Sarah Ellison

The University of York

This paper presents the results of an independent evaluation of the Multi-dimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) programme for young offenders in England, where it is known as Intensive Fostering (IF).Methods A quasi-experimental, mixed methods study was carried out at the three pilot sites, with a total sample of 47 at follow up. Young people se...

Approximately 40% of older people in residential care have significant symptoms of depression. A training and care-planning approach to reducing depression was implemented for 114 depressed residents living in 14 residential care homes in North Yorkshire, UK. Care staff were offered brief mental health training by community mental health teams for...

Since coming to office, New Labour has made much of a ‘public philosophy’ that stresses the importance of equal access to opportunities. This article does not so much criticise this fairly modest understanding of social justice as ask whether the kind of social policies that New Labour has devised are capable of delivering ‘opportunity for all’. Th...