Another year and opportunity for deeper discussion of the problems of the providing of children's homes is missed in the responses to the profits analysis commissioned by the LGA, and…
Innovation thinking is flawed when it doesn’t include the Unknown Knowns. Let’s think this through. Known knowns: there are things we know we know (or we think we do…). These…
The collective voice of the National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (NCVCCO) started in 1942. In 2008 Children England carried on this essential task. The task has always been…
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…