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Oakfield House accommodates up to four children of either sex, aged 8 to 16 on admission, whose primary assessed need relates to emotional and behavioural difficulties. We do not lower the upper age in placement: a child admitted at 15 may remain until the planned end of their placement, supported through transition.

We are equipped to support children who may present with:

• the effects of developmental trauma, including difficulties with trust, regulation, and transitions
• challenging or risk-taking behaviour, including verbal aggression and, at times, physical aggression
• a history of placement instability and a corresponding fear of rejection
• mild associated learning or communication needs, where these can be met within a mainstream or specialist education placement

We do not offer secure accommodation, and we are not registered to restrict liberty. We will not knowingly admit a child whose assessed needs we cannot meet safely alongside the children already living at the home. Every referral is subject to an impact-risk assessment that considers the needs and safety of the children already in placement before any admission is agreed.

Oakfield House is managed by a registered manager who is appropriately qualified, holds (or is working towards) the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, and has the residential childcare and supervisory experience the role requires. The registered manager has day-to-day responsibility for the home and is accountable for the quality of care children receive.

The registered manager is supported by a responsible individual nominated on behalf of Oakfield Care Ltd, who maintains oversight of the home's compliance, finances, and the support the manager needs to lead well.

Our staffing is built around consistency. The team is structured so that:

• children are cared for by a small, familiar staff group who know them well
• there are sufficient staff on duty, with the right skills and experience, to keep children safe and to meet their assessed needs — including a waking night presence
• every member of staff receives regular, recorded supervision and an annual appraisal
• all staff complete an induction aligned to national standards and ongoing training in safeguarding, trauma-informed practice, and the safe management of behaviour

Safeguarding is the first priority at Oakfield House, and the protection of children sits at the centre of everything we do. We operate a clear safeguarding policy, a designated safeguarding lead, and direct working relationships with the local authority's children's services and the local police.

Our approach to behaviour is built on understanding, de-escalation, and positive relationships rather than control. Where a measure of control is unavoidable to prevent a child from harming themselves or others, only proportionate, necessary, last-resort measures are used by trained staff, and every such measure is recorded, reviewed, and treated as an opportunity to learn how to prevent recurrence. We do not use any measure of control, discipline, or restraint that is excessive, unreasonable, or contrary to the prohibited list in the regulations.

We promote children's awareness of how to keep themselves safe — online, in the community, and in relationships — and we listen to and act on what children tell us, including through a clear, accessible complaints route set out in the children's guide.

We treat education as a right and an entitlement, not an optional extra. Every child at Oakfield House is supported to attend, engage with, and achieve in a suitable education placement, and we work actively with schools, virtual school heads, and any education, health and care plan to remove the barriers that trauma and instability place in the way of learning.

We promote each child's physical, emotional, and mental health. On admission, and as needs change, we ensure children are registered with local health services and supported to attend appointments. We work alongside CAMHS and other specialist services where a child's emotional or mental health needs require it.

Beyond formal services, we build wellbeing into ordinary daily life: shared meals, hobbies, sport, time outdoors, and the consistent, attuned attention of adults who notice how a child is doing and respond.

Children recover and grow through relationships, so building and sustaining positive relationships is the engine of our care. Staff are supported to be consistent, warm, and emotionally available, and the home's routines are designed to create the predictability that helps children feel safe enough to connect.

We help children sustain the relationships that matter to them. Where it is safe and in the child's best interests, and consistent with their care plan, we support contact with family members and other significant people, and we record and review how contact is going. Where contact carries risk, we manage it carefully and transparently with the placing authority.

Within the home, we help children develop the social and emotional skills — managing conflict, repairing relationships, taking another's perspective — that they will carry into adulthood.

Oakfield House is a large, domestic family-style property in a residential area, chosen and adapted to feel like a home rather than an institution. Each of the four children has their own bedroom, and there are comfortable shared living and dining spaces, study space, and a garden.

The home has completed a location assessment of the area, considering the risks and benefits of the setting for the children we care for — including proximity to education, health, and leisure facilities, and any local factors that could affect children's safety. The assessment is kept under review and revised as the local picture changes.

The premises meet the relevant fire-safety and health-and-safety requirements, and a current fire risk assessment is in place and reviewed regularly.

Children are at the centre of decisions about their care. We routinely seek each child's views, wishes, and feelings — formally through key-work sessions, placement reviews, and house meetings, and informally through the ordinary conversations of daily life — and we record and act on what they tell us.

Each child has a key worker who helps them understand their rights, including how to make a complaint, how to access advocacy and the independent reviewing officer, and how to contact the Children's Commissioner or Ofsted. The children's guide sets all of this out in accessible language appropriate to the child's age and understanding.

We pay particular attention to the voices of children who find it hardest to speak up, adapting how we ask so that every child can be heard.

Oakfield House operates a continuous cycle of monitoring, reflection, and improvement. The registered manager keeps the quality of care under regular internal review and uses what is learned to improve outcomes for children.

An independent person visits the home each month to speak with children and staff, review records, and report on the home's quality of care and the experiences of the children living here; the registered manager acts on the findings. The registered manager also completes a regular review of the home's quality of care, drawing on the views of children, families, staff, and placing authorities.

This Statement of Purpose is kept under review and revised whenever there is a material change to the home, its facilities, or the way care is provided, so that it always reflects the home as it actually operates.