"Blackpool Council outlines their therapeutic focus on preparing young people with the skills to be able to commit to life within a family unit."
Jack will be spending his next few weeks at a newly launched therapeutic care centre to overcome his psychological and emotional challenges and he will be one step closer to find a permanent family home. Children can be traumatized and it could be a barrier to a stable placement, therefore, the centre's purpose is to tackle these barriers for children. The professionals say that social workers would like to create a nurturing environment because children who experienced traumatic abuse and neglect struggle to fit in. Some of them have never experienced positive interaction or love and care and it could difficult to settle within a family. They seem to have lost their trust and can show aggressive or negative behaviour towards social workers. Social workers struggle to manage this kind of behaviour but they prepare the children for a better environment.
Role of social worker
The centre is a partnership between the Blackpool council and Innovate Services which provide young people with support over a 16-week period. The head of the Innovate Services says that the social workers work in conjunction with therapists, teaching assistants and educational psychologists to assess the children's suitability for the placement.
Process
It is necessary to identify where the child fits with the areas of need and then chart in order to create individualised and therapeutic care package. "Jack has been able to tell how he is feeling and what he wanted" the professional says. Jack admits that he does not know how to manage his behaviour and he struggles to control it. If the children know that they are struggling, then they could accept the support. There is a mid-point review which means the next steps will be clear after 6 weeks at the centre, depending on the situation of the child. All the social workers and outreach staff are working together to build the resilience of the children and this also helps to improve communication between them.
Model of practice
The centre uses the secure base model which means all children need a care giver convenient to their needs.
“It’s really about trying to work with that young person to develop and make attachments to their care givers and that is done through offering that therapeutic key working intervention,” says the head of the Innovate Services.
Jeanette Richards, assistant director of children’s services at the council, says: “Blackpool is thinking outside the box and is passionate about addressing the high numbers of children in residential care, and growing our own foster carers. Working with Innovate Services is another strategy in tackling that and driving forward with embedding the Blackpool Families Rock model.”
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