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Sexual exploitation scandals in recent years have raised questions about residential child care staff’s ability to ensure safety and improve outcomes for the most vulnerable teenagers. Training and Developing Staff in Children’s Homes, a June 2015 Department for Education-commissioned report by National Children’s Bureau and social researchers TNS BMRB, says training “is more likely to be of value if it’s rooted in the practice of staff and the needs of the young people they are caring for”.
These are key features of RESuLT, developed by the National Implementation Service (NIS), based at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. NIS manages a portfolio of government-funded interventions for children in or on the edge of care and their families, including Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care and Keep, a foster carer training programme. RESuLT grew out of demand from councils whose foster carers had been supported by these programmes. They said children’s home staff also needed help.
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