If a child speaks and nothing changes, are they truly heard?
NCERCC read an article in a (kindly shared and highly recommended) weekly NAFP newsletter. The article by Catherine Lockett forms the basis for this one. Thank you Catherine and NAFP.…
First steps taken safeguarding English Residential Child Care with UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage
English Residential Child Care is an unsung national treasure. It is living history. It is our living heritage. ‘Living Heritage’ is the UK’s implementation of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for…
The role and task of Residential Child Care today – starting a discussion and consultation
The RCC sector needs to be understood as a series of responses to highest levels of social, emotional, psychological unmet need. Residential Child Care provides a diversity of services for…
Can we depend on evidence? It depends.
It depends. It depends on what you mean by ‘the evidence’, and ‘the facts’. Is it simply what we know? And is it the last 5 years of what we…
“In the Right Place, At the Right Time” – a song of a situation – where we’re at today
A duet for two singers with opposing views on the children’s residential care today Verse 1 — Singer A (Public Sector Voice) We’re standing in the wreckage of a system…
Transforming Care and Relationship-based Commissioning
We need to step back ‘from a way of acting or reacting’ and to engage in the development of the given into a question’. In doing so we can see…
The key strategic decision for commissioning in 2026 is choosing between a relational approach and a regional cooperative model
Comparison: The Commissioning Marketplace Relational Children's Commissioning Regional Care Cooperatives (RCCs) Core Value Trust, communication, and mutual respect between local authorities and providers. Collective buying power, economies of scale,…
Evaluation of Public Accounts Committee report: Financial sustainability of children’s care homes
An evaluation by NCERCC CHIEF (Children's Homes Information and Evidence Factchecker) NCERCC – independent experts in Residential Child Care and its planning. NCERCC – independent of governments, local authorities and…
SAVI minded Residential Child Care
Approaching each day a Residential Child Care workers needs to be packed with resilience. Every day is full of attunement, attentiveness, compassion, empathy, mindmindedness, reflection, solidarity, and lots more. These…
Picturing Belonging in Residential Child Care
We’ve come across some excellent diagrams charting belonging. We think they are good for supervision, reflection, training. A Sense of Belonging in Children’s Residential Homes: A Qualitative Exploration of Staff…