About Serendipity Family Assessment Centre

Serendipity’s Values

Serendipity will work in partnership with families to protect children and prevent family breakdown.
We will operate pro-social modelling whereby staff present positive role models to reinforce positive parenting and sociable behaviour.
We encourage the use of cognitive skills such as consequential thinking, problem solving and critical reasoning.
We are committed to ensuring quality for families and will regularly monitor and review our services, we welcome feedback to enable us to continuously develop and improve.

Serendipity’s Beliefs

We believe that every individual should be treated with dignity and respect.
We believe that families can resolve difficulties together.
We believe that every individual should have the opportunities, support and encouragement to exercise control over their own lives, whilst acknowledging their responsibilities.

Serendipity’s Purpose

Serendipity provides placements for families, who are in difficulty.
We aim to provide assessments which are independent, child centred and detailed according to good practice and childcare legislation.
We will work with families to instil hope by building on their existing and possibly hidden strengths.

Serendipity’s Aims

To provide a residential centre of the highest standard, with the protection of children being paramount.
To promote the welfare of the families in our care as a priority.
To tackle discrimination, promote independence and ensure equality of opportunity is achieved.
To provide high quality staff to meet the diverse needs of the families.
To provide information and support to each individual.
To teach each person to develop their self esteem and encourage the learning of parenting, life and social skills.
To ensure that the families in our care will be given every opportunity through the progressive and continual encouraging of each individual to overcome any disadvantage they may have encountered.

Our Values, Beliefs, Purpose and Aims