Our focus is on supporting our student's learning and development through education and social care in a warm, safe, consistent and understanding environment.

All of our services have a homely feel. The children and young people in our care have bright, optimistic spaces to call their own, with the freedom to create the kind of environment they feel good about. Cambian's residential facilities provide between 60 and 80 square metres of floor space per resident offering a range of on-site facilities from classrooms, occupational therapy rooms, sensory rooms and open areas for leisure.

Our services have well-designed outdoor spaces with garden areas for the people in our care to plant and tend herbs, lettuces, tomatoes and vegetables. For children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders, this kind of educational experience can be wonderfully therapeutic. The feel of the soil, the different texture of the leaves and other parts of the plants and the satisfaction of working with nature to produce tangible results. These are valuable, hands-on experiences that help those in our care understand more about their world, and more about themselves.

Our service focuses on preparing individuals to transitions into the community by promoting independent living skills, community activities and choice. 

If you would like some advice or more information on our services and what we can do for you, email us here to discuss a referral in confidence.

Cooperage 

Cooperage is a small, nurturing children’s home providing care for up to three children with social and emotional difficulties and/or physical and learning disabilities. The home offers highly effective, personalised support in a safe and supportive environment, consistently exceeding standards of good practice. Through compassionate care and skilled support, Cooperage helps children and young people achieve significantly improved outcomes and enjoy positive, meaningful experiences during their time with us.

Read the latest Ofsted Report here.

Mill House

County Durham

The Mill House is a specialist pathways service set in a semi-rural area in North East England, offering 52-week residential placements for young adults with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders and complex needs.

The base package for each young person we support includes a minimum of one to one care and involves; active support, educational support, positive behaviour support, leisure pursuits, social identity, family maintenance, holidays, and access to professionals as required.

The Mill House is a five-bed detached house set in approximately 3/4 of an acre of mature gardens, it is a spacious house with easily accessible and suitably decorated rooms. The Mill House is a small home-from-home service, which provides a home for no more than 5 young people aged between 16 and 30. 

River Cottage

County Durham

River Cottage provides an innovative, dynamic, alternative service to traditional learning and developmental disability services, for young people.

We have proven track record of reintergraiton into a meaningful community life, including education and academic achievement. We place a strong emphasis on the importance of developing social skills, life skills and citizenship and actively promote opportunities to participate in the local community life.

Our core ethos at River Cottage is that we have the individual at the centre of all we do. Our individualty model upderpins and informs all of our services and operations.

At River Cottage we continuously strive to create the type of innovative approach that emcompasses the values of meaningful citizenship with the recognition of the importance of the individual. While we ensure that by listening to the young people and their families, we are able to creatively respond to changing needs and provide a robust service that is both responsive and effective.

River View

County Durham

River View is a specialist pathways service set in a semi-rural area in North East England, offering 52-week residential placements for young adults with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders and complex needs.

The base package for each young person we support includes a minimum of one to one care and involves; active support, educational support, positive behaviour support, leisure pursuits, social identity, family maintenance, holidays, and access to professionals as required.

River View is a three-bed detached house set in approximately 1/2 of an acre of mature gardens, it is a family home easily accessible and suitably decorated rooms. River View is a small home-from-home service, which provides a home for no more than 3 young people aged between 16 and 26.