Therapeutic engagement

Looking for innovative methods of therapeutic engagement with the children and young people that you work with? At Cove Care, we were really interested in this recent article by a practitioner in our local area, who promotes Lego as a therapeutic tool and offers...

School attendance and Mental Health

This recent BBC article either reflects the governments failures in education, or their inability to understand children’s mental health, but you would imagine it actually reflects both. Intimidating vulnerable families to send their child to school despite their...

Dopamine fasting

Maybe a bit contentious, left field or outright wacky? But worth a thought. Could supporting young people in residential care – not restricting anything, obviously this would have to be with their full consent and engagement – but supporting them to have...

Child referrals for mental health up

This recent article in the Guardian shows just how the crisis in children’s mental health is worsening year on year. At Cove Care, this reminds us of the importance of our planned expansions during 2024, both in our community residential homes and our new tier 4 CAMHS...