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Pathways is a children's residential care home based in St Austell, Cornwall. The nine-bed home caters for young people aged five to 18 with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties, and those with learning difficulties.
Run by Cornwall County Council, the home has a 23-strong team of staff and was rated "outstanding" by Ofsted in December last year.
Julie Walsh, residential services manager at Pathways, says that the home places children at the heart of every decision, and it is this factor that she believes so impressed Ofsted.
"We focus very heavily on building relationships with the children, families and partner agencies," says Walsh. "We know that good relationships are essential for children, particularly, when we are looking at attachment.
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