We are a service provider who offer a range of options to sustain Family, Kin, Foster and other supported living arrangements.
We offer three diverse ranges of client care for Young People, Families, Carers (Foster & Kin), and Service Providers.
These Principles are how we hold ourselves accountable to ensure the A.R.C.H.E.S. Model of Care is being delivered to every client.
Founded in 2019, Arches Accommodation Supports was created after our sister company, Real Support Services, continued to receive referrals for Young People where traditional residential care models were unable to support their needs.
We recognised the sector needed something different and innovative to respond to this need. Arches Accommodation Supports created an alternative to standard residential care.
We work collaboratively with existing services to tailor care that is individualised to the Young Person’s needs, with a focus on Trauma-Informed, Therapeutic and Strengths-Based practice.
We continue to develop and expand the ARCHES Practice Framework, Services, and Training through consultation with Child Safety, Community Organisations and Stakeholders. This ensures that we are sustaining Family, Kin, Foster, and other supported living arrangements as the central focal point of each decision we make along the way.
We follow the Arches Practice Framework to ensure that our team are delivering a client-centred approach every step of the way. Through our client journey, we are committed to providing a strengths-based and trauma-informed practice to help our clients achieve best outcomes.
Our Service Delivery Approach is designed to assist Carers, Young People, Stakeholders and Families through the implementation of the Arches Practice Framework, underpinned by Therapeutic Relationships, Trauma Informed Practices, Realistic Case Planning and an overall Collaborative Approach.
This is available for Young People who require expert residential care and where other models aren’t able to meet their needs.
Designed to help Carers (Foster and Kin), Residential Placements, and Families who are considering relinquishing care of a Young Person due to challenges.
This is proactive in application and includes the development of carer resilience and reduction of carer burnout, fatigue, and turnover.
We are focused on increasing and building interpersonal relationships through an informed and collaborative approach.
We take into account what Young People want and how we can better approach their needs. This is crucial in our models and frameworks.
We give support, training and informed guidance to help prevent burnout, cultivate existing relationships, and ensure goals are reached during support periods.
We help service providers and other agencies ensure the best possible outcome is reached for all clients and stakeholders involved through feedback and training.
This is available for Young People who require expert residential care and where other models (co-tenancy/group residences) aren’t able to meet their needs.
We help transition clients into longer term placement options, while working alongside incoming providers in a planned handover of case management.
We provide a client-centred, relationship based, trauma informed intervention underpinned by the A.R.C.H.E.S. Model of Care.
The safety, containment, psychological and emotional regulation for the client is the key focus.
We help the development of carer resilience and reduction of carer burnout, fatigue, and turnover.
This approach is to help develop and strengthen confidence and the relationship of all parties involved.
This is proactive in application and includes scheduled consistency to support the sustainment of a current placement.
With naturalised experiences such as sleepovers or staying with family, Young People can have their own time tailored to their planned respite.
Designed to help Carers (Foster and Kin), Residential Placements, and Families who are considering relinquishing care of a Young Person due to challenges being experienced.
This breakdown may have been caused from complex trauma being experienced and challenging/pain based behaviours being displayed.
Empowering all involved, through specialised crisis responses, training, direct client work, and psychoeducation to stabilise care arrangements and on-going placement options.
To assist the Young Person to remain in their primary residence with carers and be supported to engage, we can look at a shared schedule with alternating nights. Carers can also be provided with in-home support to facilitate and repair relationship dynamics with collaborative problem solving.
We will provide support for an agreed number of nights per week outside the home at a respite placement.
Supporting clients in a trauma informed and strengths based approach. Focusing on mental, physical, emotional, and social skills and overall well-being.
This is proactive in application and includes scheduled and consistent support to assist long term sustainment and stability of a current placement.
We help the development of carer resilience and assist in reducing carer burnout, fatigue, and turnover. We can also assist with facilitated relationship repair between Carer and Young Person where required.
With naturalised experiences such as sleepovers or staying with family, Young People can have their own time tailored to their planned respite.
This service is operated from Friday to Sunday evening, however can be planned and scheduled in advance for alternative days where required.
We understand that every situation and circumstance is different. If you believe that one of our service models would be beneficial to your situation, particular case or perhaps you’d just like to learn more about how we can help, contact us below!
The A.C.T.E.D. Principles serve to assist our team to set a standard of professionalism while simultaneously cultivating best practices required for successful strength-based client care. By breaking down what we need to do and how we need to do it, we ensure our organisation promotes a culture of open and transparent work methods, reflection, continuous improvement, and recognition- with high support and high accountability underpinning our processes to achieve outcomes.
Instilling ethical, impactful, and forward-thinking practices, to deliver meaningful trauma-informed outcomes for Families, Young People, and the Community Sector.
The Arches Foundation would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work. We would also like to pay respect to the elders, past, present, and emerging.