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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-Prevention Programme

The P Programme is for children aged 3-6 years. It is designed to help young children develop their social relationships, emotional regulation and to give them skills for school.

Foster carers with this age group are trained to help children to regulate their emotions, encourage their positive behaviour and celebrate their achievements. Children attend a group where they are encouraged to learn and practice skills successfully via child-focused activities. They also receive individual coaching to further develop their skills.

When children leave MTFC-P and move to a permanent placement – either home to birth or extended family or to adoption or long term fostering – the team works to enable them to continue building on the skills the child has developed. They are also trained in behaviour contingency systems for young children.

MTFC-P Teams

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

Manchester – 'Tops'
5th Floor, Mauldeth House, Mauldeth Rd. West, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 7RL
Tel: 0161 882 1337

North Yorkshire – 'Hopscotch'
The Beckholme Centre, 8 Avenue Close, Harrogate HG2 7LJ
Tel: 01423 887869

Oxfordshire
Thornbury House, 40 The Moors, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2AL
Tel: 07826 950499

Solihull – 'CHESS 3-6'
Chelmsley Wood Primary Care Centre, Crabtree Drive, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5BU
Tel: 0121 329 0169

West Sussex – 'Leap Frog'
Cedar House, 51, Chesswood Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2AA
Tel: 01903 228958