It was our aim when setting up Charis to put the heart into children's homes. We strongly believe that children's homes should feel as close as possible to real homes for the children living in them. Secondly, the care they receive should enable the children to feel loved, nurtured, supported, and valued as unique individuals with innate potential.
We have to this end developed a relationship-based model of practice that we feel most holistically meets these aims. Our model of residential care aims to provide safe, nurturing, and therapeutic environments for children who have had adverse life experiences including abuse and neglect who need a stable place to heal, grow, and thrive
Overall brilliant experience have some of my best memories there. Wish I was still there sometimes
Our people are the heart of our organisation. We want the very best people who are committed to developing authentic relationships with the most vulnerable children. We recruit and train diverse and skilled staff whose values match ours. We provide a bespoke development program and offer good support and remuneration so we can attract and retain great staff.
We recognise that supportive relationships and networks are pivotal to children's well-being and happiness both now and in the future. This includes both relationships with carers within the home and their wider networks beyond. The practice approaches used in the home support carers to develop strong relationships with young people that firstly and most importantly help children feel loved, nurtured and connected, second help them develop the security, resilience, tools, and networks to manage and navigate life challenges successfully.
We create spaces that feel like home. We aim to promote health and well-being through purposeful and thoughtfully planned physical environments, day-to-day living arrangements, and activities.
We focus on using nature, creativity, day-to-day activities, and the home environment as means of connection, personal expression, mood regulation, learning, and enjoyment.
We want our homes to be beautiful environments for our children to live and grow up in as well as for our carers to spend time in with them.
We emphasise supporting children to discover their innate potential. We work closely with learning providers and other support services to allow every child to recognise and achieve their ambitions. A holistic education is at the top of our list of priorities. We use day-to-day living opportunities and activities purposefully to build relationships and promote learning and development of new interests, as well as supporting their formal education .
