Outcomes Resettlement and Transition
Ourn Resettlement Officer works closely with placing authorities to identify which placement will be suitable as a future placement for the young person. Within this process the young person has the opportunity to express his/her views and opinions as to what kind of placement he/she would like to go to. The Resettlement Officer helps prepare the young person for independent living, using the laundry and kitchenette facilities in the home. These life skills rooms help young people develop the ability to prepare their own meals and wash and iron their own clothes.
Outcomes
The Atkinson Secure Children’s Home uses the monitoring and measurement of outcomes to continually develop the service it provides. In 2011, we carried out research into how our service affected sustainability of future placements.
A questionnaire was sent out to all the social workers that had placed young people at the Home between the period of April 2010 and June 2011. Of the 12 questionnaires returned:
- 50% (six) of the young people that had left the Home were still in the original placement they went to after leaving.
- 42% (five) have remained at the placement for 10 months or more.
- Of these fiveyoung people 80% (four) were still attending the education provision set up for them at the start of their placement.
One significant factor that was common to the five young people that had remained at their placements was the amount of time they had spent at the Atkinson. The average length of time the five young people remained at the Atkinson was 91 days or three months.
Longer stays tend to allow the young person to settle, establish life skills, resilience and protective factors which may enable success in future placements.”
Atkinson Resettlement and Transition Research Document, August 2011
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