Care is something we do and something that we are
Care is an ethic of care, of relationships, a practice rather than a set of rules of principles Tronto conceptualises care as ‘a practice rather than a set of rules…
With the Care Review the social construction of the situation by the national and local state is absented
The experiences of children in care reflect the state’s responsibilities to them. It is remarkable that this is not the centre of the Care Review. The first act of the…
Initial responses to DfE Unregulated consultation
The first principle, in order to respond, is to know the definition of care being used. See NCERCC website for definition and explanation here. All of the indicators presented can…
Corrections, explanations, and extension to the ADCS submission to the CMA 14 05 21
NCERCC providing expert knowledge and participation for a consensus view so CMA and Care Review have the fullest information. Life is a problem, not a given as Paolo Friere observed.…
Small providers have a huge role to play in our sustainable future for Residential Child Care.
Prince Charles wrote a piece today in The Guardian, ‘Small farms have a huge role to play in our sustainable future' Acting on his prompting, adopting his viewpoint, and using…
A Residential Child Care Worker Queen’s Speech
The pandemic has exposed inequality and insecurity, and made us re-evaluate what is most important to us. It has also exposed that children's lives, especially those of children in care,…
Commissioning is a parenting and child care activity
What is the definition of quality we are using in planning placements for children and is it related to the task of caring for /parenting them? This is the first…
What if current RCC investment is a financial bubble?
Financial bubbles are not random. There are predictable factors. An analytical framework needs to be applied to Residential Child Care to see if it complies with the causes, and potential…
Reconsidering family and group care: contributing to the Care Review also being a Cultural review
In rethinking Residential Child Care there is the need to recover important conceptual thinking. The NCERCC paper Reconsidering family and group care makes a start. The Care Review must also…
Defining Care, today, for children’s services
It’s impossible to ask the right questions when you don’t know the answers” (Dominique Manotti Escape 2013) What is needed is sophistication not simplification. (NCERCC, repeatedly) NCERCC is sharing…