The assessment of each young person placed into the service is multi-faceted. Alongside the utilisation of the skills and experience of staff from a number of disciplines, a range of assessment instruments are used, depending on the individual need, presenting strength and difficulties of each young person.

Appropriate assessment tools are used where, for example, attention and hyperactivity are a problem, or where there are concerns about a young person's mood with the presence of possible depression. Assessment helps to accurately establish the level of functioning of each young individual and detect any developmental disorders. All assessment tools used are clinically validated and are appropriate to the profiles of the young people in our care.