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The Sanctuary Model, Creating Safety for an Out-of-home Care Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2014

Chantal Leigh-Smith  and
Kerryn Toth
Chantal Leigh-Smith*
Affiliation:
Churches of Christ Care Pathways, Pathways South East Fostering, Springwood, Queensland 4207, Australia
Kerryn Toth
Affiliation:
Churches of Christ Care Pathways, Pathways Brisbane and North Coast, Jamboree Heights. Queensland 4074, Australia
*
address for correspondence: Chantal Leigh-Smith, Churches of Christ Care Pathways, Team Leader Fostering and Assessment and Intervention, Pathways South East Fostering, PO Box 1340 Springwood Qld 4127, Australia. E-mail: chantal.leighsmith@cofcqld.com.au
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Abstract

The adoption of the Sanctuary Model within Churches of Christ Care Pathways, an Australian non-government organisation in the child protection sector, has influenced a fundamental attitudinal shift towards enhanced wellbeing for clients, employees and carers alike. By drawing on the four pillars of Sanctuary, which incorporate theoretical and practical strategies, a safe environment can be created to heal trauma on an individual, organisational and community level, with the view towards a future of growth, change and resilience. The four pillars; Theory, SELF (Safety, Emotion Management, Loss and Future), the Seven Commitments and the Tools, support healing from trauma, and bring about organisational change. Examples from Pathways Residential Care and Fostering Services are used to illustrate the way in which the Sanctuary Model has enhanced safety within this out-of-home care community.

Keywords

Sanctuary Modelout-of-home care communitythe four pillarsseven commitmentsemotional intelligencevicarious traumasafety
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Articles
Information
Children Australia , Volume 39 , Issue 4: ATTACHMENT AND TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICE , December 2014 , pp. 232 - 236
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2014 

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