For many years the effects of the overwhelming number of referrals received by providers from Local Authorities (LAs) has been highlighted for action. The effects have been itemised, the time…
Ahead of their 5th birthday we are reissuing these theses. Five years later the issues remain unattended. Jonathan Stanley, Principal Partner NCERCC, and Kathy Evans, CEO Children England at the…
In the current circumstances isn’t a report summarised as follows essential reading? Using Social Return on Investment (SROI) principles, this report reveals how market approaches in residential care are in effect ‘trading’…
NCERCC welcomes an article by guest writer Tom Ellison. This is the second in a series of articles by Tom about children’s residential care and, in particular, changes to the children’s…
For anyone who cares about meeting the needs of children with the right provision it's hard not to be overwhelmed by manic anxiety on reading these. Manic laughter as a…
The residential child care sector is dominated by generalist homes, a better description than 'mainstream'. It is widely held we do not have the 'right sort of homes', look at…
An essential element in resolving Residential Child Care recruitment challenges is using Fair Pay agreements. Where there is “no organisation, no parity of bargaining, the good employer is undercut by…
NCERCC welcomes an article by guest writer Tom Ellison. This is the first in a series of articles about children’s residential care and, in particular, changes to the children’s residential…
Thinking differently about commissioning Kings Fund (2022) TBAC summary (print).pdf (kingsfund.org.uk) Local systems need to invest in developing relationships and changing ingrained behaviours. Relational commissioning requires strong relationships between commissioners…
Thinking differently about commissioning Kings Fund (2022) TBAC summary (print).pdf (kingsfund.org.uk) Barriers to implementing a new approach to commissioning Tight finances, which dragged organisations back to focusing on their bottom…