Support for young people in care has been extended past 18 to the age of 21. This historic change allows desperately needed time to develop independent and interdependent living skills that young people need for healthy adulthoods.
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We leverage modern digital solutions to expand how carers and professionals access and engage with training and peer-learning about trauma-informed care. We do this through accredited and non-accredited training, facilitation of peer networks, leading research initiatives, and translating knowledge to guide practice. Community of Practices workshops for therapeutic specialists, house managers and more.
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In this month’s Community of Practice workshop, we explored the additional challenges that LGBTQIA+ young people face in care, reflecting on how to provide a secure base in care and environment for exploring self-identity safely.
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This month, we are thrilled to welcome Billy Black to our team at the CETC as a Care Experience Resource and Training Specialist. Billy has advocated for children and care since she was 15 years old. It was around this time that Billy realised she was a powerful advocate for change – not only in her own life and care experience but at a systems level.
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We partner with leading researchers to identify and fill the gaps in knowledge about what works in out-of-home care.
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We facilitate monthly communities of practice for therapeutic specialists, and those with a clinical role, in therapeutic residential care.
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We innovate and curate collections of knowledge on critical practice issues in out-of-home care.
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Why is reflection important for trauma-informed work?
Why did you become a therapeutic specialist?
What would you tell others thinking about becoming a therapeutic specialist?
What changes have you seen in the young people you work with?
What are the best parts of being a therapeutic specialist?
What are the challenges of being a therapeutic specialist?
How does the exposure to trauma impact on staff?
What is the role of relationship in therapeutic care?
What is an average day for a therapeutic specialist?
What is a therapeutic specialist?
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