Residential care & everyday support
A settled place to live, and a routine that makes sense
Ambitions First Care provides residential accommodation and day-to-day support for young people. We work by referral with local authorities, social work teams and placing organisations, and we are explicit about how the young people in our care are looked after, recorded and reviewed.
What guides us
Four commitments that shape every placement
These are not slogans on a wall. They are the tests we apply to rotas, records, activities and decisions about individual young people.
Safeguarding comes first
If a decision cannot be justified against a young person’s safety and wellbeing, it does not go ahead. Concerns are recorded, escalated and reviewed rather than absorbed quietly.
Records you can rely on
Daily notes, incident records, contact logs and review minutes are written when they happen, so that anyone reading the file later can see what occurred and what was done.
One consistent staff team
Young people are supported by a small, familiar team, so that relationships, routines and agreed boundaries do not restart with every shift change.
Independence is the goal
Support is built around the skills a young person needs for the next stage: cooking, budgeting, appointments, education, volunteering and work.
Who we are
A care provider built around the young people who live here
Ambitions First Care Ltd is a UK care provider offering residential accommodation and everyday support for young people. We are set up for young people who need a stable base, predictable adults and help with the ordinary business of growing up — school or college, health appointments, friendships, hobbies and the practical skills that make independent living possible.
We are deliberately small and deliberately explicit. Referrers can see how we plan a placement, how we record what happens, how we involve the young person in decisions and how we escalate concerns. Nothing in our approach relies on a young person being easy to support.
- Residential accommodation with individual bedrooms and shared living space
- Support agreed in a written placement plan and reviewed regularly
- Named key worker relationships alongside a consistent wider team
- Clear reporting back to the placing authority, on the timescales agreed
Residential accommodationWhat we provide
Six areas of support, written down and reviewed
Each area below has an agreed standard behind it. Referrers and placing teams can ask to see the current version of any of them.
Residential Accommodation
A stable, safe place to live, with the young person’s own space and a shared home that is looked after properly.
- Individual bedroom and personal space
- Shared living, kitchen and garden areas
- House rules agreed with the young person
- Health, safety and fire arrangements checked routinely
Weekly fee quoted after assessment
Daily Routine Support
Structure that a young person can predict, with enough flexibility to accommodate school, work, appointments and interests.
- Morning and evening routines agreed together
- Meals planned, cooked and shared
- Appointments and travel supported
- Sleep, screen and activity rhythms reviewed
Day service £96 per day
Personal Development
Practical, incremental work on the skills that make independent living realistic.
- Cooking, laundry and household tasks
- Budgeting and handling money safely
- Confidence, self-advocacy and decision making
- Hobbies, sport and volunteering
Life-skills session £58 per session
Education Liaison
We treat education as a core part of a placement, not an optional extra alongside it.
- Attendance and progress monitored and shared
- Contact with school, college or provider
- A quiet place and predictable time to study
- Support at meetings and reviews
One-to-one support £34 per hour
Social Participation
Support to build and keep relationships, interests and a life outside the house.
- Clubs, groups and community activity
- Planning and practising time out and about
- Contact with family and friends, arranged openly
- Online safety and digital wellbeing
One-to-one support £34 per hour
Safeguarding & Reporting
Written policy, trained staff and a reporting route that works at night and at weekends, not only in office hours.
- Clear thresholds for recording and escalating
- Named safeguarding lead arrangements
- Regular staff training and reflective practice
- Open, honest reporting to placing teams
Covered in every service we provide
How we work
From first enquiry to a settled placement
A referral should feel orderly. Here is the sequence we follow, and what happens at each point.
Enquiry and information sharing
We take the referral, read the paperwork properly and ask the questions that matter before we say yes to anything.
Assessment and matching
We look at what the young person needs, what our home can realistically provide, and where the honest gaps are.
Planning the first week
The placement plan, staffing arrangements, education contacts and risk information are agreed before the young person arrives.
Review and adjust
Formal reviews on the agreed cycle, plus informal check-ins. Plans change when circumstances change, and the record shows why.
Daily life
The parts of the week nobody photographs
Shared meals, homework at the kitchen table, the walk to the bus, a shift handover that actually tells the next person something useful.
Garden and outdoor space
Bedrooms and shared halls
Routines and handovers
Reviews and planning
Staff team and training
Policies and records
Safeguarding
The part of our work we hold to the highest standard
Young people in residential care are some of the people most likely to need adults to notice things and act on them. Our safeguarding arrangements assume that will happen, and are built so that noticing leads to a recorded, traceable response.
- Written safeguarding policy, reviewed on a fixed cycle
- Recruitment follows safer-recruitment practice, including references and checks
- Every member of staff completes safeguarding induction before working unsupervised
- Concerns reported to placing authorities promptly, in line with the agreed protocol
- Independent advocacy and complaints routes signposted to every young person
Record it
Written at the time, with the young person’s own words where possible.
Escalate it
Clear thresholds and named people, so nothing waits for a Monday.
Work together
With social workers, health, education and the young person’s family where appropriate.
Review it
Patterns are looked at, not just individual events.
Referrals
Referring a young person to Ambitions First Care
We accept referrals from local authorities, social work teams, and commissioning and placing organisations. Initial conversations are straightforward and without obligation: we would rather tell you early that a placement is not right for us than take it and struggle.
To start, send us the referral information you already hold. We will confirm receipt, tell you who is dealing with it and set out what we need next.
- A written referral and current care plan
- Education and health information available at the time of referral
- Any risk or vulnerability information the placing team holds
- Contact details for the person who will be the day-to-day link
B2B referral modelFees
What our services cost
Day services and support sessions run to a fixed pattern, so the rate is fixed too and it is published here. A residential placement is quoted in writing after assessment, because the staffing ratio and hours behind it differ from one young person to the next.
Day service
£96per day
10:00–18:00, one-to-one staffing, meals and local travel.
One-to-one support
£34per hour
Community, appointments or college support. Minimum three hours.
Life-skills session
£58per session
Two hours in the home, planned against a written target.
Next step
Talk to us about a placement
Whether you are ready to refer or simply testing whether we are the right fit, a short conversation will tell you more than a brochure will.