The FEVACA way
April 4 2023
With the start of April, we reach the end of the 2022/2023 inspection cycle of residential children’s homes, and we couldn’t be more proud of our team. All our homes are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.
We work together to provide real homes that feel like homes and to develop real relationships. People that truly care about the children and young people, to make sure they found in us another home, not just a house.
Staff that works every day to make sure that these “kids” reach all their potential, that having amazing academic success is possible (as happened with “E”), that returning to their birth family is not a dream, but a reality (as was the case of “I”), that together we can understand the reasons behind decisions that put them in very risky situations (as used to happen with “C”), that when things go wrong in their lives, when no one seems to “accept” them, there are people that care about them and will support them (as lived by “S”), or that they don’t need to be restrained to be safe (as was the case of “R”).
Children and young people know that even when they might do things that the adults don’t want them to, that are not the “expectations”, they know that they can come back and we will be there, so together we can improve, make a better decision.
All this “work” is much more than just “work”. It is understanding, support, care, and love. And this is what really matters.
Every Intervention Matters.
And this approach, this methodology, this constant desire of having “our kids” reach all they can reach, even knowing that there will be bumps, steps back, challenges, tears, and feelings of sadness, is also our way of working in our Supported Accommodation.
Because Supported Accommodation can also be in places where young people feel like being at home, that become their homes, with staff always there to support, with staff that care about them.
We are proud of our staff, especially because we are all proud of all our children and young people.
It’s the FEVACA way.