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Therapeutic Communities: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, March 1, 2022
  • | CYP Now
The term “therapeutic” – at least in the way commissioning specifications set out – focuses on the direct work of a therapist in weekly sessions with a child. While this important technical component has its place, it is only one limited element. In order for residential care, fostering, education or supported housing to be “therapeutic” something more is needed.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, March 31, 2020
  • | CYP Now
At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Health reforms 'ignore children in care'

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  • Tuesday, April 5, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The government's health reforms fail to recognise the needs of children in care and other vulnerable young people, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

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