Pathway Care Group and Marlowe Child & Family Services have launched Safe Steps, which aims to help five- to 18-year-olds in residential care, who may have a history of abuse or psychological difficulties. Foster carers and residential staff will receive joint training in behaviour management and conflict resolution. The programme will be tailored to meet the needs of individual children and young people.
Alison Sargent, operations director of Pathway Care Group, said: "We believe helping vulnerable children and young people settle into a stable family environment with highly trained foster carers will deliver better opportunities for them in the future."
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