Children’s Residential Care

Hampshire has eleven residential establishments within its boundaries.

Five homes cater for children and young people with long-term needs, i.e. those who need a period of stability in a residential unit (up to two years) to enable them to move on to a long term placement with foster carers, on to independence or back home to their families. These five units serve the whole County rather than their local area specifically.

Two establishments cater for young people who need a limited period of support (up to six months) and generally serve the district within which they are located.  The emphasis for these units is to progress plans for young people to enable them to return home as quickly as possible or to move them on to a family placement or on to independence. For those young people whose plan is to return home, the care offered by these establishments may be shared with parents in order to support them and aid the transition back home full time.

All seven described above are centrally line managed as part of the County's residential service.

Three establishments offer planned respite care to children with disabilities. These are line managed locally as part of an integrated family support service.

We also have a secure unit to which young people are referred by the courts. This is a national resource. Some young people are also in the secure unit for their own protection, rather than being detained because of offences they have committed.