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Where Every Child Matters At Cove, every child really matters. This isn’t a slogan, tokenism, or a phrase merely borrowed from a well-known government report. This phrase is at the centre of our working philosophy.
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Developing Aspirations At Cove, we acknowledge that a young person’s maladaptive behaviour should be seen in this context. A young person always does their best, in the circumstances they find themselves in, with the resources they have at the time.
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Building a Better Future Many young people, faced with exclusion and alienation, have bleak futures mapped out in their minds. Futures which have been drawn over again and again, like tracing over the same drawing repeatedly with a pencil until the lines are thick and indented on the page.
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Telford 1

This is our ‘flagship’ placement, having been operational now for 3 years. It is a large, detached residence with provision for 5 young people and the staff team.

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Telford 2

This is a homely, semi-detached cottage residence with great character and provision for 2 young people and the staff team.The cottage is situated near woodlands in a secluded area.

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Kidderminster

This is our most recent placement, operational since August 2010. The Placement is a large, detached residence with provision for 3 young people and the staff team.

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What Does Cove Provide

imagesCAQRT0KE Welcome to Cove Care - Residential

Cove provides outstanding, 52-week residential care placements for children and young people aged between 10 and 18, who present with highley complex and challenging needs in terms of their emotional psychological and developmental well-being. We have particular interests and expertise in those young people who have acute, or servere and enduring, mental health and social care needs in combination....

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mentalhealth Working with Mental Health

Our Directors and Senior Management Team have extensive experience of the mental health needs of children and young people is a growing concern within the general population, and this is especailly the case for those with social care needs and within the 'Looked After' system....
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carechild Security and Inclusion

Our initial goal at Cove is to provide safety for a young person. Emotional and physical containment are absolutely essential ingredients for the effective care and future growth of the individual. We have seen this in our extensive experience within in-patient adolescent mental health settings, and we continue to see it in our practice with residential children's care....
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Developing Aspirations

Developing the aspirations of excluded children

Many children within the Looked After system are excluded, whether this be in the literal sense of them being physically removed from school, from home, from their communities, or in the more philosophical sense of them being psychologically excluded and isolated from society. Their thinking and emotions, as well as their reality, can often be described as ‘homeless’. Faced with these overwhelming feelings of isolation they often re-evaluate their aspirations and goals for their lives: how can they defend themselves against this feeling of isolation? How can they develop an identity following years of abuse? How can they cope in the face of impending disaster? In short, how can they survive? As we know, the aspirations they develop to resolve these issues are not always constructive.

Cove Reviews

  • Review 1
    ‘The young person’s social worker was highly positive about the standards of...
  • Review 2
    ‘Many, many thanks for the dedication and hard work your team has given for the...
  • Review 3
    ‘The young person has positive relationships with everyone at the placement, including...
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Future Plans

At Cove, we see ourselves as a partner to local authorities rather than just a provider. As we continue to build up long-term partnerships in this way, and offer long-term, consistent care and services to our service users, our operational and business strategy is extremely important, and we review this regularly, taking into account the views of the staff team and the young people wherever possible.

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