Emotional and Behavioural Support Services provide targeted, trauma-informed interventions to promote the emotional wellbeing, resilience, and positive behavioural development of children and young people who are looked after. The service aims to help children and young people understand and manage their emotions, develop healthy relationships, improve self-esteem, and achieve positive outcomes in education, health, and social functioning.

Key Features

• Trauma-informed practice: Delivery of support that recognises the impact of adverse childhood experiences, attachment difficulties, loss, and trauma.
• Individualised support plans: Assessment-led interventions tailored to the specific emotional, behavioural, and developmental needs of each child or young person.
• Therapeutic interventions: Access to one-to-one support, counselling, emotional regulation programmes, and evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
• Behavioural support and management: Strategies to reduce challenging behaviours, improve coping skills, and promote positive behaviour.
• Attachment and relationship support: Assistance in building secure relationships with carers, families, peers, and professionals.
• Multi-agency working: Close collaboration with social workers, carers, education providers, health services, and other relevant professionals.
• Placement stability support: Interventions aimed at preventing placement breakdowns and supporting carers to meet children’s emotional needs.
• Crisis and early intervention: Timely support to address emerging emotional or behavioural difficulties before they escalate.
• Participation and voice of the child: Ensuring children and young people are actively involved in decisions affecting their care and support.
• Outcome-focused approach: Regular review and measurement of progress against agreed wellbeing, behavioural, and developmental outcomes.