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For local authorities

Making a referral.

We understand the pressures, demands and timescales placed upon local authorities. We work together with identified professionals to assess, plan and place each young person.

The process

A clear, careful admissions process.

Referrals and admissions can occur throughout the year. Every step is designed to make sure we can meet the young person’s needs.

1

Initial enquiry

The young person’s local authority makes an enquiry about a possible placement and shares the relevant information.

2

Assessment form

An assessment form is completed so we can be sure the young person’s welfare needs can be appropriately met.

3

Informal meeting

The director meets informally with the young person and their social worker, away from the home.

4

Visit & risk assessment

A visit to the home follows, and we complete an internal risk assessment within 72 hours of admission.

5

Welcome & induction

The young person receives a welcome pack, a guide and an induction covering fire safety and the local area.

6

Ongoing review

Monthly review meetings monitor the young person’s growth plan and progress.

Emergency placements

Placements at short notice.

BremCare is able to provide emergency placements. Each referral is considered on the information provided, to inform a robust risk assessment. Where additional staffing is needed to meet a young person’s identified need, this is funded by the local authority.

  • Planned and emergency placements
  • Robust, individual risk assessment
  • Flexible staffing up to 24 hours a day
  • Joined-up working with placing authorities
Make a referral

Talk to our placements team.

For all referral and care-package matters, contact our placements team. We respond quickly and can assess at short notice.

Email a referral Call 07842 016389

placements@bremcareltd.com

What we need

Helpful information for a referral.

The more we know, the faster we can confirm whether we can meet a young person’s needs.

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About the young person

Age, background and the local authority making the referral.

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Placement type

Whether you need a planned or emergency placement, and when.

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Support needs

Any health, education, behavioural or cultural needs to consider.

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Your contact

The best way to reach you to discuss next steps quickly.

Common questions

Questions placing authorities ask.

If your question isn’t answered here, our placements team is happy to talk it through.

We respond to enquiries quickly and can assess at short notice. For emergency placements, each referral is considered on the information provided so we can complete a robust risk assessment without delay.

Looked-after young people aged 16 and over, including those with additional needs such as mental health needs, learning difficulties or autism. Support is tailored to each young person’s plan.

Flexible support up to 24 hours a day, including waking-night and sleep-in cover, with high-support staffing arranged where a young person’s assessed needs require it. Additional staffing to meet an identified need is funded by the placing authority.

Yes — BremCare is registered with Ofsted as a provider of supported accommodation (URN 2753118), with safer recruitment, trained staff and clear, transparent ways for young people to be heard.

Every young person has a growth plan reviewed at monthly meetings, alongside an internal risk assessment completed within 72 hours of admission and ongoing joined-up working with the placing authority.