ARK can provide a day provision for young people of varying needs. This includes, children experiencing difficulties in school, those with neurodiversity, home-schooled children and those who are not in education, employment or training.

ARK has two qualified teachers and two registered social workers as part of the experienced and skilled staff team. Staff can support students and their support workers, parents or Teaching Assistants to access the opportunities on offer with the goal to be able to join in with our small community to foster a sense of belonging and social inclusion. This will help develop a young person’s self-worth, sense of identity, social and emotional skills and help to build resilience and confidence. We can tailor our service to meet the individual needs of the young person and the referring agency, offering short or full days (10am-3pm). We can offer young people the opportunity to be a part of a safe and nurturing environment, to learn to be themselves, to be accepting of others, to be able to develop emotionally and socially or to work towards specific goals and their aspirations.

We welcome the chance to work alongside colleagues in education, health and local authority to ensure that any young person, has the best chance to have their needs holistically met.

ARK staff are not able to work on a one-to-one basis; however, we support, monitor and supervise small groups; most young people attend ARK with an adult who can support and supervise them as needed. In some circumstances, young people are able to access ARK without support, but be discussed and agreed in advance.