Our specialist residential care services have provided outstanding therapeutic care and education for young girls who have experienced child sexual exploitation (CSE) and Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE). Our outcomes are underpinned by a well-defined and child focused approach supported by a complete personalised care pathway leading to successful transitions into either foster care, supported accommodation or a home return where appropriate.

Our specialist sexual trauma residential care services for children who have experienced exploitation (CSE/ CCE) aim at reducing risk factors through, individualised  therapeutic residential care, therapy and education packages designed to build resilience, promotion of wellbeing and coping mechanisms to embed risk management for safer future relationships. Through a model of care which is a minimum of 12 months package to support a young persons understanding and life choices.

Our homes are therapeutic settings where our staff are understanding of behaviour being a presentation of underlying issues. We are able to work with the young peoplein our care to help them through their trauma, ensuring their needs are met.  This allows them choice and decision making opportunities in order to prepare them for independence and the next chapter of their lives.

Our teams are child focused and offer individualised care through the home and education settings.  The team thrive to build positive relationships with our young people as this is paramount for the child to thrive. We provide keyworkers to each young person so there is a strong parental support system in place for each individual.  Our care team and clinical teams along with education colleagues ensure that each child has a joined up care plan to support their progress.

As part of our commitment to seamless care, Stourhead Healthcare offers relevant transition pathways for children who are ready to move on from this service. Our children's pathway services include foster care or supported accommodation. Nationwide placements are available depending on assessment of needs.

If you would like some advice or more information on our services and what we can do for you, email us or call 0330 054 5678 to discuss a referral in confidence.

Our Therapeutic Interventions

Children and young people have bespoke clinical packages that are tailored to meet their needs.

Art Therapy

This provides an opportunity to explore emotions through creative and play-based therapeutic interventions

Holistic Therapeutic Environment

A therapeutic parenting approach that uses current attachment and trauma theory to help children and carers develop their relationships

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is used to help participants discuss and understand their emotional difficulties

Modular Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

DBT is designed to help change patterns of behaviour that can be destructive, such as self-harm, suicidal thinking and substance abuse

Mindfulness

Mindfulness aims to make people aware of their own thoughts and behaviours and encourages them to take control of the emotions caused by such thoughts

Dyadic Development Psychotherapy

DDP was developed for use in families where there are attachment issues or seperation from familiar caregivers

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

CBT aims to improve problem management skills by looking at issues from another perspective and changing behaviour patterns

Healthy Relationships

This focuses on teaching young people how to form healthy relationships with adults and peers

Life Story Work

Life story work aims to help children better understand their past, defining lines between reality and fiction

Outcomes for Girls who have Experienced CSE

Stourhead Healthcare's sexual trauma service comprises of 7 homes for young people aged 12 -17yrs old who have suffered exploitation; Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE). The homes are therapeutic settings where our staff are understanding of behaviour being a presentation of underlying issues and are able to work with the young people to help them through their trauma, ensuring their needs are met.

This allows the young people choice and decision making, preparing them for independence and the next chapter of their lives.

Our specialist sexual trauma residential care services for children who have experienced exploitation (CSE/CCE) aim at reducing risk factors through, individualised therapeutic residential care, therapy and education packages designed to build resilience, promotion of wellbeing and coping mechanisms to embed risk management for safer future relationships. Through a model of care which is a minimum of 12 months to support a young persons understanding and life choices.