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Key Facts

Launch of DCSF pilot scheme in England: 2003

National Team bases: Maudsley Hospital, London; Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester

Total number of placements (April 2004 - March 2008): 150

Number of sites running MTFC-A (at June 2008): 13

Number of sites setting up MTFC-P (at June 2008): 5

Number of operational MTFC-P sites (at June 2008): 1

Number of sites setting up MTFC-C (at June 2008): 8

General Enquiries

Call +44 (0)20 3228 3264 or
email Ineke.Burke@slam.nhs.uk

MTFC-Adolescents Programme

The A Programmme is for young people aged 11-16 years. It is designed to help young people to make the most of relationships with friends and family, to get on well in school and to enjoy leisure activities.

Foster carers with this age group are trained to supervise young people, to provide a close, mentoring relationship, encourage young people and to celebrate their achievements. Young people receive coaching in social skills which takes place in the community. They also see a therapist who helps them build up a range of coping strategies and problem-solving abilities.

Families are trained in parenting strategies that work for adolescents so that they can enjoy a positive relationship with their child. When children move to a permanent placement, their carers receive support to enable them to build on the skills the young person has learned.

MTFC-A offers a cost-effective alternative to residential treatment for adolescents with complex needs and challenging behaviours. The model has been shown to be effective with young people with histories of complex emotional, social and behavioural difficulties.

Specific treatment techniques used to achieve these outcomes are integrated from those therapies that have been shown to be most effective including cognitive, behavioural and family therapies.

MTFC-A Teams

Dorset – 'Turnaround'
Pippins, Hanham Road, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1AS
Tel: 01202 857 344

Dudley – 'Flipside'
Falcon House, 6 The Minories, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 8PG
Tel: 01384 817800

Gateshead – 'Springboard Fostering'
Gateshead Council, The Old Library, Lobley Hill Road, Gateshead, NE11 0AL
Tel: 0191 433 6388

Hammersmith & Fulham
3rd Floor Barclay House, Effie Road, Fulham, London, SW6 1EN
Tel: 020 8753 5574

Kent
Brockman Family Centre, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, Kent CT18 8AN
Tel: 01303 273 414

North Yorkshire – 'Fostering Change'
Malton Road Offices, Malton Road, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7JL
Tel: 01751 473611

Reading – 'Directions'
Lavender House, 17 Newcastle Road, Whitley, Reading, RG2 7TN
Tel: 0118 9015178

Salford – '3D Treatment Fostering'
Uzwin Court, Fitzwarren Street, Pendleton, Salford M6 5LN
Tel: 0161 607 1826

Solihull – 'CHESS 10+'
Chelmsley Wood Primary Care Centre, Crabtree Drive, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5BU
Tel: 0121 329 0169

Trafford – 'Me2 Fostering'
Me2 Specialist Fostering Team, Woodsend Centre, Lydney Road, Flixton, Manchester, M41 8RN
Tel: 0161 912 2792