Local authority protocols for dealing with behavioural issues in children's social care settings can lead to “excessive use of police involvement” and fail to consider the need for a tailored approach to individual children.
This is the conclusion of a team of researchers from ManchesterMetropolitan University, LancasterUniversity, Liverpool John MooresUniversity and University of Bristol who are calling for an end to a “one-size fits all approach” to dealing with behaviourmanagement in settings.
The study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, analyses 36 local protocols which were created in response to the government's non-statutory 2018 National Protocol on Reducing Unnecessary Criminalisation of Looked-After Children and Care Leavers.
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