Closeburn House School
Special needs catered for
Holistic Childcare and Education provide a specialist service that offers both residential care and education, or education only day placements for those not needing residency.
Residential options range from crisis respite to medium and long term, 24/7 52 week placements.
We offer group living or single person occupancy, dependant on the needs of each individual.
We support young people aged between 8 and 19 years who may have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, also complex needs such as autistic spectrum disorder, learning difficulties, attachment and trauma.
Specialist facilities
NAS accreditation
Support services provided
We provide comprehensive support with life skills and transitions. Our school believes in education as a driver for personal development and social improvement. We value effective teaching, commitment to learning and sharing of good practice.
Below is a list, though not exhaustive, of the support we can offer:
Attachment and Relationships
Behaviour Modification
Bereavement and Loss
Child Sexual Exploitation Support Packages
Emotional Based Therapies
Family Based Programmes
Get Ready For Work Programmes
Identity
Life Skills
Obsessive Compulsive Behaviours
Offending and Choices
Personal Safety
Re-engagement in Education
Self Esteem and Self Image
Self-Harm
Sexually Problematic Behaviours
Stress and Anxiety
Social Skills for ASD Behaviours
Trauma Based Work
Home school links
Our specialist, therapeutic educational establishment is attached to the residential care home with facilities for up to 15 secondary age day and residential pupils.
General environment
All are set in wonderful rural locations yet close to the town of Dumfries, which provides excellent recreational facilities for our residents. We also use the scenic surrounding countryside through our 24 hour learning program.
Here we provide an exceptional living and learning educational and social environment, where each young person enjoys the opportunity to develop their potential to the full, through a comprehensive care and educational package, tailored to meet the needs of the individual.
Our vision is to create a happy, safe, nurturing environment, which supports children to become settled to learn and develop their full potential. Closeburn House School aims to meet the full range of needs that individual learners may have in an inclusive and therapeutic environment. This includes their social, emotional and health needs, in addition to learning needs. In order to achieve this, our inclusive approach to learning integrates the skills of both teaching staff and care staff, together with a wider team of partners from the community.
Our aims across our schools are for every child to feel that they belong and are an important part of the school. To provide a well differentiated curriculum that meets the needs of every child. Our primary aim is to provide the best opportunity for personal success for young people who may have social, emotional, behavioural and/or specific complex needs.
We aim to:
To help develop a childs independence
To enable children to become settled to learn
For all children to feel safe and supported
To prepare children to cope with transition/change
To enable children to become settled to learn
To provide a nurturing environment
To support children in developing social skills
Our aims will help to aid personal growth for the young people in our care and education. We are committed to inclusivity, honesty, compassion and respect for others in everything we do.
At Outcomes First Group we make a real commitment to training and developing our staff. Our training is focussed on the needs of the specific services as well as the individual employee and the company. We recognise that training, learning and developing our staff is key to delivering high quality services and to the success of our company.
Our commitment is to guarantee that all employees complete mandatory, refresher and specialist training and have the opportunity to undertake developmental training opportunities.
Aims and philosophy
Staff qualification and selection
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