Mission “Work collaboratively with communities to enable children and young people with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs to unlock their full potential.”
Our Values:
Trust We build trust by being honest, transparent, and accountable in the way we work with children and young people, staff, and partners and by providing services and programmes whose outcomes are measurable and evidenced based.
Collaborative Relationships are at the heart of our work. We prioritise communication and collaboration with partners, families, and communities, believing that by working together we create more effective and holistic outcomes for children and young people.
Empowering We co-create opportunities for our children, young people, parents/carers and staff to actively participate in decision-making that influences change. We promote the voices of children and young people in our organisation and the wider community.
Nurturing We provide a nurturing approach based on safety and space for creativity, exploration, and growth. We support and care for our children, young people, and staff to realise their potential
Impact We are committed to measuring our impact through a data driven method in order to develop our programmes and make a greater difference to the lives of children, young people, and their parents and carers
Our strategic goals:
• We deliver high performing therapeutic programmes and education provision for children and young people with SEMH needs. • We work in collaboration with families, communities, and other partners to ensure that children and young people access the interventions they need in order to thrive. • We work in a trauma informed way that is child centric and attachment based, with a total commitment to excellent safeguarding practice. • We cultivate a workforce of knowledgeable and skilled staff who are passionate about supporting children and young people to make positive changes in their lives.
Description Unlocking Potential deliver high performing therapeutic programmes and education provision for children and young people with SEMH needs. We work in collaboration with families, communities, and other partners to ensure that children and young people access the interventions they need in order to thrive.
Schools Programme
This is a school-based Children’s Mental Health service which benefits the whole school community. Our multi-disciplinary team provides high-quality support to children and families affected by social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH), delivering flexible, timely and targeted interventions to improve emotional wellbeing and support children to thrive. We believe that early intervention improves the life chances of vulnerable children.
We work in partnership with children, parents, carers and school staff delivering interventions which best meet the children’s assessed needs. We play an important role in each school’s pastoral system in the knowledge that working together benefits the child.
The Corner School
The Corner School is our own Independent Special School graded Good by Ofsted in 2022. We believe that every child can learn and enjoy a fulfilling school life, regardless of their social, emotional and mental health needs.
Our dedicated team of teachers, teaching assistants and therapists work together to develop personalised, dynamic support for each learner enabling them to grow in their own unique way.
We offer a safe and nurturing environment and the stability needed to gain an emotional balance and to develop their self-esteem and resilience.
Partnership Work
We work with various partners to transform life chances within local communities
UP-Unlocking Potential has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The UP-Unlocking Potential employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 81% of employees would recommend working at UP-Unlocking Potential to a friend. This is based on 20 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
100% of job seekers rate their interview experience at UP-Unlocking Potential as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at UP-Unlocking Potential.