Social workers from nine care homes questioned for the study said these barriers were creating divisions between young people and staff. This gulf, they told researchers, could limit the use of the European-style approach to work with children, which focuses on developing the child as a person.
Carried out by the Social Education Trust and managed by the National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care, the study looked at developing knowledge of pedagogy and finding a way to translate its approaches in English settings.
Despite the barriers, more than two thirds of the social workers taking part said the pilots gave them a better understanding of the approach and seven out of 10 felt its concepts could be used in everyday practice.
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