Kids Company: Diagnosis of the
Organisation and its Interventions
Sandra Jovchelovitch
Natalia Concha
#LSEKIDSCO
Research on the Model of Kids Company
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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 at
LSE Research Online
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/52856
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