Those who work in therapeutic residential care are faced with the day-to-day challenges that come with tackling complex cases involving some of the most vulnerable children in the country.
Ensuring staff have the skills necessary to meet the demand of such intensive work is vital if these children are to receive the levels of care they desperately need.
One provider has taken steps to fill what it sees as the gap in training programmes that cater to this specific group. In 2007, the Mulberry Bush Organisation, which runs a therapeutic residential school in Oxfordshire for children aged five to 12, joined forces with the University of the West of England to develop a bespoke foundation degree in therapeutic work with children and young people. The first cohort of students to pass the course had their graduation ceremony last week.
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