Secretarial/Administrative Support/Transcriptionist

Job Type: Part-time

Location: Toddington, Gloucestershire

Salary: £20k over 18 months (c. £10 p/h equivalent)

Start Date: April

Duration: 18 months

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced secretary/administrator with audio transcription skills to join a nationally important project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, exploring and sharing an important area of the nation's history and heritage.

“Therapeutic Living With Other People's Children: An oral history of residential therapeutic child care c. 1930 – c.1980” is an ambitious project of discovery related to schools, homes and environments for children and young people during a period of dynamic change in residential therapeutic child care. It is based at the Planned Environment Therapy Trust in Toddington, Gloucestershire, in its Archive and Study Centre, which is internationally unique in being devoted to this area of the heritage. The Planned Environment Therapy Trust is a Registered Charity, No. 248633.

As part of a small and flexible team, you will support the Project Director, archivist and oral historian with your personal, administrative, secretarial and transcription skills, and liaise with the Trust's Financial Officer on budgetary matters. Up to 50% of your time will be available for transcribing newly recorded interviews. You will have opportunities to work with volunteers, take part in Project events, and develop new skills in Internet tools and management.

As you will see and handle confidential material, and because of the nature of the project, an enhanced CRB check will be required for the successful applicant (paid for by the Project!)..

For further information, and to download the application materials, please see the Project's website at http://www.otherpeopleschildren.org.uk..

For an informal discussion, or for a hard copy application form, please contact Dr. Craig Fees, Project Director, on 01242 620125 or by email.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010.

Interviews will take place on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010.

Oral History Officer

An exciting opportunity for an experienced oral historian to join a small team exploring an important area of the nation's history and heritage: Schools, homes and environments for children and young people during a period of dynamic change in residential therapeutic child care. You will be recording and working with former children, staff and others, learning from them and exploring ways to facilitate their discovery and sharing of the history and experience of the schools and communities to which they belonged. You will have the opportunity to introduce others to oral history recording and practice, to work with students and volunteers, and to contribute to theatrical performances based on the stories and memories you help to record. And more.

Project Archivist

An exciting opportunity for a qualified archivist to join a small team exploring an important area of the nation's history and heritage: Schools, homes and environments for children and young people during a period of dynamic change in residential therapeutic child care. You will be gathering, cataloguing, and working with some of the subjects of the archives, learning what they can teach us about the archival record, and exploring ways to facilitate their discovery and sharing of the schools and communities to which they belonged. You will have the opportunity to introduce others to archival practice, to work with students and volunteers, and to contribute to theatrical performances based on the materials in your care. And more.




For an informal discussion of either post, and for a hard copy application form, please contact Dr. Craig Fees, Project Director, on 01242 620125 or by email.


For further information about the project and the post, and to download the application materials, please see the project website at http://www.otherpeopleschildren.org.uk.





An enhanced CRB check will be required of the successful applicants.

Heritage Lottery Fund grant application successful

TWO RESIDENTIAL COURSES IN THERAPEUTIC CHILDCARE

 

Managing a Living Learning Experience

Creating a Living Learning Experience

 

THROUGH 2010

 

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Background

 

Managing A Living Learning Experience: Course for Managers and Senior Workers

 

Creating A Living Learning Experience: Course for Care Workers

 

Working Method

 

Who these courses are for

 

Workshop Staff

 

Course Dates

 

Venue and Cost

  

Bookings

 

For a copy of the full course flyer, please click here.

 

"Psychoanalytic Methodology in Clinical and Non-Clinical Settings"

In the photograph above, Planned Environment Therapy Trust Trustee Dr. R.D. Hinshelwood shares a moment with Sigmund Freud, a gift from friends and colleagues to mark his retirement. It was presented at the end of "Psychoanalytic Methodology in Clinical and Non-Clinical Settings", a conference organised by the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies and the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex on Friday, November 14, to celebrate his career and the immense contribution he has made to the practice, theory, history, and understanding of psychoanalysis and group dynamics.

Accession 2009.036

Book: Social Control in the Therapeutic Community - Victor Sharp, 1975

Accession 2009.035

The Forgotten Children - David Hill

"Here for the first time, is the story of the Fairbridge children, from the bizarre luxury of the voyage out to Australia to the harsh reality of the first days there, from the physical and sexual abuse and inedible food to the loneliness and appalling standard of education. This acclaimed book is a remarkable tribute to the children who were betrayed by an ideal that went terribly awry."

Accession 2009.034

Book: The Sixties - Jenny Diski, 2009

An incisive look at the radical beliefs to which her generation subscribed.

New Accession 2009.033

Educational Heretic Press

One book: The Face of Home Based Education 2
One supplement: Educational Heretics Press - Books in Print 2008

(Accessioned by Rachael Thompson)

New Accession 2009.032

David Lane

The SCA 60th Anniversary Booklet, 2009










(Accessioned by Rachael Thompson)

New Accession 2009.031

Rowdy Yates

One CD - 'Song for John'

New Accession 2009.030

The Television Playwright, 1960

Contains ten plays by ten authors:

(Accessioned by Rachael Thompson)

[Craig's comment: Why have we acquired this book? "The Unloved" was filmed in, and based on, Red Hill School - called "Red Mill School" in the play. The head was based on Otto Shaw. So, an extraordinary moment in the history of therapeutic community and its dance with the media]

New Accession - 2009.029

David Millard

A collection of 17 Newsletters from the Association of Theaoeutic Communities and 3 from the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education, and an itinery of the 80th birthday of Dr. Isabel Menzies Lyth who was a psychoanalyst and social scientist.

Also various reports and journals, a small selection is listed below:
And a book - Who's the patient here? Portraits of the young psychotherapist, 1978 - I quite liked this one!









(Acessioned by Rachael Thompson)

New Accession 2009.028

Mark Twinberrow

Photos of Bodenham Manor, C1958-2009


(Accessioned by Rachel Thompson)

Nick Jones

Accession 2009-027

Next, there is a collection from Nick Jones, son of Howard Jones a British Sociologist (pictured).

The collections consists of newspaper clippings containing reference to Howard Jones, below is one I particularly liked as it shows he could accept criticism as well as acclaim.

There are also three books, The Informed Conscience:In Search of Social Welfare - 30^th April 1971, Crime Race and Culture: A Study in a Developing Country – 1981 and Social Welfare in Third World Development – 1990.

Finally, a selection of ten photos and an album entitled 'Snaps from schools for maladjusted children at which he had worked'.

     

This rather sweet picture was taken and developed by a young lad who had spent 10 years in hospital.

Possibly Howard's dog, possibly called Scruff and a member of the staff!

                           . . . and so below is the staff photo.

Accession 2009.026

Jan Lees

28 Boxes of research and other materials.

Accession 2009.025

Teresa Howard

Journals:

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Robert Clark

Various books, articles and leaflets:

Accesssion 2009.023

Rosemary Lilley from Arthur Barron

Typescripts for lectures and articles
Flyer for David Wills lecture by Arthur Barron
Four booklets re Q-Camps, 1938-45
Booklet: Suffering in Childhood - Janet Goodall, The 1979 Barnardo Lecture
The New Era (x20)
Home and School (x25)
Journal of Social Work Practice (x2)
Journal of Child Psycotherapy (x3)
The Psycoanalytic Study of the Child (x4)
Psychological and Social Series (x4)
Child Social Adjustment (x3)
About Hampsted Child Therapy Clinic

By Rachael Thompson, Work Placement/Volunteer - From Ann Hales-Tooke, a collection of slides and books.   more »

Accession 2009.021

Helen fry

/1) Video: Celebrations, 1991-1996

/2) Magazines - 'Link-up' Magazines, 1985-1992

/3) Booklet - 'Collective Experience', cotains articles and poems, 1984



/4) Booklet - Information about the Cotswold Community, 1997

Accession 2009.019

Sheila Gatiss

Reports, photos, journals, handbooks, memos and policy documents.

Accession 2009.018

Cynthia Cross

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties - Journal: Vol. 14.1 March 2009



Articles

The National Behaviour and Attendance review in Wales: findings exclusion set in context - Ken Reid

What teachers of students with SEBD need to know about speech and languge difficulties - Jodi Tommerdahl

Lesons learned: students voice at a school for pupils experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties - Edward Sellman

The relationship between divorce and the psychological well-being of children with ADHD: differences in age, gender and subtype - Leila Heckel, Adam Clarke, Robert Barry, Rory McCarthy and Mark Selikowitz

Variability of ADHD symptoms across primary school contexts: an indepth case study - Linda Wheeler, Peter Pumfrey and Peter Wakefield

Accession 2009.017

Robert Clark for the Caldecott Association

Hand-make book - "Caldecott Birthday Calendar"

Accession 2009.016

Craig Fees

Notice of Annual Forum of Community and Communities, 27/03/2009

Accession 2009.015

Bob Hinshelwood

Six Books written or edited by Bob Hinshelwood:

Accession 2009.014

Michael Porter

A study about exclusion from school: "Excluded from School - Does That Make Me a Criminal?"

Accession 2009.013

Purchase

Two Books:

Accession 2009.012

Les Spencer

CD: Sociotherapy - A talk about the change processes used at Fraser House...

Accession 2009.011

Cynthia Cross

Two journals:

Accession 2009.009/1

Wenn wir in den Wolken wohnen - Jurgen H.A.Gotte



Accession 2009.009/2

Persistenz und Verschwinden: Persistence and Dissapperance - Gohlich, Hopf and Trohler

Accession 2009.008/1

La comunidad terapeutica - Maria Elena Goti




Accession 2009.008/2

Psiquiatria administrativa - David H. Clark



[Craig's note: David Clark's classic text translated into Spanish]

Accesssion 2009.007

Purchase

Biografia: De Una Comunidad Terapeutica - Emilio Rodrigue

Accession 2009.006

Purchase

Reaching the Other Side - Earl S. Martin
Avoiding the politics of the situation this book takes a look into the people of Vietnam after the war.



[Craig's note: Earl Martin helped to found 'Crossing Creeks Therapeutic Communty' in Virginia.]

Accession 2009.005

Paula Agustini

17 articles
2 books
Animal rights 1999-2008

Accession 2009.004

Sheila Gatiss

Books and VHS videos

Accession 2009.004

John Lyward

George Lyward - His Autobiography

Accession 2009.002

DVD, 2009

ACRS Breakfast with Earl Martin

Accession 2009.001

Jo Moad

15 books
Journal of Child Psychotherapy, vol 6 1980, vol 9.1 1983-vol 21.3 1995
Journal of the Association of Workers for Maladjusted Children vol 4.3 1977, vol 5.1 1977, and vol 6.1 1978
Studies in Environmental Therapy vol 1-3 1968-79
Photocopies and articles
Typescript: Arthur Barron paper

Accession 2008.057

D.J. Goddard

Photographs relating to Bodenham Manor School c.1937-1984

I am just handling accession 2007.053, from the late Richard Crocket. In here is a photostat copy of a letter from Lois Danton at Herrick Memorial Hospital, Berkeley, CA to Bernard Sklar MD in England, dated February 9th, 1972.

Lois Danton notes that the term "therapeutic community" is used loosely in the States; that the Maxwell Jones model "is often given lip service"; and that most places would be more "therapeutic milieu" than  "community".

From her research, she thinks the following "are indeed therapeutic communities":

Fort Logan Mental Health Center, Denver, Colorado
High Point Hospital, Poert Chester, New York
Psychiatric Inpatient Service, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Research Division Ward, Manhattan State Hospital, Ward's Island, New York.

She's less certain about:

Southeastern Psychiatric Unit, Colorado State Hospital, Pueblo, Colorado
Temple University Community Mental Health Center, Partial Hospitalization Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Illinois State Psychiatric Instittue, Chicago, Illinois

"and maybe"

U.S. Naval Hospital Psychiatric Unit, Newport, Rhode Island
Vermont State Hospital, Waterbury, Vermont.

She noted a recent advertisement from The Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, California, for a "Psychiatric Director for 24-bed Therapeutic Community Hospital", and as a post script added: "Also: The Bronx State Hospital, New York City, 'all 40 wards operate as therapeutic communities'."

Fascinating

The Squiggle Foundation

Public Lecture

Saturday 10^th October 2009

to be held at

Primrose Hill Community Association

29 Hopkinson’s Place, Fitzroy Road, London, NW1

At 3.00pm

A lecture by

Professor Olive Stevenson C.B.E.

Professor Emeritus of Social Work, Nottingham University

on:

“Responses to “antisocial” youth: does Donald Winnicott have messages for us today?”

This paper will draw out Winnicott’s key observations on youth and “the antisocial tendency” and will comment on their validity and relevance to contemporary society in the UK. There are three broad areas for consideration; first, the effect of recent and current social trends on the relationship between the generations; secondly, the political responses to public concern; thirdly, the effects of both on the structure and delivery of services. To what extent can we utilize Winnicott’s ideas in the present context?

Tickets can be purchased “at the door” on the day of the lecture.

Lectures start promptly at 3.00p.m. Doors open at 2.45p.m.

Prices: Members £5.00, non-members £15.00, Concessions £10.00 (full-time students, senior citizens, UB40s)

Any queries should be directed to Vicky Raingold, The Administrator, The Squiggle Foundation, The Tors, 14 Woodhill Crescent, Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 0LY, tel. - 07534422117, email - squigglefound@supanet.com

Patrons: Dr Christopher Bollas - Prof John Davis - Dr Rosemary Gordon - Dr Andre Green - Dr Jennifer Johns - Brett Kahr - Harry Karnac - Dr Jonathan Miller - Adam Phillips - Cesare Sacerdoti - Jean Scarlett - Dr Kenneth Wright

May we have your help?

We have put together an online Questionnaire at http://www.otherpeopleschildren.org.uk, the aim of which is to strengthen our understanding of audience and potential audience for the Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre, and to support a major grant application for a project entitled  "Therapeutic Living With Other People's Children: An oral history of residential therapeutic child care c. 1930 - c. 1980".


The Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre was founded in 1989. It is the only Archive and Study Centre devoted exclusively (or is that inclusively?) to therapeutic community environments in the world, and we depend upon the diverse community we serve to keep us on our toes, alert to their needs and to new ways in which we can extend our resources and services to them and to the widest possible public. The Archive and Study Centre main website is at http://www.pettarchiv.org.uk


We are in the midst of a major grant application to the Heritage Lottery Fund which has come out of our work with former children, families and staff of therapeutic communities for children and young people. In this project we are trying to apply everything we have learned over the past twenty years to help meet their needs for place and foundation, and to introduce the wider community to an area of the national life and heritage which is immensely rich - challenging, but with tremendous rewards in learning and understanding. To find out more about "Therapeutic Living With Other Peoples Children: residential therapeutic child care c. 1930 - c. 1980", and the principles underlying it,  please see http://news.otherpeopleschildren.org.uk.

We have been awarded a development grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help us to prepare the strongest application possible by the submission deadline of August 28, 2009. Your help is essential.

By taking ten to fifteen minutes to answer the questionnaire at http://www.otherpeopleschildren.org.uk you will help to strengthen the application tremendously, by providing detailed information on audiences and potential audiences for the Archive and Study Centre and the Oral History project itself. Having said which, all the online questionnaires are answered anonymously, and though we do ask some age/gender/profession-type questions, no identifying information is gathered, and these questions are only there to help us understand the who, where, if, and how of the current and possible audience. Yes, the questionnaire is more verbose than one put together by professional pollsters - anyone who knows me will not be surprised by that; but, yes, we are also very very grateful for your willingness to complete it. It should take no more than 10 to 15 minutes, according to all of the trials so far.

Your feedback on the Questionnaire itself is also very welcome. This is a total learning experience for us.

If you wish to be on our mailing list, and be kept up to date with the progress of the "Other Peoples Children" application, project and other things, please email the archivist directly.

THANKYOU!

Canadian biographer seeks information on Northfield Author Paul Potts

Back in the mid 1990s Mark Holloway, biographer of Norman Douglas and friend of Canadian-born Soho poet Paul Potts, "caught a train to London from his home in Salisbury, got on a plane and flew to Vancouver and then proceeded to track me down..." writes Leigh Hirst, in a query to the Archive and Study Centre. "He was in his late seventies and legally blind." He arrived "unannounced and essentially unknown" with "one small briefcase" as luggage. In the background, back in England, was an unfinished biography of Paul Potts. The relationship between Holloway and Hirst developed, centred on the biography of Potts; and following Holloway's death in 2004 his papers and the task of completing the biography went to Hirst, who would very much like to hear from anyone who knew Paul Potts, or can shed any light on his extraordinary life and career.

Paul Potts was one of the community of artists and writers who passed through Birmingham's Northfield Military Psychiatric Hospital during World War II - so many, and so distinctive, that writer Raynor Heppenstall joked there should be an Old Northfieldians tie for them. The story of the Northfield Experiments, as the work there came to be called, has been told by Dr. Tom Harrison in Bion, Rickman, Foulkes and the Northfield Experiments: Advancing on a Different Front published by Jessica Kingsley in 2000.

In his magisterial Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia: the bizarre life of writer, actor, Soho dandy Julian Maclaren-Ross (Dewi-Lewis Publishing, 2003) - Maclaren-Ross was another Northfield author - , Paul Willetts describes the "English-educated Paul Potts, inveterate scrounger, fervent left-winger and self-styled "People's Poet From The Canadian Prairies". " who "had been ignominiously discharged from the army, though he still dressed in a tatty army-issue greatcoat which flapped open to reveal a stained red shirt, worn with sandals and black corduroy trousers." (p. 150) Augustus Young calls Potts "the secular saint of self-effacement", and in the New Partisan Robert Latona refers to Potts' Dante Called You Beatrice as "a book that I think finishes in a dead heat with Berlioz’s Memoirs in presenting a convincing prose simulation of the self-lacerating emotional delirium that comes from being in love with someone who doesn’t love you back. "

Ronald Caplan speaks of Potts as "moving among the elite literati and selling his poems on “penny each” broadsides, an act he considered a “sacrament.” He was a man of rare attentions, brave and tender, who wrote unfashionably in his time: a kind of straightforward poetry and prose about love, human kindness, decency, hope for the species, and peace" and publishes what Robert Latona calls "a conscience-scalding photographic portrait of Potts during his last days on earth" taken by Christopher Barker "in which the addled, rag-clad poet evokes a penitent St Jerome as Goya might have depicted him." (The photograph)

A short poem by Potts, "To Ezra Pound", is available in a podcast, read by Paul Tyler.

Did you know Paul Potts? Have any information about him? Or about other Northfield artists and writers? Please get in touch.

            

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