Systemic Operant
Solutions is a method of finding solutions for vexing problems in the Care
System. It is commonly deployed in the following circumstances:
1. Multiple placement
breakdowns
2. Difficulties in
contact between parent and child who is in care
3. Social Workers (and
the wider care system) feeling ‘stuck’ and unable to find a way out
4. Conflict between
Local Authorities and Birth Family having direct impact on the child in care
(CIC).
SOS
combines two well-known approaches in the field of psychology and family
therapy –
Systems Thinking and
Operant Conditioning. It aims to find solutions
by implementing change through the
systems
around a young person and using a person’s innate motivation to achieve
positive change.