“Input from the therapeutic team is clearly embedded in both written plans and day-to-day practice, ensuring that children receive tailored, responsive support.”
Every child in our care receives support that’s thoughtfully tailored to their individual needs. Guided by therapeutic assessment and delivered through evidence-based models, our approach helps children feel safe, understood, and empowered to grow. Whether they’re navigating trauma or living with a learning disability, our care is rooted in compassion, consistency, and connection.
We provide a comprehensive and personalised therapy offer, combining specialist expertise with a child centred approach to help every young person overcome challenges, build resilience and achieve their full potential.
Helps children develop the skills they need for everyday life. From getting dressed to managing their emotions. OT can support children with sensory processing needs, fine & gross motor skills, and developing independence through structured, playful activities.
Supports children who experience challenges with speech, language, communication, or swallowing. Therapists work to help children express themselves, understand others, & build meaningful social connections, using fun, interactive methods tailored to their needs.
Offers in-depth assessments and therapeutic input to understand a child’s emotional world, behaviours, and developmental needs. Clinical psychologists also support teams and families with strategies to respond in nurturing, effective ways.
Provides a safe, supportive space for children to explore emotions, thoughts, or past experiences using age-appropriate approaches. This may include play-based methods, creative expression, or gentle conversation — all adapted to the child’s developmental stage and comfort level.
Focuses on understanding the reasons behind behaviours and teaching positive, functional alternatives. Often used for children with learning disabilities, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a compassionate, proactive approach that promotes wellbeing and independence.
Helps children make sense of their past by exploring their personal history in a safe, supported way. Through guided storytelling and creative work, children can build a clearer identity and strengthen their sense of self.
Some children benefit from therapeutic input that includes those closest to them. We offer guidance and support for carers and families to help strengthen attachment, understanding, and confidence in caring for their child.
Specialist support, tailored to each child’s needs
We are proud to have a talented team of therapists working closely with us at PJL. With a rich mix of professional backgrounds and specialist knowledge, they bring a truly multidisciplinary approach to supporting our children.
Our therapeutic approach is not “one size fits all”. Every child’s personal needs are assessed and planned for, seamlessly integrating their support into everyday life.
Our care is never one-size-fits-all.
Each child’s therapeutic journey begins with a detailed assessment led by our in-house therapy team.
From there, we create a tailored support plan grounded in either a trauma informed therapeutic parenting approach (for children who have experienced trauma & attachment disruption), Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) for children with learning disabilities, or a carefully balanced combination of both.
PACE is the relational foundation of our homes. It is not simply a therapeutic approach or pathway, but a way of being that shapes the culture, relationships and everyday life within our homes.
PACE stands for Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy. These principles help adults build safe, trusting relationships by looking beyond behaviour and seeking to understand what children may be communicating through their emotions, needs and experiences.
Whatever a young person’s individual needs may be, PACE underpins how adults relate to them and to each other. It helps create homes where children feel safer, better understood and more able to build positive relationships with themselves and others.
All adults begin with a 12 week PACE programme delivered by a Clinical Psychologist, with learning continuing through ongoing training, reflective practice and daily support from leaders. This ensures therapeutic thinking is not something separate from care, but woven into everyday life across our homes.
At PJL, we believe a child’s environment plays a vital role in their wellbeing, growth, and healing.
Our homes are thoughtfully designed to provide more than safety; they offer warm, nurturing spaces where children can feel comfortable, valued, and secure. From calming colour schemes and natural light to carefully planned sensory and relaxation areas, every detail supports emotional regulation and a sense of belonging.
By creating homely environments free from clinical signage and institutional features, we help children settle, build confidence, and thrive in a place that truly feels like home.
Hear what people say about our therapeutic approach
“Input from the therapeutic team is clearly embedded in both written plans and day-to-day practice, ensuring that children receive tailored, responsive support.”
Ofsted inspector
“PJL is an organisation where, as a professional, you can feel genuine optimism for young people who present with the most complex needs and backgrounds. It is not a place where people are scared to use important words like “love”, and everyone who works here is absolutely committed to giving the young people they care for all the reparative experiences that they need to truly heal.”
Clinical Psychologist
Children and staff receive highly beneficial support from a clinical psychologist.
As a result, staff have a thorough understanding of how to meet children’s mental health needs, and children engage with therapy in an environment in which they feel safe.
Working therapeutically with children is fully embedded into practice.
Ofsted inspector
