Pathfinder Care is a trauma informed practice grounded in an understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma. This is a strengths-based framework which is founded on five core principles – safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration and empowerment as well as respect for diversity. In trauma informed services trauma survivors are seen as unique individuals who have experienced extremely abnormal situations and have managed as best they could.

Our residential services focus on empowering young people to develop their social, emotional, independence and functional skills, enabling them to acquire coping mechanisms for the future, and take steps towards resilience and wellbeing.

We work in partnership with families, carers, child safety, stakeholders and the young person themselves to identify the most suitable residential care placement, which will fully meet their requirements and provide the best level of support.

Our professional care staff are carefully recruited and matched to our clients. Our Client services, Rostering and Administrative personnel are recruited for their expertise. Every situation is obviously different and so our services must be carefully and individually tailored to meet each person’s needs. We first take the time to understand each client, their needs and their goals and we then work towards developing a solution to match. Once the model of care is in place, there is an ongoing process of liaison and co-ordination to ensure the client’s needs and goals are continually being met.

The NDIS Price Guide and Catalogue contains a lengthy list of service details and prices (and limits) that are adhered to by Pathfinder care.
Prices are available via the link below. For a detailed explanation of our services and prices, please contact us. NDIS providers/price guides and pricing.

At Pathfinder Care, residential children’s houses are chosen to be homely, comfortable and welcoming, enabling the young people in our care to feel safe and looked after. We offer everything that you’d expect to find in a family home, balanced alongside relevant modifications, enabling us to provide the best care for individuals’ needs.

Our residential houses also offer home cooked nutritious meals that are prepared by staff ensuring young people eat well and individual dietary needs are met where appropriate. Young people are encouraged to participate in meal choice and preparation.

Our multidisciplinary teams are made up of highly skilled and experienced individuals, all of whom are committed to caring for and improving the lives of young people. Our fully trained and experienced residential support workers ensure that all homes maintain a broad and diverse staffing in terms of gender, ethnicity, age and background. All staff undergo a rigorous recruitment process so are skilled and experienced within their role . At Pathfinder Care, it is imperative that staff teams are nurtured, supported and developed throughout their employment in order to be able to provide the best possible service and outcomes for our children and young people.

Training for staff is continuous and covers all key areas that are pertinent to the role. Training also ensures that staff remain knowledgeable in their practice and understand the needs of our young people, are able to engage in behaviour support and management, are diverse, adaptive and dynamic in their approach to behaviour support, and ultimately are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people. All staff are trained to at least Community Services Cert 3 or are enrolled and working towards this within six months of their employment.

We understand that it’s not always possible to plan a placement within a residential children’s home. As such, we will consider emergency placements in order to stabilise behaviours, assess risk, and allow a young person to enter care as quickly and as smoothly as possible.