Alternative Education Provision
Cambridge Acorn Project provides holistic and bespoke therapeutic interventions on a one-to-one basis.
Our Alternative Education provision combines direct long-term therapy delivered by a registered, experienced practitioner as well as access to family work designed to reduce inequality around the young person and promote long term positive outcomes. The aim of this therapeutic work is to work holistically with the young person and the structures around them (family, home, school) in order to increase their wellbeing and support them to reengage with education.
Our therapeutic work is grounded in attachment theory, empathy, and reflective practice. Our model prioritises shared decision making and feedback informed treatment ensuring children and young people are at the heart of their own therapeutic journeys.
This supportive approach gives the child or young person the time needed to build strong positive relationships facilitating long-term change. Our interventions work across multiple domains to improve wellbeing, and support young people to transition back into mainstream/other provision. We work structurally with the young person and their environment to reduce disadvantage and inequality, decrease familial stress and increase social freedom.
Our programmes include:
Initial inequality assessment (shared decision-making tool) undertaken by a trained assessor to develop the most appropriate bespoke therapeutic programme
39 hours of direct therapeutic work delivered by an experienced and registered therapeutic practitioner (e.g. HCPC, SWE, UKCP, BACP, BPS)
20 hours of family work with and around the child or young person delivered by an experienced family worker
Access to a programme coordinator who will be a point of contact for school and be able to work with multi-disciplinary teams
