Therapeutic Care and PACE Parenting

Our approach is underpinned by the PACE model—Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy—creating a safe, nurturing environment where children can heal and thrive.

Therapeutic Care

The 6B’s Framework

1. BE SAFE

This principle emphasises the creation and maintenance of both physical and emotional safety. Children who have experienced trauma can only begin to heal when their environment is predictable, regulated, and staffed by emotionally attuned adults who understand their needs.
Creating safety is an organisational responsibility as well as a relational one

 

2. BELONG

A strong sense of belonging is central to recovery. Children must feel part of a stable, respectful community where they are accepted and valued. Building belonging helps counteract the instability and loss associated with early trauma

3. BOND

Healthy attachment relationships are the foundation for growth, learning, and emotional recovery. This element highlights the importance of consistent, dependable adult relationships that help repair past relational harm. Staff act as attuned, reliable role models who support secure connection 

4. BUILD

This focuses on supporting young people to develop emotional resilience, social skills, and academic achievement. Trauma‑informed care not only stabilises but actively builds capacity, confidence, and developmental progress 

5. BELIEVE

Children need to experience adults who believe in them, trust in their potential, and can confidently support them through risk, crisis, and challenge. Encouraging safe risk‑taking and fostering a sense of trust are essential for recovery and growth. 

6. BE ALL YOU CAN BE

This principle promotes ambition, self‑esteem, and potential. Adults must role‑model aspiration, self‑awareness, and resilience. The goal is to create conditions in which children — and staff — can flourish and fulfil their potential.

At Forte Care, we are fully committed to embedding the 6B’s approach throughout every layer of our organisation. This commitment includes:

✅ Whole‑Team Training & Continuous Learning

All staff—including senior leadership—engage in structured training, followed by monthly sessions and ongoing consultation to ensure the model is fully understood, consistently applied, and regularly reflected upon. Reflective logs and action planning ensure that learning is translated into The 6 B’s.

✅ Culture‑Driven Implementation

The 6B’s are not simply a model; they shape our organisational culture. Every interaction, environment, decision, and care plan is guided by trauma‑informed principles of safety, connection, and aspiration.

✅ Evidence‑Based Practice

The approach is grounded in psychoanalytic theory, humanistic psychology, PACE, transactional analysis, and research on what works best for traumatised children — ensuring that our care is not only compassionate but clinically informed and effective.

✅ Consistency in Daily Practice

We commit to demonstrating the 6B’s in everyday moments:

  1. creating safe spaces
  2. building trusting relationships
  3. supporting emotional regulation
  4. promoting resilience and educational progress
  5. encouraging healthy risk‑taking
  6. championing each child’s potential

✅ Shared Responsibility & Accountability

Every member of staff has a role in ensuring the 6B’s are visible in practice. We hold ourselves collectively accountable for delivering care that is relational, attuned, reflective, and therapeutically grounded.

✅ Child‑Centred Outcomes

Our goal is to support children not only to stabilise, but to recover, grow, and thrive. The 6B’s framework ensures that each child experiences safety, belonging, connection, resilience, belief, and the opportunity to reach their full potential.