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The residential child care sector is dominated by generalist homes, a better description than 'mainstream'. It is widely held we do not have the 'right sort of homes', look at…

An essential element in resolving Residential Child Care recruitment challenges is using Fair Pay agreements. Where there is “no organisation, no parity of bargaining, the good employer is undercut by…

Thinking differently about commissioning Kings Fund (2022) TBAC summary (print).pdf (kingsfund.org.uk) Local systems need to invest in developing relationships and changing ingrained behaviours. Relational commissioning requires strong relationships between commissioners…

Thinking differently about commissioning Kings Fund (2022) TBAC summary (print).pdf (kingsfund.org.uk) Barriers to implementing a new approach to commissioning Tight finances, which dragged organisations back to focusing on their bottom…

Thinking differently about commissioning Kings Fund (2022) TBAC summary (print).pdf (kingsfund.org.uk) Enablers to implementing a new approach to commissioning Effective collective leadership and long-established relationships A history of collaboration and…

Thinking differently about commissioning Kings Fund (2022) TBAC summary (print).pdf (kingsfund.org.uk) Strategic planning is increasingly a collective activity in which system partners come together to understand available resources, explore local…

Thinking differently about commissioning Kings Fund (2022) TBAC summary (print).pdf (kingsfund.org.uk) A new ethos of commissioning. New ideas around how commissioners can add value to local systems: bringing stakeholders together…

From NCERCC Commissioning is a parenting and child care activity (2010) Commissioning is about enhancing the quality of life of service users and their carers by: having the vision and…

Words can catch a moment, a spirit of a time. Currently there is the word ‘reset’ as used by the government to describe discussions with the European Union regarding some…