CANS assessment – needing to read between the lines
In U.S. residential treatment, the CANS (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths) is a widely used decision-support tool. In the US, CANS (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths) is an…
[Reissue] Stability, continuity and felt security as active factors
Stability, continuity and felt security as active factors Stability, continuity and felt security as active factors – NCERCC Re:thinking Children’s Commissioning Reissued May 2026 previous issued in 2021 and 2012)…
Distinguishing Residential Child Care, Therapeutic Child Care, Treatment, and Trauma-informed Residential Care
Currently these terms are used interchangeably, and this is causing confusion. For example, it is not uncommon to hear, ‘This child needs a therapeutic placement’, this only comes with a…
The found family that is a children’s home is recognised by the Minister – life long links. However there is an irony …
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backs-family-reunions-for-children-in-care What has been happening as standard in many children’s homes, that children stay in contact throughout the years as residential child care workers accompany them through life stages, relationships,…
Foucault – Connecting the Paradox of Care to the Reset
This is the second of two linked documents. Background knowledge The UK government's sweeping overhauls in children's social care, delivered via the Delivering the Children's Social Care Reset strategy, the…
Implications – applied learning from Foucault to the Children’s Social Care Reset
This is the first of two linked documents. Introducing Foucault Paul-Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, and social theorist. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationships between power, knowledge, and…
NCERCC response to DfE Delivering the children’s social care reset 2026- 2029.
More questions than answers As one person close to NCERCC observed of the policy document. (Thanks for capturing it so succinctly). Question #1 How is it after 80 years* we…
Feedback from the sector to the Minister’s introduction to Delivering the children’s social care reset
Following the statements by Josh MacAllister in the introduction to the policy plan many people have been contacting NCERCC to ask if we will be responding. We have had so…
Delivering the children’s social care reset. An implementation plan for local partners 2026-2029
Published 22nd May 2026 Delivering the children’s social care reset. An implementation plan for local partners 2026-2029 Extracting those sections relating to Residential Child Care Page 2 Josh MacAllister introduction Where…
Think Piece: Addressing a perceived crisis in verification in social care research involved with policy.
Abstract The dominating demand for a selected evidence basis for policy and practice is obscuring a crisis of verification. The role of the researcher in an active factor in research,…