Westbury School House

Hello! I am delighted to introduce myself to you, My name is Lauren, and I am the proud Registered Manager of Westbury School House. I feel very privileged to be playing a part in shaping young people’s lives enabling all young people in my care to achieve the best possible outcomes in life, no matter what, as I feel this is what all young people truly deserve.

I have been working in the childcare sector for 8 years now in various settings, and I have been part of the amazing team within Unique Care Group at Westbury School House for 3 years now, where I have built, maintained and developed my care team to ensure that they are delivering the best possible care for young people who live in our home.

I am very proud of the homes achievements to date, and I have nothing but the upmost respect for my team at Westbury School house, because they are sincere, dedicated, and aspirational individuals with so much passion, talent and genuine characteristics and they help me day to day to make the care sector a better place for young people.

I wish to tell you more about our Wonderful Westbury School House

Westbury School House is a Children’s Residential Home that provides care for young people of both genders, from ages eight to eighteen. The provision provides care for young people with learning disabilities who may have a diagnosis in line with any autistic spectrum condition (ASC) and cooccurring additional needs including ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), dyslexia, anxiety disorder, attachment conditions, down syndrome and emotional difficulties. 

Our home consists of four bedrooms and one bathroom and shower and WC. There is a kitchen, dining room, two lounges for relaxation and activities, one office, a sensory room and a laundry room on the ground floor.

Our aims and objectives at Westbury School House are to provide a safe, warm and nurturing environment with a high standard of accommodation and care for children and young people ensuring an excellent delivery of service with positive outcomes. Our aim is to transform young people’s lives and experiences and support them to develop their personal, social and emotional wellbeing and to guide them in all aspects of their lives. Specifically, we believe that we are committed to achieve the best outcomes for each of our young people in an individualised and unique way.

Our young people will receive the best quality of care from our skilled care team who will protect the young people and keep them safe.

We provide specific approaches to support communication, ensuring that an individualised communication approach is utilised, ensuring all resources available are used to facilitate our young people’s understanding and communication. This includes, Objects of Reference, body language, PECS, electronic aids, Makaton, Spell and Teach tools.

Our young people’s individuality is recognised and celebrated and is from which we build upon their strengths. We believe in empowering young people to begin to take responsibility for making decisions and expressing their views. In planning for progression, we recognise and celebrate every small step achieved on their journey.

Our Approach

We recognise that the most important tools we have to help our young people grow and develop is our staff. We are aware that our ability to relate to our young people in a sensitive, caring and consistent manner, is the most important contribution we can make to their development.

As a service we invest in our young people by investing in our staff, ensuring that they have the required training and support to meet the changing needs of our young people. This ensures that we are able to promote growth and development throughout the period of time that the young people live with us.

At Westbury School House we offer a ‘person centred’ approach with the young person at the heart of everything we do. We tailor the way we work to meet the young person’s individual needs, strengths, aspirations and interests.