Any therapeutic intervention is only undertaken after careful assessment by suitably qualified practitioners in consultation with all relevant professionals.

Initial Assessment by Clinical Psychologist and/or Educational Psychologist

Every child placed with Hillcrest is offered the opportunity of a detailed assessment as part of our all inclusive fee. Follow up work, based on the assessment, is built into the child’s individual care plan, with regular progress reports sent to the child's social worker.

Therapeutic Services

Therapeutic support, provided by qualified practitioners is offered at all Hillcrest children's homes and could include some of the following; counselling (for e.g. drug & alcohol and emotional support), Art Therapy, Play Therapy, Music Interaction Therapy and Equine Assisted Therapy.

Psychological Services

Hillcrest employ the services of Clinical Psychologists who can provide clinical assessments, intervention programmes, court reports and individual counselling sessions as well as staff support and behaviour management advice, as well as the services of registered Educational Psychologists when required.

Charterhouse Group members

Two of our homes, both of which cater for younger children, are members of the Charterhouse Group of Therapeutic Communities, which promotes and develops specialist therapeutic work with children which reinforces the Hillcrest philosophy of providing a more therapeutic approach to child care.

Fees are inclusive of the initial assessment and some therapeutic services when required. Fees do not include the cost of full therapeutic and/or specialist ongoing psychological treatment.