Psychology
services
For every child (hopefully), home is where you can relax and feel safe, laugh and cry, hope and dream and prepare yourself with a mixture of excitement and fear for challenges that beckon - Dan hughes
Tearmann Care work closely with psychology services to ensure our work has positive outcomes for the children and young people we support. The service is led by a clinical psychologist with specialist knowledge of developmental trauma and attachment, offering bespoke consultancy and therapeutic support to residential staff. By drawing on their expertise and knowledge of relevant research and evidence-based practice, clinical psychology support provides Tearmann with ongoing, tailored input to ensure that our service:
- Embeds a trauma informed, therapeutic approach to our work
- Provides safe and secure care for all children and young people
- Supports all young people to experience safety within the child/caregiver relationship
- Is fully supported to engage in monthly consultations, reflective practice, and bespoke training that enhances skills, knowledge, and resilience when working within complex systems with children who have experienced developmental trauma
- Has a psychological understanding of each child in placement, to ensure the care provided is evidence-based, trauma-informed, and responsive to the child’s individual strengths and difficulties
- Has access to specialist assessments to inform care plans where relevant
Clinical psychology input aims to ensure that all staff at Tearmann Care recognise the critical role of secure attachments in healthy child development. Evidence shows that the relational environment a child lives in is the most important aspect for supporting them to experience safety and security in their relationships with carers. Therefore, by supporting the system with therapeutic guidance and tools to be optimal therapeutic parents, we are supporting the child.
The African proverb - It takes a village to raise a child reflects a powerful truth: that a child’s wellbeing and development are influenced by their environment and relationships. Children who have experienced developmental trauma need skilled and knowledgeable carers who can look beneath the child’s behaviour and respond sensitively to their underlying needs because healing from relational trauma begins with relational repair. Psychology works in partnership with residential staff to ensure a holistic approach is adopted in the care of each child, enabling the team to deliver therapeutically informed care with an emphasis on building, nurturing, and repairing relationships.