Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
Sarah Taylor We are offering a competition open to all adults and the children and young people you live and work with. The theme of the competition is ‘My Home’, and we invite you to capture in any medium – a drawing, photograph, short story, poem or reflective piece about what it is that you value in … Read more
Wishing a prosperous 2022 to all our readers, and a warm welcome to our February 1st edition of the TCJ. In this issue we publish several papers on the theme of developing school and residential care cultures that offer an appropriate ‘holding environment’ for emotionally troubled and traumatised children and young people. We start this … Read more
To mark LGBT+ History Month in the UK, this article explores what it meant to be part of the LGBT+ community in 1987 through the lens of the Lesbian and Gay Youth Movement. LGBT+ history weaves through the collections at the Planned Environment Therapy Archives and Special Collections. There are stories of young men ‘coming … Read more
A warm welcome to our December 1st edition of the IC and TCJ news. This month we bring you a fascinating range of papers from practitioners and researchers from across our international community. In this edition we are pleased to be able to publish two research papers – the first is Part 3 of the … Read more
A warm welcome to our October edition of the Therapeutic Care Journal, and the International Centre news. This month we bring you a selection of papers from the Mulberry Bush Level 5 Foundation Degree in ‘Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People’ accredited by the University of the West of England. All the papers published … Read more
Welcome to our August edition of the TCJ and IC news. For your summer reading we bring you another set of excellent papers exploring global perspectives on the important role of residential care in providing protection and therapeutic healing experiences for children, young people and their families. This current set of papers reaches us from … Read more
In this edition of the TCJ we bring you papers from our TCJ ‘Covid World Cafe’ event, which was due to take place on May 7th. These papers represent the growing global reach of the TCJ, and our mission to share ideas about therapeutic care, reflective practice and research of children and young people from … Read more
This special edition of the TCJ offers an extended variety of papers on ‘perspectives on residential care’ and part one of a major longitudinal research project. It is also a celebration of the importance of reflective writing and research, to meet the needs of children and young people, their families and communities. Unfortunately last spring, … Read more
Wishing a Happy New Year to all our members and supporters. This edition of the TCJ brings you papers from a two day youth justice online event entitled ‘Care of young offenders: progress or decline?’ This was a unique two day seminar in partnership with the Dartington Centre for Social Policy and The Mulberry Bush, … Read more
A warm welcome to our newest members; Claire Greatbanks (Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Alternative Provision), Catherine Bernie ( Brookfields School, W.Berks), Chantel Yates ( Belmont- Sandmat, UK), Mark Escott ( CEO, Life Chances), Anne- Marie Stewart and the High Close Therapeutic Team, Helen Mc Cormick ( Headteacher, Kingsmeadow School). Our Recent EventsWe ran three successful and … Read more
Oasis Charitable Trust is a ground-breaking group of charities that have been pioneering models of sustainable and holistic education and community development over the last 35 years. They are now seeking a dynamic and transformational leader as the Director of Care and Well-Being for Oasis Restore – the UK’s first secure school. This is a … Read more
A warm welcome to all our readers. Our mission at the International Centre for Therapeutic Care and via the TCJ is: ‘To share models of therapeutic care, and to extend the influence and insights gained from our member networks, in order to improve services and outcomes for traumatised children their families and communities’ In this … Read more