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Home’s therapeutic provision helps to foster independence

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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Children’s home specialist support jointly funded by health and social care agencies enables young people to successfully transition to community placements.

Homes for young people with complex needs

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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Innovative partnership with providers in Berkshire offers homes to young people with complex needs.

Hull invests so children in care stay connected

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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Yorkshire council opens its own homes on “nice estates” to enable more children in care to live and thrive in the city of Hull.

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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Struggling council transforms how it commissions placements for children in care with the focus on reducing trauma and addressing complex needs.

Step-down service improves placement stability

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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In-depth assessments identify ways to support young people from residential homes into foster care delivering placement stability and reducing council costs.

St Christopher's Fellowship embeds therapeutic approaches in children's care homes

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Long-standing charity makes therapeutic care a core part of its residential settings.

How I Got Here: Penny Catton, children’s home manager

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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Penny Catton, children’s home manager at Hexagon Care Services on her career journey.

Care-experience Fellowship

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

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Churchill Fellowship-led partnership is seeking innovative ideas for new theme with focus on care system.

Young people help shape low-energy children’s homes

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

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More than five years ago work started on a £7m project to build six new children’s homes in Hampshire using the latest in energy efficient technology.

Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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Liverpool, like many areas, has seen rising demand for, and costs of, children’s residential care placements.

MultifunC, Scandinavia: International Focus

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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MultifunC has had impressive results in Denmark, Sweden and Norway over the past 20 years, with elements of the approach reflected in the soon-to-be-established secure schools in England.

North West initiative ensures sufficient quality placements

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Thursday, January 2, 2020

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Local authorities in North West England are benefiting from a strategic support service set up to ensure there are sufficient placements for looked-after children and care leavers in the region.

Approach better aligns children’s needs and outcomes

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

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Programme works with children’s services to better match children’s needs with desired outcomes.

Scheme emphasises early planning for leaving care

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

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Long-term care planning starts before young people turn 16.

Centre helps traumatised children engage with learning

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

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Home provides specialist support for severely neglected and traumatised children aged six to 12.

Provider treats young people with mental health problems

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

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West Midlands-based Cove Care provides step-down placements from mental health in-patient units.

Protocol reduces police callouts to children's homes

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

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Protocol aims to reduce police callouts to children's homes.

Mulberry Bush: Building the Burrow

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

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Residential special school Mulberry Bush is opening a new year-round unit to care for children who do not have families to return to during school holidays. Tom de Castella visits the specialist facility.

Cove Care

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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Specialist children's homes provide an alternative to hospital and/or specialist rehab for those with mental health needs.

Derbyshire social pedagogy

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

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Residential care practitioners use social pedagogy to provide support in much the same way as a birth parent would.

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Home’s therapeutic provision helps to foster independence

Homes for young people with complex needs

Hull invests so children in care stay connected

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Step-down service improves placement stability

St Christopher's Fellowship embeds therapeutic approaches in children's care homes

How I Got Here: Penny Catton, children’s home manager

Care-experience Fellowship

Young people help shape low-energy children’s homes

Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector

MultifunC, Scandinavia: International Focus

North West initiative ensures sufficient quality placements

Approach better aligns children’s needs and outcomes

Scheme emphasises early planning for leaving care

Centre helps traumatised children engage with learning

Provider treats young people with mental health problems

Protocol reduces police callouts to children's homes

Mulberry Bush: Building the Burrow

Cove Care

Derbyshire social pedagogy

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