staff and more importantly our children.”
SC, Registered Home Manager

“I have worked for Care4Children – Fostering Team for over three years; I very much enjoy working for a child-centred organisation which adopts a caring, supportive and dedicated approach. My role consists of working with fostering families; looked after children; liaising with local authorities and professionals to ensure positive outcomes are met for the children in our care. The fostering team adopts a community based approach; we all work together as professionals and the management team provides a high level of support to myself which further supports the positive outcomes for fostering families.”
RBF, Supervising Social Worker

“I feel that working as a Clinical Psychologist within Care 4 Children my role is varied and diverse. I feel I am able to truly effect positive change as there is a clearly defined therapeutic care model and excellent working relationships across the teams. I enjoy going to work every day and although working with this very complex client group and the teams around them is tough it is also rewarding and inspiring.”
RD, Principal Clinical Psychologist