Can mutual aid meet the high level needs of children?
The Care Review, as yet, is unbalanced with regard to procurement and commissioning in that it has only addressed one aspect of supply, independent providers, sidestepping the issue through the…
GUEST BLOG | The Care Cliff and guided tour to safety and well-being
Ed Nixon of Every Child Leaving Care Matters writes: So, what is the Care Cliff? It is something that may have many manifestations and be experienced differently by children leaving…
And so …? A first NCERCC response to The Case for Change: Your Feedback
Case-for-Change-Feedback-Publication-12.10.pdf (independent-review.uk) Having a focus on Residential Child Care NCERCC here responds solely to the section ‘What changes do we need to make to ensure we have the right homes…
Missing documents and absence of usual steps of development and scrutiny mean the Ofsted ‘multi-homes’ guidance must be halted.
The development of this policy and practice is significantly different than usual in that important steps are missing. NCERCC is not aware of any factor why the circumventing of established…
Zaphod Beeblebrox applies to be a multi home registered manager
#3 NCERCC series re Ofsted guidance Registering a multi-building children’s home A humorous but no less serious response to Ofsted guidance Registering a multi-building children's home - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Hi,…
EVENT | Therapeutic Child Care ONLINE Conference
Date: 21/10/2021 Time: 0930 - 1530 Platform: Zoom Registration: Click here to register your place Price: Varies - please checking booking link for more details After a year away due…
We cannot take one single step towards to the return to institutionalised thinking or practice
Why is NCERCC so exercised regarding the Ofsted guidance Registering a multi-building children’s home? One reason is that it all too easily could be a rolling back of decades of…
NCERCC critical appraisal of Ofsted guidance Flexible provision
The new publication by NCERCC provides a critical appraisal and another view of the ‘Flexible provision’ guidance published by Ofsted - 1st October 2021. Registering a multi-building children's home -…
Football’s a Funny Old Game. Perhaps the Same Could be said of Residential Child Care?
The way I see it in both football and operating a children’s home you can only be as successful as your team is good. There will be star players, incredibly…
Great Residential Child Care Needs Great Residential Child Carers
Great residential child care needs great residential child carers – Government already knows the answers to the recruitment shortfall in residential child care The Government already have the answers to…