Address:         

Abingdon Road, Standlake, nr Witney,

Oxfordshire

OX29 7RW

UK

Contact Person:        

John Diamond, Director

Phone:

Fax:    

Email:

01865 300202

01865 300084

reception@mulberrybush.oxon.sch.uk

Parent Organisation:

n/a

Nature of Parent Organisation:

n/a

Managerial relationship to Parent Organisation:           

n/a

Brief Description of Therapeutic Community Activities:

Type of Client:

Emotionally troubled children (EBD) age 5-12 years

Age Limit:

11-12 upper

Average Stay:

3 years

Number of Staff:

Number of Clients:

Funding/Fees Requirements:

£100,582 for 40 week placement

Medical Care and Special Features:

Individual treatment packages with education within a planned environment framework

Any Other Relevant Information:

What makes it a therapeutic community:

Using a group living context to develop relationships with children, emphasis on observation and communication to support assessment of child's needs. Close integration of group living and education task areas.

Involvement and Links with other professional organisations:

Charterhouse Group - involved in leading specific areas of work. NASS/ use for policy making and education issues. NCB, attending conferences. Young Minds, linking with professionals. AWCEBD.

Ongoing research, audit programmes, and/or effectiveness or quality procedures in place:

Preliminary outcomes based research project starting September 2003, joining with other CHG members for a CHG outcomes research proposal

Member of Community of Communities