Pride of Guernsey: Reparative Care Team
THE REPARATIVE CARE TEAM has been nominated for the Angel of the Year award.
The team works directly with children and young people who do not live in the care of their birth parents.
Staff work directly with the child, their carers and any professionals in their lives in a therapeutic, trauma-informed way to help make sense of the child’s experience.
‘We feel that this team, with the support and insights they offer us, are the glue that holds everything together,’ said their nominators, who wish to remain anonymous.
‘As foster carers, caring for children who have had adverse experiences and developmental trauma there are many hurdles thrown at us.
‘We can honestly say that without RCT we would be unlikely to have continued fostering. The assessments that the team undertake have proved critical to all the team around the child and how best to help support the child.
‘It is clear to us that the child is the primary focus of everyone we have worked with in the team.
‘The intervention that the RCT provides helps children and other young people to build resilience and supports those who have had adverse childhood experiences and developmental trauma.
‘Such intervention can be critical to ensuring that children do not continue to carry these experiences into adulthood.
‘Everyone we have worked with has been amazing. A very big thank you to the RCT, we love you.’
