Kids Company: Diagnosis of the Organisation and its Interventions

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Sandra Jovchelovitch Natalia Concha

Research on the Model of Kids Company

• Outline of principles• Forms of delivery and interfaces• What makes KC unique• What makes KC effective

Research Design

The Clients

• Exposure to violence and crime, at home and in the community;

• Poverty in its different forms - including income and food poverty;

• Emotional and behavioural dysregulation; • Educational and employment linked

difficulties.

The Model of Work of Kids Company: Interfaces

Principles of the Model

The Delivery

Staff Commitment and Motivation

Staff Participation and Proactivity

Chains of Scaffolding at Kids Company

Scaffolding of Staff at Kids Company

Challenges to Implementation

Key Conclusions

• Kids Company works directly on the effects of developmental adversity;

• Kids Company combines flexibility and high levels of staff commitment and satisfaction to enable absolute focus on the needs of vulnerable children;

• Collaborations between Kids Company and the statutory sector involve substantial challenges;

• Kids Company works as a border crosser and mediator between disadvantaged children and the wider public sphere.

Full report available atLSE Research Online

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/52856

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