Built for careful commissioning.
KITH Animal Therapy CIC is ready to deliver structured, welfare-led animal-assisted intervention. We have secured our first commissioning school and welcome conversations with further partners.
A clear, governed route into delivery.
KITH provides professionally governed animal-assisted intervention for SEND schools and public-sector partners. Our model is built around assessed handler-animal partnerships, clear referral goals, session-level risk assessment, and the welfare of every person and animal involved.
As our commissioned delivery develops, evidence will be gathered with each partner through the systems and measures already used in their setting. KITH's session reflections support that review process.
Commissioning assurance
Commissioners can review the relevant policies, processes, responsibilities, and programme controls directly with KITH.
Safeguarding ownership
Julie Gilson is KITH's interim Designated Safeguarding Lead. Safeguarding arrangements, escalation routes, and contact details are confirmed as part of programme planning.
Documents available privately
Relevant policies and governance documents are available directly to commissioners on request, allowing the right information to be shared securely during each conversation.
Commissioning underway
KITH has secured its first commissioning school and is ready to work with further SEND, healthcare, and community partners.
Insurance is in place. We are ready to assess venues and community needs, with dogs and a couple of ponies available for suitable visits. Each visit is subject to a setting-specific risk assessment, individual needs, and animal-welfare checks. Evidence of cover is available privately on request.
Meaningful measures for each setting.
For commissioned programmes, the SEND school or setting captures agreed measures in its own systems, using its existing reporting and safeguarding processes.
KITH records structured session reflections: attendance, engagement observations, animal welfare notes, adaptations, and agreed actions. These records support joint review without replacing the school’s own records or professional judgement.
How an individual programme can be planned
A learner finds transitions and group participation difficult. Their school considers whether carefully structured contact with a suitable animal could support engagement. Together, the school and KITH agree what will be observed, what the school will record in its system, and how sessions would be adapted around the learner and animal.
After each session, KITH records a structured reflection covering participation, adaptations, welfare observations, and agreed next steps. The school retains responsibility for formal progress records and review.
This is a planning illustration, not a real case, testimonial, or achieved outcome.
A five-step commissioning journey
A measured route into delivery, with no pressure to proceed before your questions are answered.
Talk through the need
Start with a short conversation about your setting, the people you support, the outcomes you are working towards, and whether animal-assisted intervention is the right fit.
Shape the brief
We agree the cohort, setting, session format, referral information, roles, and practical requirements. The programme is designed around your existing safeguarding and inclusion arrangements.
Review the assurance pack
Before any work begins, we share the relevant governance, safeguarding, risk, welfare, competency, and insurance evidence for your review. Documents are provided privately on request.
Agree measures and controls
Together we set realistic, meaningful measures and a review rhythm. Your team retains its usual recording and reporting responsibilities; KITH records session reflections to support review.
Begin delivery and review
Once the programme details and required checks are confirmed, sessions begin. Communication and review continue throughout delivery.
Need the detail behind the page?
Tell us what your procurement, safeguarding, governance, or SEND team needs to see. We will respond directly and share the relevant documents privately as the conversation develops.
The standard is simple: safe for the learner, fair to the animal, and clear to the commissioner.