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Children's residential care

Children's residential care in West Midlands

Keys runs therapeutic children's residential homes across the West Midlands for young people with a variety of behaviours and identified needs who need a stable, supportive home. Provision includes dual placements in multi-bed homes, in single and mixed-gender settings.

Places Available

7-18

On admission

Region

West Midlands

Regulated by

Ofsted

Areas we serve

Across West Midlands

Keys supports children and young people placed by local authorities across the West Midlands. Each home is registered with and inspected by Ofsted, the regulator for children's social care in England.

Homes provide spacious bedrooms, communal living areas, outdoor recreational space, educational resources, and therapeutic rooms. Placements can be dual occupancy, and homes range from two to five beds, giving placement teams choice across the county and the wider Midlands.

Birmingham Solihull Coventry Wolverhampton Dudley Walsall Sandwell East Staffordshire Stafford South Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent North Warwickshire Warwick Worcester Herefordshire, County of Shropshire Telford and Wrekin

For children’s safety we describe the areas we support rather than naming individual children’s homes or addresses. We also accept referrals from beyond West Midlands.

About Children’s Residential Care

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For Professionals

Placement & pathways in West Midlands

Information for placing teams

Placing social workers and commissioners can check current vacancies in the West Midlands with the Keys referrals team. Every placement starts with an initial enquiry and a thorough assessment of the young person's needs before a suitable home is identified, with ongoing support once they move in. Staff are trained in the Keys Connect trauma-informed model.

Refer to West Midlands

Our placements team will talk through the young person’s needs and current availability across West Midlands, usually the same working day.

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Support centred around each individual.

We call it Connected Support.

A network of Care, Education and Health services for children, young people and adults, seamlessly connecting specialist schools, alternative learning solutions, children’s homes, adult residential, supported living and health services and expertise.

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