Report 58: Therapeutic approaches to social work in residential child care settings
Published: May 2012
Children and young people in care are some of the most vulnerable in society. A small but significant proportion of looked-after children across the UK are cared for in residential settings such as children's homes.
Following a regional review of residential child care in 2007, the five health and social Care (HSC) Trusts in Northern Ireland introduced 'therapeutic approaches' in a number of children's homes and in the regional secure units. This report gives the results of an evaluation of these approaches.
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Summary
Summary of key findings.
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Policy context
Brief overview of the policy context in Northern Ireland.
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Evaluation of approaches
The aims of the evaluation and how it was carried out.
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The models
Overview of each model, with particular attention to their similarities and differences.
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Putting it into practice
Staff views and experiences of selecting and implementing the therapeutic model in use in their trust.
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Impact on staff
The effect on staff knowledge and practice of the introduction of the therapeutic models.
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Impact on young people
Young people`s experience of the models and living in residential care.
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Indications
Data across a range of aspects of life in a residential care setting.
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Does it make a difference?
Do therapeutic approaches make a difference to social work in residential child care?
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