Placing a Young Person with Marvellous Care

If you would like to place a Young Person with Marvellous Care please contact us to confirm that we have places available.

If there are places and the young person meets our eligibility criteria, we will send you a referral form to complete so that Marvellous Care can make a decision on whether we are able to accept your referral.

Application Form download - word doc - pdf version

General eligibility criteria

• Local authority funding is agreed
• The person being referred is under twenty one years of age
• The person would benefit from the additional support and training Marvellous Care can offer to help them live independently
• The person will not require accommodation for more than two years. (Our minimum residency is 6 months)
• The person must be committed to pursuing a pathway in education and training.
• Male and female accepted
  

Marvellous Care is unable to place any young person -

• Who has any sexual related criminal conviction
• Emergency referrals can be accepted.
• With a history of arson or any other fire related issues
• With an habitual drug dependency e.g. class A drug addiction.
• Who is likely to be violent towards other residents or staff.
• Who has had involvement in any criminal activity which is likely to affect the local community in which we are based. However, if they have convictions this could be discussed at the referral stage, to establish the context and circumstances of the offence and a view would be taken at that point.

Next Steps

Step one (Referral Process)
Marvellous Care will check the young person’s eligibility to join the programme

Step two (Interview)
Assuming initial eligibility is met we will invite the Young Person along with any family member, support worker and social worker to an interview to discuss their needs and their suitability

Step three (Accepting a Place)

If everyone is in agreement then a place will be offered and a date will be set for admission.

The young person is more than welcome to visit Marvellous Care before the admission date if there is time. If they would like and there is a room available they can stay overnight and meet the other residents before they move in.

Step four (Arriving at Marvellous Care)

We will welcome the young person to Marvellous Care and do everything we can to make the move a pleasant experience.

A designated care worker will meet formally on the day of the move to go through the main ground rules and procedures. This meeting can answer any initial questions the young person may have to get them settled in.

A further personal meeting will be set up during the first week to discuss the young person’s main aspirations and to enable us to run through the services we offer. This meeting will result in the first draft of a personal development plan which will be regularly reviewed and built upon to ensure the young person gets as much benefit as possible from their stay.

Step five (Leaving Marvellous Care)

For every resident coming to the end of their stay with us we will help them in every way to make that finale step.

We hope that after residing with us, going through our training and being supported by our professional care workers that our young people will be ready to become truly independent and lead successful and fulfilling lives.