Care Pathway
An inclusive step-down placement pathway.
- Tier 4 CAMHS or inpatient mental health settings
- Secure or welfare secure environments
- Hospital failed discharges
- Unregulated or emergency placements where stability has not been achieved
Our role is to provide a regulated, therapeutic bridge — offering containment, clinical oversight and consistency, while actively working towards reduced restriction and increased independence.
Step-down Placement Pathway
Each placement is clinically formulated, outcome-focused and designed with a clear trajectory towards step-down from the outset.
Through our recognised targeted model of care, we aim to step down the care each young person receives, ultimately leading to the effective transition into independent or semi-independent living.
- Staged introduction to therapeutic placement
- Meet Oakfield Clinical Team
- Psychological Assessments / MDT review
- Formation of person-centred care package and collaborative goal setting
- Formation of meaningful relationships and secure attachments
- Development of social interaction and inclusion
- Building of identity and self
- Intensive Trauma focused therapeutic work
- Building tools to identify, process and regulate negative emotions and maladaptive behaviours
- Therapeutic driven environment to ensure consistency for the child
- Reflection and Resilience as core components of Therapeutic goals
- Promotion and development of life skills, resilience, education and vocations
- Future collaborative planning within care plan reviews
- Working closely with local services to promote step-down facilities / reducing package of care.