We are looking forwards to reading Colin Grant’s new book, What we leave we carry
It is not about children in care but its messages give us things to reflect upon when thinking about making any placement for a child These words taken from a…
A post-election briefing for councillors, new and old. What is Residential Child Care and why does it matter?
Yesterday we published a blog following the elections Let us be clear – The future of Residential Child Care is in the hands of the sector – NCERCC We think…
Let us be clear – The future of Residential Child Care is in the hands of the sector
It could be a determining moment as new inexperienced councillors move into decision making positions. They make decisions about things that affect every residential setting, from planning, to how children's…
Kin and Kith Residential Child Care = an inclusive Family First policy
Residential child care serves as a vital resource for preserving family continuity and fostering community-like support systems for children who cannot live with their birth families. Kin Research from the…
New type of DOL placement -semi- secure ‘no basis in law’ – CA89 Vol 5
Knowing our history is important - see 2.110 below The Children's Well Being and Schools Act includes the possibility of a new type of placement under which a child can…
Milieu or packages of care – culture eats strategy for breakfast
At a recent event NCERCC was supporting there was a discussion on a table that turned out to be multilayered (Of course! This is residential child care!) about needs of…
Critical Thinking – For a new role and function of Care rooted in citizenship
To know the role and function of Residential Child Care you need to know the role and function of children’s services and you need to have a definition of Care.…
Unintended consequences of the misalignment of the registration of fostering and children’s homes?
There is increasingly glaring misalignment of the regulatory framework regarding registration of fostering and children’s homes. The recently closed consultation Fostering for the future: improving the foster care system -…
Starting the necessary critical thinking about children’s social care
Both demand and supply in children's social care are gravitating towards larger entities; large providers, regional care cooperatives. Both are features that have arisen without prior theorisation as to the…
Decapitalising Residential Child Care – really radical reset strategies
This analysis applies the lens of Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism to the English residential child care sector, a landscape where the privatisation of stress and the commodification and marketisation of care have…