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Placements now available at our outstanding home, Shire House
Are you looking for a specialist placement for a child with a view to achieving best outcomes? Our outstanding home has a proven record in providing a structured placement for a child with complex disabilities, with a clear focus in preparing children in moving towards living in a family setting these include specialist fostering, adoption or moving back home.
Shire House
‘Oak Cottage and Regis House’- New services for the new year
From October/November this year, Progress will be launching two new services. The first will take over what is now ‘Oak Cottage’. Oak will be providing a specialist resource for young adults 16-25 with Autism. This living environment will bridge the gap at the difficult transitional stage from child to adult. We will be focusing on providing life skills and readiness for independent living to our young people, through short-medium bespoke care packages.
Our second exciting new project is ‘Regis House.’ Situated in Sandwell, West Midlands, Regis House will provide the short breaks service to children and young people with disabilities, challenging behaviours and complex needs. Our aim is to emphasis on care, activities and lots of fun to the children in our care, while offering parents and carers a break.
Families First Tender
Progress successfully secured a Tender opportunity this summer to provide Coventry City Council with supervised contact workers. We are currently recruiting staff across the West Midlands, for any more information please call head office on 01902561066
"Outstanding" Service Providers
Portland House June 2011
Shire House May 2011
Director of the Year 2010
Congratulations to Bal who was shortlisted as a finalist by the Institute of Directors (IOD) for the Director of the year award under the category of Family Business for the West Midlands Region. This is an amazing achievement in itself due to the numbers of nominations received by the IOD representing the diverse range of businesses across the region. On 31st March 2011, the management team accompanied Bal at the awards ceremony which took place at the Botanical Gardens. The evening was enjoyed by all. We are all proud of the leadership, determination, values and belief that Bal instils across the organisation. Well done to Bal on behalf of us all.
"First Class" Company to work for
We are proud to announce that Progress Care Solutions has achieved 1 STAR accreditation rating as a ‘First Class’ company to work for with Best Companies 2011.
The Best Companies Accreditation has been established to acknowledge excellence in the workplace and focuses on Employee Engagement. This Michelin Style Accreditation system has recognised us as FIRST CLASS COMPANY to work for. For more information click Here
BAAF 'Facing up to Facebook: The impact of social networking on foster care' Conference - 2nd February 2011
Progress sponsored a BAAF conference which took place in London, in February 2011. The conference addressed the subject of the social networking revolution and how this impacts on children and young people in foster care. The programme on the day included two members of Progress' staff. Our Senior Supervising Social Worker, Lisa Guy, presented the role of social networking as a form of contact in foster care and our Fostering Support Worker, Michaela Fray, looked at how young people want to communicate. For further information about this event, click here.
The Midlands Family Business Award Runner- Up
On 11th November, Progress attended an event for the Midlands Family Business Awards, launched for the first time this year.
Having been successfully shortlisted as a finalist, along with four companies in the category of 'Best Development of Talent', Progress is pleased to have received a 'runner up' certificate. Further details about the awards can be accessed via the website www.familybusinessawards.co.uk
Young People's Forum
On 26th October, the children and young people placed with our foster carers were invited to attend an event at Conkers outdoor adventure, in order to have an opportunity to express their views and opinions on what we can be doing better as an agency, for them. The day was arranged into activities and workshops facilitated by professional trainers, in which the young people could explore various aspects of care, being 'looked after' and what it means to them.
Outcomes from the day include several projects that will be taken forward in the new year, including a newsletter produced by the children and young people.
"Outstanding" Short Breaks Provider
We are pleased to announce that our Short Breaks provision has recently achieved an 'Outstanding' rating in their Ofsted inspection. We are very proud of this achievement and the hard work and dedication of the team that have worked together to maintain the high standards of care. What does this achievement mean to us? To read more click here.
New Service Development
In 2011 Progress will be able to offer two new services - Parenting Assessments and a contact Centre, based in Birmingham. For more information on this please contact our Head of Children's Services at Head Office, Telephone 01902 561066
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