Clyde Unit specialises in working with nine young people, aged between thirteen and sixteen, who have a history of disruption in their lives. These young people are looked after and accommodated as a result of appearing before a Children's Hearing. They may be involved in offending behaviours, such as truanting from school or display patterns of behaviour, which are associated with experiencing family breakdown, separation and loss.
Within the unit there are nine full time staff, all of whom have varying levels of qualifications and experience. Annualised hours, part-time, sessional and domestic staff complements this core group of workers. The Operational Manager and the Service Manager undertake direct management responsibility within the unit. However, overall management responsibility is that of the Operational Manager who reports to the agency's Head of Residential Social Work Services; one of four Senior Managers who are responsible for the daily operational procedures of the agency and whose designated remit on campus is that of residential social work services.
Within Clyde the staffing ratio is 1:3 and there are a number of specialist intervention programmes available, namely:
The Social Education Team within Kibble facilitates the delivery of these services working closely with unit staff. In addition, psychologically based assessments are completed on admission to identify the needs and risks of these young people.
All pupils within Kibble are offered a broad curriculum and timetable encompassing an individualised educational timetable with an eight period a day academic, aesthetic, technological, scientific and physical education. All subject areas offer nationally recognised awards, namely, to Standard and Higher Still levels.
In addition, we have a range of vocational and work experience opportunities available for young people with each young person benefiting from a flexible learning programme individually tailored within a carefully structured living environment.
Clyde Unit not only embraces but operates to the principles outlined in the National Care Standards as stated in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001. The standards were developed from the point of view of the young people who use the services. They describe what each individual young person can expect from the agency. The standards are grouped together under headings that follow the young person's journey through our continuum of services.