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Develop a small residential unit specifically for four young people looked after and accommodated by the local authority.
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I have chosen to develop a small residential unit specifically for four young people looked after and accommodated by the local authority. I will evidence the demonstrated need for such a facility, discuss the practice principles and highlight how the facility could be responsive to the local community. In identifying the need for this resource I looked at the shift in attitudes and the changes in policy and legislation. The state responded to rising concerns about the standard of care within children's residential units. A number of factors influenced this including the large numbers of children in the 1970's coming into care and an increased public expenditure and costs of residential care. A second consideration was the controversial inquiries and investigations into child abuse within residential facilities. As a result, some local authorities started to make cutbacks by closing some of their residential facilities. Additionally the Griffiths Report 1988 and the...
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