Keeping the promise to children and young people in Scotland

Established over 35 years ago, the Moore House Group provides a continuum of personalised pathways of residential care, fostering, education, and therapeutic interventions for children and young people throughout Scotland.

Our Mission
To achieve the best personalised outcomes for children and young people through positive, nurturing relationships developed across our education, fostering, residential and psychological services.

Our Vision
Every child and young person enjoys positive health and wellbeing; and the best opportunities for learning, life and work.

Our Values
Acceptance, Innovation, Resilience, Empowerment, Responsiveness

Upcoming Event: STANCE 2026

This autumn, we are proud to present the STANCE Conference 2026 at the COSLA Conference Centre in Edinburgh on Thursday, 1st October (9:30 AM โ€“ 4:30 PM).

This event bridges trauma-informed theory and everyday practice for professionals in care, psychology, and education. It will be featuring keynotes from Alex Partridge (LADBible Founder & ADHD Advocate), Chris Wild (Care Consultant & Author), and Professor Mark Smith.

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Residential

Moore House Care provides personalised therapeutic pathways for children and young people to ensure safe home lives and quality education.

Moore House Care

Education

Moore House Education provides personalised, therapeutic learning pathways for day and residential young people to enable success in their learning, life and work.

Moore House Education

Fostering

Raising the standard of foster care in Scotland for over 20 years. With offices across Scotland we employ our teamโ€™s extensive experience and committed foster carers to care for children and young people with placements that are safe and supported.

JMT Care Services

The Jane Moore Trust

The Jane Moore Trust is a charitable organisation giving care experienced young people in Scotland the support they need, when they need it. A range of responsive services provide help with employability, social housing, and access to psychological support.

The Jane Moore Trust

Psychology

The Psychological Services and Intervention (PSI) team offer an extensive range of psychological and educational assessments for young people placed in care and those struggling to engage in mainstream services.

Psychology

Training Academy

Moore House Training Academy provides an extensive range of qualifications and continuous professional development opportunities for social care, education, and psychology professionals.

Training Academy

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#STANCE2026 | Workshop Spotlight: Creating Cultures of Safety

As we continue our STANCE 2026 workshop spotlight series, weโ€™re pleased to highlight Christopher Docherty, SCM Lead & Senior Trainer at Safe Crisis Management Europe, who will be exploring the principles of ...#RestraintReduction and creating safer environments.

This workshop will introduce the core philosophy of Safe Crisis Management (#SCM), focusing on proactive approaches to de-escalation and moving beyond simply managing challenging behaviour.

The session will consider:

โ€ข The legal and ethical importance of reducing physical intervention.
โ€ข Proactive approaches to de-escalation and creating safer environments.
โ€ข How professionals can respond effectively to situations of distress.

Ideal for professionals working across care and education to reflect on how we can promote safety, dignity and more supportive responses to distress.

๐Ÿ“… Thursday 1 October 2026
๐Ÿ“ COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Save 20% on your ticket with discount code MHG20 at checkout.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stance-conference-2026-tickets-1985799487724

๐Ÿ“š #STANCE2026 | Workshop Spotlight: Education Law & Additional Support Needs

Weโ€™re highlighting another of our specialist workshops, led by Ross Wight and Sophie McBride from Govan Law Centre.

Their session will explore education law and Additional Support Needs (#ASN), ...drawing on the work of Govan Law Centreโ€™s Letโ€™s Talk ASN Scotland service, which provides advice and representation to parents of children with additional support needs.

This workshop offers an opportunity for professionals across education, care and support to develop their understanding of the legal frameworks and processes that help children and young people access appropriate educational support.

๐Ÿ“… Thursday 1 October 2026
๐Ÿ“ COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Save 20% on your ticket with discount code MHG20 at checkout.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stance-conference-2026-tickets-1985799487724

Weโ€™re getting ready for our Macmillan Coffee Morning at Moore House Academy, Bathgate this friday, and weโ€™d love your support in helping us raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. โ˜•๐Ÿ’š

Weโ€™re currently looking for donations of:
๐ŸŽ Unwanted gifts and items for our raffle ...and tombola stalls.
๐Ÿง Cakes, bakes and sweet treats to help fill our tables.

Whether you can donate an item, bake something for us or simply share our post, every little bit helps! You can drop off any items beforehand at our campus. ๐Ÿ˜

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