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St Catherine's

"UNCOMPROMISED CARE FOR YOUNG WOMEN
AGED 12 - 17 YEARS"

Blackbrook Road St Helens Merseyside WA11 9RJ Tel: 01744 606119 Fax: 01744026703

The young women at St. Catherine's are actively encouraged to develop their creativity resulting in vast improvement in their self- esteem. Respond to the emotional and psychological needs of the young women in our care.

Offer individual and small group work programmes, if appropriate, designed to address offending behaviour and personal and social problems, which may be apparent in the lives of the young women. Provide an individual education/training/work experience programme to meet the needs of the individual young women. Provide and promote individual health care.

Prepare the young women in partnership with the placing authority for their return to an open situation, including their families and communities.

To act at all times in accordance with the principles of national legislation and local policies relating to childcare.

The education programme is available for all young women for 25 hours a week. Specialist education facilities include: The education department has exceptional facilities specifically designed to meet the individual educational needs of the young women.

An assessment of the individual education needs of the young women admitted to St. Catherine's forms part of the planning process. Each young woman will have an Individual Education Plan as great emphasis is placed on the individual and her needs.

At St. Catherine's we take a holistic approach to health with an emphasis placed upon the development of a healthy lifestyle as opposed to focusing just upon health problems.

Each young woman will be registered with a local GP. St. Catherine's also contract the services of a part-time Nurse via St. Helens Primary Care Trust.

A health assessment is carried out by the on-site Nurse and a healthcare plan is drawn up in order to meet the young woman's needs and record details of input. This is monitored by the on-site Nurse and Key Worker and the young woman is provided with a copy of the health plan.

In the case of pregnant young women, appropriate ante-natal and post-natal care is accessed and overseen by the site Nurse.

Dental and ophthalmic appointments are made as appropriate.

St. Catherine's have a contract with the 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust. The Community Homes Health Team (CHHT) provides St. Catherine's with an extensive range of health services, including assessment, intervention and a transfer package for each Young Person, with reports at each stage.