Our unique ‘whole childhood’ approach ensures stability, strong relationships, and life-long support - far beyond a single placement. By choosing Break as a service provider, you not only reap the benefits of our experience and professionalism, but also our unique, life-long approach – meaning our support lasts forever.
The young people we support need strong relationships to enable them to thrive. Working through a trauma-informed lens and recognising behaviour as ways of communication, we understand the complex experiences of the young people in our care and ensure they get the very best support by carers who really know them.
Why choose us
Working closely with commissioners, we provide specialist, adaptable support that evolves with each individual’s needs. As they grow, our approach reduces costs while maintaining continuity with trusted staff. With Break, young people aren’t just cared for—they’re given a future.
By choosing Break, you benefit from our expertise, innovation, and commitment to better outcomes, all while ensuring exceptional value for money.
And because we’re a not-for-profit, we invest all our charitable income to fill those gaps in care, offering more innovative opportunities and experiences that empower young people.
Our impact
The impact of our approach is clear in the achievements and growth of the young people we support. They are well-prepared to navigate life's challenges, as seen in their school attendance, academic results, and overall emotional and physical well-being. Our young people accomplish incredible things and have bright, promising futures ahead of them.
Our approach
We work in a therapeutic way informed by the following models:
This is a relationship-based model that draws on attachment theory and brain development to help focus professionals and families on the key aspects of positive relationships, containment and reciprocity. This approach strengthens families understanding of each other and can support professionals to deepen their understanding of a young person’s behaviour.
This approach believes that each person deserves to be treated with dignity, and possess a unique inner richness and potential which we can help them unfold, to do so requires building meaningful and authentic relationships. By following this, we work in a holistic way that supports their well-being learning and growth, so we can recognise their potential, qualities, strengths and interests.
This model of practice is based on sound therapeutic principles which promote positive behaviour strategies such as, consistency, de-escalation and behaviour analysis. This enables us to design individual strategies to reduce risks. It provides a selection of tools to support the understanding and analysis of behaviour, which in turn supports planning for positive behaviour, such as: Roots and Fruits which encourages us to look at the young person’s experiences, Anxiety Mapping which helps identify areas of both high and low anxiety and Individual Risk Management Plans for a detailed plan of how to support a young person consistently.
This is a strengths based approach and grounded in partnership and collaboration, understanding that networks of support are valued. It promotes honest communication about worries to help build meaningful relationships so the young person can feel safe. Signs of Safety is a solution focused approach to child and family work. It assists us identify strengths to then use them to help reduce risks.