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Woodlands Wonderful Feedback: May 23 Social Worker Feedback: "I mean it’s fantastic, it was a difficult transition but not through any fault of Halliwell, but the Woodlands made it as smooth as possible. I receive weekly reports, updates, details of any incidents....

Recent feedback received at Orchard Grove, May 23 Social Worker feedback: "I have visited the home a couple of time and every time my YP has been happy. My YP moved around a lot before she was placed at Orchard Grove and that impacted her incredibly. I can see the...

Positive Feedback We regularly receive positive feedback, here is some of the recent feedback received for Oak Lodge. Well done to everyone involved! Oak Lodge, June 23 Reg 44 " I was reassured the moment I contacted Oak Lodge to arrange to visit and speak to the...

Residential Childcare Careers is a brand-new job board, created by the sector, for the sector. Halliwell now has our latest jobs advertised on this job board! Click here to view our latest vacancies.    

Childhood trauma has a lifelong effect on many children who have experienced severely disturbing situations. In many cases this is at the hands of the people that they should be able to trust the most. This will often make it very difficult for children to develop...

Therapeutic parents provide an essential role to support children who have experienced childhood trauma. Therapeutic Parenting is a research-based method of parenting that helps a traumatised child to feel safe and connected. Children who have been neglected or abused...

An update from our in house Nutritionist: The Nutrition Programme is designed to primarily increase the staff’s knowledge of nutrition and to train staff to produce healthy meals and snacks for children and other staff in the homes. As the Nutritionist for Halliwell...

The children had a fantastic Christmas - they all enjoyed all the celebrations! They enjoyed opening their presents, Christmas dinner and Christmas films plus a visit to see Santa. Thank you to all the staff who worked so hard to make the children’s Christmas a...

Well done to all the children who took part in the Christmas Card Competition. It was extremely hard to judge due to the standard of the designs being so high. After much deliberation the winners were chosen: The winner is a YP from Oak Lodge! Well done! Runners up...

We are delighted to share some great news with you about our first successful transition from our Midlands Homes. The YP came to our Beech Grove home (Stoke on Trent) in 2020 after suffering trauma and domestic abuse. After 24 months of being nurtured on...