How safe are our children?
The UK could be severely under-estimating child abuse levels according to US actor and director David Schwimmer, best known for his role as Ross Geller in the TV series Friends.
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New Head Teacher to Lead Exciting Growth at Bryn Melyn Care Education Provision
A new Head Teacher has been appointed to lead education services at Bryn Melyn Care at their expanding independent school based in Shropshire at the vocational and education training site near Wem. Following the recent recruitment process, Bryn Melyn Care is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Lisa Garside as Head Teacher of Smallbrook…
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Plan for Bryn Melyn Care school to expand Gateway site with additional pupil facilities
Plans to build additional teaching facilities at Bryn Melyn Care’s independent registered school, Gateway VTEC site. Bryn Melyn Care has submitted plans to extend the teaching facilities at their school site in Wem, near Shrewsbury. The proposed single storey modular building will provide additional teaching facilities at the existing Gateway site. This will include eight…
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The Survey Results are in
The results of the Bryn Melyn Care annual employee survey are in and many thanks to all who input into this year’s employee survey, we had over twice as many responses as last year. It was great to hear how passionate everyone feels about the work we do, with nearly all of us finding our roles at…
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Building Resiliency at Bryn Melyn Care
Building Resiliency at Bryn Melyn Care Assistant Psychologist, Jade from the clinical team attended ‘Understanding and Promoting Resilience’ training in the heart of Birmingham city centre along with many other professionals from a variety of children’s services provisions from around the country. Boing Boing’, a service dedicated to understanding and developing resilience research and practice…
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Beginning attachments
Inductees took part in the Beginning Attachments Training Programme. A group of 18 staff members attended the Beginning Attachments Programme as part of their Induction to Bryn Melyn Care. The three-day course, piloted by Bryn Melyn Care, has been developed by Psychologist Kim Golding and is based on Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP). DDP draws on…
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A positive outcome…
Marketing Manager, Sharon Rees, Head of Care, James Flanagan and Head of Clinical Services, Lucy Wheen travelled to Birmingham on 20th January to represent Bryn Melyn Care at the latest Children and Young People Now Conference. The day, entitled Achieving Outcomes for Children: Evidence-Based Thinking in Practice, promised to be thought provoking and did not…
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Clinical Team DBT Training
Therapy group work pioneered at Smallbrook School by the Bryn Melyn Care Clinical Team has been showcased to healthcare professionals from all parts of Britain. More than 50 psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, nursing staff and other mental health and care professionals from England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man, attended a five-day Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Intensive Training seminar and workshop in Reading.
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