Referrals and Admissions
Our process for accepting new children into our care.
Positive Pathways Solutions will always work in-line with legislation and regulations, as well as our own ethos. We will continually work to safeguard all children in our care.
We aim to make the admissions process as smooth as possible for both the new placement and children already in the home.
The majority of referrals come through the Local Authority, but can also come through the Oak House email.
The Responsible Individual and Registered Manager will then have meeting to discuss which referrals they are going forward with.
Referrals and Admissions Process
We have a rigorous procedure for admissions into the home. This is to ensure that the home is the right home for that child to grow and reach their full potential, which is what, as an organisation, we strive to provide.
How it works
Admission Enquiry
Local authority placing teams get in touch with the Responsible Individual, either by phone or email to discuss our availability.
If you’d like contact us, please call (+44) 01282 544126 or email; referrals@positivepathwayssolutions.com.
Pre-Admission Assessment
If we have a bed available and the prospective young person is compatible, the placing commissioners will send the documentation over for review by the Responsible Individual and Registered Manager of the home.
These documents will include the young person’s initial referral sheet, but the Placement Officer will also need to contact the young person’s Social Worker to procure any other files that provide necessary context for their presenting behaviours, such as risk assessments, chronologies of incidents while in care, and psychological assessments, where applicable.
The Social Worker may also wish to contact the Responsible Individual or Registered Manager directly over the phone to provide verbal context surrounding the young person’s needs and risks.
Expression of Interest
The Responsible Individual and Registered Manager will review this information and, if appropriate, express interest in the placement.
In accordance with our policies and procedures, no member of the Positive Pathways Solutions team may make a formal offer at this stage.
From this point the Responsible Individual, Registered Manager, the young person’s Social Worker and the Social Workers for the other young people currently in placement must meet to conduct a collective risk assessment of the young person.
Formal Offer of Placement
Once all involved are satisfied, and the Responsible Individual and the Registered Manager has had the opportunity to meet the young person in their current placement, they will then be invited to visit the home to meet the care team and the other children.
If this goes well, the child will then come for tea and a sleep over.
All being well, a formal offer of placement can be made.
The other documents mentioned in the admissions policy will still need to be signed before the child can be moved in.
