Meadholme

The children and young people who live at Meadholme often arrive with complex issues, resulting from difficult, unpredictable, childhood experiences. This leads to an inability to express helpful coping strategies and a hypervigilance to emotional distress alongside default fight, flight and freeze responses. Children may have additional mental health related complexities inclusive of significant attachment and trauma difficulties that impinge on their everyday living. In order to support the children, the team work alongside a specialised clinical team which is comprised of a psychologist and psychiatrist who support the team in their observations and experiences of the children.

Packages of care are individualised to the diverse needs of the child as their history is understood and their fragmented life experiences empathised with. The voice of the child is essential in learning about these experiences. Each of the children have a unique set of experiences and emotional responses however, the opportunity to experience a childhood with fun, love, laughter and experiences is fundamental in the delivery of care. There is a can do rather than can’t do attitude at Meadholme and this is promoted by the wrap around team around the child or young person – the team is the parent.

Meadholme is a fundamental stepping stone for children to access bespoke educational, social and health experiences while being cared for by attuned adults to promote meaningful relationships and well-rounded attachments. The aim is to support the child in the development of their resilience and provide them with the life skills to become well rounded young adults who can successfully conquer their life challenges and commence the next chapter and opportunities in their journey.