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Home’s therapeutic provision helps to foster independence

Children’s home specialist support jointly funded by health and social care agencies enables young people to successfully transition to community placements.
The Croft has two CAMHS-enhanced outreach workers onsite Monday to Friday to provide bespoke specialist intervention. Picture: Lightfield Studios/Adobe Stock
The Croft has two CAMHS-enhanced outreach workers onsite Monday to Friday to provide bespoke specialist intervention. Picture: Lightfield Studios/Adobe Stock

 

The Croft is a residential children’s home providing onsite therapeutic mental health support for children and young people in Wakefield who have complex and challenging needs.

Run jointly by Wakefield Council and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPT), the Ofsted-registered, two-bedded children’s home opened in March 2023.

It has a team of two child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) enhanced outreach workers onsite Monday to Friday to provide bespoke specialist intervention for two of the district’s most vulnerable 11- to 17-year-olds.

“These young people have experienced trauma, abuse and violations of trust in their relationships, often resulting in psychological, emotional, cognitive and developmental barriers.

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