This event will be held over 2 zoom seminars. The first session will focus on the TC Practitioner Competencies placing them within the wider TC Standards and giving opportunity to reflect on the model and how it might enhance practice. The second session will focus on the application processes and how the model might be integrated into other structures to both integrate it into practice and to evidence that process.

TC Competencies (Pt.1 The Why) Tuesday 14th May 9.30 – 12.00

Hosted by Peter Clarke

TC Competencies (Pt.2 The How) Tuesday 21st May 9.30 – 12.00

Hosted by Dr Kevin Gallagher

Speakers

Peter Clarke

Peter Clarke has been a TCTC Board Member for over 10 years. Before moving into consultancy work in 2021 he had over 10 year experience in a leadership role of an Accredited Therapeutic Community for teenagers. Peter is Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrist’s Accreditation Panel for the Community of Communities project supporting Enabling Environments and Therapeutic Communities. Peter is a qualified social worker registered with the General Social Care Council and has a research based M.A. from the school of Social Work and Health Studies at the University of East Anglia and has published work on the application of the Therapeutic Community model to work in a forensic settings with young people who have harmed others.

Dr Kevin Gallagher

Dr Kevin Gallagher is a qualified social worker who has worked in and around residential child care and education for over 25 years – starting as a front line practitioner and working through into middle and senior management roles at regional and national levels. In the course of this journey, Kevin has further qualified as a Psychodynamic Organisational Consultant (Tavistock D10 programme) and operates a small private consultancy practice focussing on therapeutic child care and education sectors, service design, restructuring, HR and Personnel, team development and role consultation. Starting initially in the state sector, most of Kevin’s career has been in the independent sector in both operational and strategic roles and he has completed an MBA to underpin this work. Kevin’s interest in TCs grew out of increasing specialism in therapeutic child care and his organisation was part of the Community of Community pilot of the Therapeutic Service Standards for Children – he has been involved in this quality improvement cycle ever since and is part of the Advisory Group. A former Chair of The Charterhouse Group (a charity representing TCs for children), Kevin was actively involved in the merger with ATC and the formation of TCTC, acting as vice-Chair for the initial year and then taking on the role of Chair until 2018. Kevin is involved in a wide range of sector groups and practice networks and enjoys the cross fertilisation of ideas. Kevin completed his PhD in 2023 and his thesis developed a theory of change for therapeutic residential settings. This qualitative study looked in particular at the role of relationships in the change process. Kevin is Managing Director and co-owner of Amberleigh Care which operates two Accredited TCs for teenage boys with sexually harmful behaviour.