A new commissioning ethos brings a new role as commissioner as ‘the glue’, ‘a facilitator’, ‘an enabler’ and ‘a connector’, providing ‘a population-eye view’ of issues, and using collaboration and…
Visiting the dentist is an anxious time for many children in care. For some it can be the first time. Others may be fearful because of poor past experiences and…
NCERCC associate Tom Ellison will be hosting an event for experienced RM’s, RI’s and senior managers to explore the impact of legislative change in 2025. Taking place in the West…
All the state, national and local, has to do is wait for residential child care people with enormous knowledge and experience gathered over decades, to depart children's social care. It…
This is the first contribution bringing and applying the insights and learning from the science of climate change to Residential Child Care and its commissioning There are many ideas as…
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…