Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care in England
An evidence-based programme to help children and young people improve their life outcomes
Doing What Works
“I feel a lot better about myself...
Before, all I could see was
a brick wall, there
was no future.
Now I am looking
forward to
going to college.”
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care in England
MTFCE is an exciting, evidence-based foster care programme being piloted and researched in England to help looked-after children with high levels of need turn their lives around.
This programme, developed with start-up funding from DCSF, enables local authorities to offer solutions for youngsters who have experienced many placement disruptions and who have a high level of need from all children’s services in education, health and social care. The aim is to promote stability and the ability to live in a family whether the outcome is a return home to birth or extended family, to long term fostering or adoption. In this way, MTFCE broadens the range of foster care placements available within the children’s local communities.
This website is a resource developed by the MTFCE National Implementation Team. It is for anyone who is involved or interested in the programme – professionally or personally, from local authorities to MTFCE teams, from those interested in becoming foster carers to young people working through the programme.
Updates
15 – 17 April 2009
MTFC Europe Conference
This conference, held in Amsterdam, was well attended by several teams from England, as well as teams from the USA, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand.
20 February 2009
Investing in Children: Moving to What Works
This conference, jointly organised by the Department of Children, Schools and Families and the Youth Justice Board, aimed to show improved outcomes for vulnerable children through better working between local agencies and the use of evidence based practices. The conference was well attended with delegates including high-level decision makers such as Baroness Delyth Morgan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families. The National Team's Annual Report on MTFC was highlighted by Baroness Morgan. Several workshops and discussions around the development and implementation of MTFC and other evidence based programmes were held.
November 2008
Calculating and Comparing the Costs of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care, England (MTFCE)
This report, provided by Loughborough University for the DCSF, is now available in our Library section »
13 October 2008
MTFC-P programme on course
First placements for this new programme have been made. Read more about the placements »
23 May 2008
MTFC-C pilot announced
The DCSF has announced a £3.8m pilot project to set up MTFC-Children programmes. Eight local authorities across England have been selected to take part in this project. Read the DCSF press notice »
21 July 2007
Network Partnership Agreement with OSLC
The National Implementation Team have now formally signed an agreement to become the UK Network Partner with OSLC. Read more about the Network Partnership »