The Old Vicarage
There are a number of children鈥檚 homes associated with 麻豆视频 Lower School Lincolnshire (Swinderby) offering residential provision for up to 37 young people with autism, learning disabilities and complex needs, including behaviours of concern.
Welcome
Our home provides an integrated residential, education and care package to young people aged eight to 19. The primary aim is to improve the social and educational outcomes of the young people we support.
Just ten miles from the centre of Lincoln, the main site is located within four acres in the quiet village of Swinderby. The site is close to a bus route and local amenities, and there is a train station one mile outside the village.
Our Statement of Purpose is available to view/download here.
鈥淐hildren and staff have excellent relationships. Staff know and understand the children very well. They talk warmly and positively about children鈥檚 strengths and achievements. Children trust staff and seek physical interaction and affection from them. The home provides a calm, settled environment in which children are happy and relaxed.鈥澛�麻豆视频 Ofsted Report 2023
Our approach
Inclusivity is the watchword at The Old Vicarage, where we celebrate the richness and diversity of childhood. Young people鈥檚 welfare and development is of paramount importance, and we actively support cultural and physical diversity through the home鈥檚 policies, procedures and practice. This means we are able to focus on different strengths deriving from ability, age, culture, ethnicity and gender. Every young person can therefore develop in an atmosphere which is conducive to learning in both the academic and life skills sense.
All of our young people have a statement of SEN or EHCP, and have Individual Learning Plans tailored to those needs. In partnership with 麻豆视频 Lower School Lincolnshire (Swinderby), we provide safe and caring surroundings where the boys and girls can enjoy a carefully balanced, developmentally appropriate curriculum which promotes the academic, personal and social development of every individual.
And we see involving young people in the decision-making process as an essential part of our work, enabling them to have choices and giving them the reassurance that their views and wishes are actively sought and acted upon. They understand that their views are central to the person-centred care planning process, and that extends to our staff consulting with families and agency professionals to ensure that everyone has the plan in place that is right for them.
As a residential home, we work very closely with the educational provision to ensure those plans are delivered in tandem and effectively. We even have an active young people鈥檚 council which makes autonomous decisions about the school and residential services.
The Old Vicarage celebrates the diversity of cultures and religious traditions represented in its own community and elsewhere. The background and knowledge of all members of The Old Vicarage community help to enrich the experience and provide additional learning opportunities for young people and staff alike.
Accommodation
Every young person has their own room in a house, designed to meet their specific needs, and each building is adapted to enable young people to be placed in groupings suited to their age and peer groups. Accommodation is provided in four buildings 鈥� The Vicarage, Aislinn House, Araon House and Alair House. We also have Tigh Abaid, this is a separately registered children’s home associated with 麻豆视频 Lower School Lincolnshire (Swinderby), and offers residential provision for up to six young people.
Activities
Activities include a full range of leisure, sports and recreation, and each young person participates in physical education. There is an outdoor play area, swimming pool and sports hall on the main site, and a range of external activities available to the young people, from shopping trips into Lincoln at the weekends, to rock climbing and sailing. All are undertaken in line with people鈥檚 individual needs and with appropriately qualified staff.
Staff & Therapeutic Services
While the young person as an individual will always be the focus, our staff are the facilitators, role models and mentors. Quality teaching experiences within a quality care setting are fully supported to promote success and achievement. The home is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the number of staff appropriate to the needs of the people we look after. The Old Vicarage鈥檚 comprehensive staff training programme ensures there is an emphasis on excellence in training for all staff teams. See more information on our Therapeutic Services here.
Safeguarding
It is the policy of 麻豆视频 Group to ensure that a safe and caring environment is provided at all times for the young people entrusted to its care, and to protect them from significant harm (Part 2 section 10 of the Children鈥檚 Act 2004). The group is committed to ensuring that all young people attending services are kept safe and that concerns about a young person are followed up in the right way and to ensure that everyone including parents/carers, staff, volunteers and young people know what should happen and what is expected of them.
The Old Vicarage follows the Child Protection and Adults at Risk Procedure (OPED 05 Child Protection and Adults at Risk Safeguarding Policy) in line with The Local Safeguarding Board. The local procedure is framed in the context of the company鈥檚 overall policy and procedure.
Full training in the appropriate procedures is provided as part of the induction process for each new member of staff and reinforced in periodic refresher training and through supervision.
No form of bullying nor intimidation is tolerated anywhere within The Old Vicarage, irrespective of who the victim or perpetrator may be. The overall philosophy on these issues is set out in the company鈥檚 comprehensive behaviour policy.
Ofsted
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The school year
The home offers offer up to 52 weeks of residential provision. The associated school, 麻豆视频 Lower School Lincolnshire (Swinderby) operates a conventional three-term school year over 38 weeks of full-time education.
Contact details
The Old Vicarage, Swinderby, Lincolnshire.
For further information please call or email: 01522868279 or聽enquiries@kisimul.co.uk.
