Residential Child Care works from providing a secure emotional base. Its provision and practice are dependent on its financial base. It cannot depend on the ‘kindness of strangers’. These the…
Stability brings opportunity to “build consistent relationships with carers, friends, and teachers. This is “what makes the biggest difference to their lives” Childrens-Commissioners-Stability-Index-2017-Overview-Document-1.3.pdf (childrenscommissioner.gov.uk) “Stable relationships are the platform on…
NCERCC takes Supported Accommodation to be an aspect of Residential Child Care. The download addresses the practice basis for the regulation of the sector and has been informed by the…
Residential Child Care isn’t meant to be perfect. Being ‘good-enough’ is ‘good-enough’! Group living is a creative endeavour. We co-think, co-create, co-produce every day. We aim to be cooperatively constructive.…
Following good social work practice, this NCERCC document looks at the ABCs – Antecedents, Behaviours, Consequences. It has been undertaken by NCERCC with the aim of filling in the gaps…
Introductory reading Mental Health Foundation Nutrition and mental health: obvious, yet under recognised | Mental Health Foundation Food for thought: mental health and nutrition briefing MHF-food-for-thought-mental-health-nutrition-briefing-march-2017.pdf (mentalhealth.org.uk) Nutrition and mental…
Let’s not be tribal. Let’s take time to process the Care Review “A set of national conditions for success needs to be in place before can even think about implementing…
This statement is the most important for us today. “A set of national conditions for success needs to be in place before can even think about implementing reforms” John Pearce,…
Introduction to children’s homes: a children’s social care guide to registration April 2018 Click here. Appendix A sets out the difference between Care and Support. Introduction to children’s homes Updated…
In the discussions over the Care Review or Supported Accommodation for Care as a concept to be removed from the lexicon of children’s services. But this is what has happened.…