Chalk Hill Blue is the first psychologically informed children’s home based on the outskirts of London. We provide a 24 hour 5-bedroom service for young people aged 10-17 who are in care. The home itself has been specifically chosen to provide young people in care with a home like environment, shifting existing experiences of care and bringing about a new exciting experience. Our home operates as a community bringing staff and young people together to build positive relationships and experiences .

Our home provides unconditional care providing young people in care with the opportunity to engage in our 7-year transitioning program, which focuses on facilitating emotional recovery and building interdependence (a healthy balance between dependency and independency).

At Chalk Hill Blue each young person will be provided with their own personally designed room, a LIFE guardian, a Therapist, Children’s guidebook, and A LIFE Journal. We believe that support is essential to scaffold the young person’s development, therefore we have made sure that on arrival the young person is presented with the information they need to support them throughout their new journey and transition into their home. The staffing team work extremely hard to provide a secure base for the young person to develop and eventually build on their life ladder out of their current position. Our aims and core values are shared with the young person as this is their home and we want to make it a positive experience. We therefore think it is important to co-produce the following : boundaries/house rules, structure, LIFE hack class and build the environment around a sustainable platform to move towards emotional recovery.

Chalk Hill Blue has insightful spaces such as :

• Open space ( a weekly reflective space)
• Sensory room
• Therapy room
• In house Library
• Garden to grow plants, vegetables etc
• Play equipment
• Technology