Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
In residence includes regular columns from John Diamond of The Mulberry Bush School, as well as articles submitted as part of the bi-monthly Therapeutic Care Journal
The purpose of this paper is to identify and clarify sectors of Residential Care and Education provision for children and young people under the age of 18. The Children Act (1989) provided vital legislation across the field of residential care and education. It followed early work by the Dartington Social Research Unit beginning in 1960 … 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
Exploring the Archives for materials related to this issue’s theme of youth offending, I immediately turned to the National Childcare Library, part of the PET Archives and Special Collections. The Library is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in the history of childcare, including those researching society’s response to youth offending over the last century. … Read more
The violence in assessment: excellence, conformity and uniformity vs The care in appreciation: development, plurality and difference Never mind anti bullying week – what about a week in our schools free of all assessment, judgement, and criticism? Is the use of assessment in schools contributing to the kind of culture that with undue force, violently ‘dis’ appoints, ‘dis’ … Read more
This edition of the TCJ brings you the papers from a two day online conference organised by the Mulberry Bush Child Care History Network and the Dartington Centre for Social Policy, held on the 9th and 12th October 2020, entitled ‘Care of young offenders; progress or decline’ ? “Lessons have been learnt” is the … 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
I was surprised and touched by the reaction of a reader to my piece in the September edition of TTCJ. There I had described the first evening on which a young boy came to Mill Grove, and how Ruth and I set about creating safe space for him and his siblings in what was intended … Read more
This was a short talk given at the Coram Family and Child Centre ‘Permanence’ event , London, on 25.11.2019 Introduction. I would like to thank the Coram Team for inviting me to speak at this event. The Mulberry Bush is a national charity which runs the Mulberry Bush School in Oxfordshire and extended community services. Clearly … Read more
Dr Josephine Lomax-Simpson or ‘The Doc’ as she was fondly known, was driven throughout her career by a strong belief in the importance of ‘continuity of care’. She was well known for keeping in contact with many of the young people she worked with throughout their lives, and for opening up her personal home to … Read more
‘A worthy finish despite the start’ Today we received the news that one of our Care Experienced Children Jane (not her real name) is being moved out of our Independent Special Day school following another foster placement breakdown. This young lady has been with us for the past three years during which time she has … Read more
It was the very first thing Judy did when she started work: she bought three bars of chocolate. After a childhood characterised by her father’s violence, Mary, her mother and her younger sister had eventually escaped from him to a rented house in another town. When the three of them went on any family outing, … Read more
The concept of “safe space” is familiar to all those seeking to create therapeutic environments, or to intervene in the lives of children and young people by rescuing them from neglect and abuse. However, for obvious reasons, much of their attention is focussed on the adjective, safe, rather than the noun, space. The advent of … Read more