Lived experiences being heard is real voices, real change and….
...accepting we, still, don’t know as much as we think we do accept that we, still, know little, or at least not as much as we think we do Lived…
Hogarth depicts “The Fall of the Bubble” or the consequences of making a market of childhood (4 of 4)
This is the fourth of four ‘Hogarth’ cartoons that depict a children’s homes market - rise, excess, crisis, and renewal. The focus here is on renewal The cartoon shows the…
Hogarth depicts a Placement Auction (3 of 4)
The is the third of four ‘Hogarth’ cartoons that depict a children’s homes market - rise, excess, crisis, and renewal. The focus here is on crisis The Placement Auction has…
Hogarth – children’s homes bubble: the art of making a fortune from misfortune (2 of 4)
This is the second of four ‘Hogarth’ cartoons that depict a children’s homes market - rise, excess, crisis, and renewal. In this one we pushed the Hogarth composition further to…
‘Hogarth’ looks at the children’s homes bubble (1 of 4)
This is the first of four ‘Hogarth’ cartoons that depict a children’s homes market - rise, excess, crisis, and renewal. A child is seated in the lower left observing the…
A conference by and for Residential Child Care 6th November Cambridge
NCERCC wants to bring this conference to your attention. We will be there and look forwards to meeting you there. This is a conference for the sector by the sector…
Learning regarding regional care cooperatives from a systems psychoanalytic evaluation
The following brings learning for providers, local authorities, and government from a systems psychoanalytic evaluation of regional care co-operatives. It is by way of a tribute to David Armstrong, ex…
Regional Care Cooperative panels found in the Bayeux Tapestry?
The Bayeux tapestry exhibition has just opened and is attracting a lot of interest. It got us thinking about what happened back then and what is happening now. In this…
Supporting social workers to support Residential Child Care
Please download The start of a guide for Social Workers working with children’s homes here Why has NCERCC written this? To support good-enough parenting together From April 2027 the standards…
Designing the house as part of the team around the child
Many ‘therapeutic’ residential child care homes focus on the psychosocial environment of care. By applying the principles of trauma-informed care to the built environment, trauma-informed design has the potential to…