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How we are improving... Care homes run by Bryn Melyn

1 min read Social Care
Bryn Melyn carries out intensive work with young people, which allows it to address their complex needs, and has seen 92 per cent of its care homes judged "good" or "outstanding" in its latest evaulation by Ofsted.

Organisation Bryn Melyn
Performance Support provided in residential care homes and independent schools

Residential care provider Bryn Melyn runs 27 care homes across Shropshire and North Wales and two independent schools. In the year ending 31 March 2010, 92 per cent of its care homes were judged as "good" or "outstanding" by Ofsted. In the previous year, this figure stood at 69 per cent.

Although the care provider has a large number of homes, it looks after just 44 children who are on placements. According to Kevin Gallagher, Bryn Melyn chief executive, this allows it to work intensively with the young people and help address their often complex needs.

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