Services

At The Nest we offer day placements to children, teenagers and young adults, helping them to grow, build resilience, and understand themselves a little better, all with the help of a small farm. The Nest Farm is a new charity responding to the overwhelming demand for mental health support for young people in Suffolk. Based near Framlingham. Our young people will be involved in all aspects of running the farm; gaining new skills, increasing in confidence, and spending vital time away from the pressures of everyday life.

The Hope service is a multi-agency service for young people aged 11 to 18 who are experiencing complex mental health, emotional, social and behavioural needs which could cause a placement breakdown or may require a psychiatric hospital admission. These needs cannot be met by one agency alone. It is a joint partnership between Health Services, Children's Services and Education who work together to provide support to young people in the community and through day programme provision. At Hope there is a dedicated team of social workers, nurses, teachers, psychologists, art/drama therapists, psychiatrists, a systemic family worker and activity workers.

Red Rose Community Farm in Lindsey provides a safe outdoor therapeutic / educational environment offering the opportunity to learn new skills, meet new people, develop friendships and gain independence. Social farming offers guided social interaction alongside meaningful and purposeful activities. Individuals will learn how to care for livestock, plant and harvest fruits and vegetables and will be able to participate in a range of conservation activities.

Providing Individualised Therapy for Children with autism, social communication difficulties and developmental delays. The Ark Centre is a purpose-built therapy centre in Chelmsford, Essex offering individualised, early intervention therapy for pre-school age children with autism, social communication difficulties and developmental delays. Programmes are tailored to each child and devised by an experienced team of Behaviour, Speech and Language and Occupational Therapists. Each programme is mainly delivered on a one-to-one basis, following the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), to bring about meaningful and positive changes in children’s behaviour and well-being. All programmes are supervised by our in house BCBA qualified consultants.

TCES National Online School offers a full curriculum delivered through therapeutic education and support to children and young people aged 5 to 25, who are unable to access education within an onsite school setting. This can be for a variety of reasons and can be linked to special educational needs and/or disabilities, which are diagnosed or undiagnosed, including school anxiety and phobias often linked to emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), or Autism, which is often co-morbid with social, emotional, and mental health needs. Students may also have had very difficult experiences within education settings of being isolated, bullied and may have self-excluded or being the recipient of an exclusion from a school unable to meet needs students may also be at risk in the local community, due to gang related issues, county lines or criminal or sexual exploitation.