WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY
WE DO THINGS OUR WAY
THE WOODFORD WAy

Welcome to Woodford
We are a SOCIAL ENTERPRISE based in London focused primarily on providing support and care for children with emotional & behavioural difficulties (EBD)

At woodford

We are dedicated to providing stable, nurturing environments for children and young people who have experienced trauma. Using our psychosocial model, which integrates psychodynamic and systemic principles, we aim to help children recover from their past experiences and rebuild their self-esteem. Our approach focuses on creating therapeutic, calm, and consistent settings where children can form trusting relationships, reducing the risk of placement breakdowns. Our goal is to support the emotional and behavioural development of children in our care, fostering long-term positive outcomes for their future.

We strive to

Change the narrative in children’s social care and meet the needs of children who have suffered childhood trauma, abuse or neglect.

We aim to

Provide calm, consistent and reliable environments. Reduce placement breakdowns through thoughtful matching and trusting relationships.

We recognise that children in care can experience further trauma by way of:

  • Multiple placement breakdowns

  • Poor relationships with carers and professionals

  • Negative experiences of being in care

The lasting effects of this trauma can be damaging for children, resulting in feeling;

  • Rejected

  • Unloved

  • General feelings of being unwanted

These events can reinforce a traumatised child’s negative view of themselves and make recovery even harder. This is why here at Woodford we believe in firstly, doing no harm and where necessary protecting our children from the system that is supposed to protect them.

The Woodford Way

Our homes

We have an established, psychologically informed tool in use to develop our placement plans, monitor progress and evidence outcomes; we call It PRIME.

ABOUT US

We recognise that the children’s social care sector sometimes fails children through poor commissioning, short-term thinking and poor decision making. We want to highlight this and work in partnership with all our colleagues and statutory bodies to effect change.

Careers

As a growing organisation we can offer career paths from support work to registered manager and beyond. If you care about social justice and are passionate about working with traumatised children get it touch.

Our ethos

Through the creation of safe, calm and reliable environments that are designed and understood using psychodynamic and systemic principles, we can break the cycle of trauma for our children by helping them move on from their past

 

OUR HOMES

Explore our homes in more detail.

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Our model

We have an established, psychologically informed tool in use to develop our placement plans, monitor progress and evidence outcomes; we call It PRIME. This has been curated with the aid of teams including clinical psychologists. It supports the tracking and monitoring of the child’s progress in mental wellbeing and stability.

PRIME

  • (P)sychological assessment

  • (R)egular outcome measurement

  • (I)ndividualised care-planning targets

  • (M)ulti-faceted formulations

  • (E)vidence-based interventions