Care Review Creative writing #1 – Care and Careability – Chapter 1
‘June Austin’ Chapter 1 – He was coming to review the workings of the estate. Heralded by an announcement at Sunday service Mr Caleb McGillicuddy had arrived at the estate…
Recognising and responding when there is retraumatisation in the Residential Child Care workforce
There’s good evidence and experience that the Residential Child Care workforce has experienced more traumas in their lives than much of the rest of the population. Working with the children…
Disappointment, disenchantment, and disrespect follows ‘no show’ by the (now) ex-Care Review lead
This is a case of telling you what to do, and no-showing. The National Commissioning and Contracting Training Conference the major yearly meeting of all those involved with the placements…
Where are you up to with the Care Review and how are you experiencing it?
Who is helping you process your thinking and emotions arising from and about the Care Review? Here’s something that might assist you in identifying what is going on for you.…
Pay Up – wages for Residential Child Care Workers
Residential Child Care Workers need a pay rise A focus on pay is essential as part of the research arising from the Care Review into the Residential Child Care sector…
NCERCC calls for research into ‘Rightsizing Residential Child Care’ to avoid existential threat to one third of homes.
Following the Care Review NCERCC calls for research into ‘Rightsizing Residential Child Care’ to avoid existential threat to one third of homes. In its response to the Care Review the…
We don’t talk about Loss anymore?
We must recover the loss of Loss from the Residential Child Care vocabulary The moment of experiencing Loss is painful. That moment can go on for a long while. Our…
NCERCC Initial Response to the Care Review
We are reading others evaluations. We continue reflecting before making any evaluation public evaluation. We responded to the Care for Change with a photograph Our initial response to the Final…
Ten Tests for the Care Review
Overall - does it make another Residential Child Care possible? People and parenting What does it have to say about the people doing the caring task, the Residential Child Care…
Care Review to point to new pay and professional status platform for Residential Child Care Workers
Pay A test for the Care Review will be if it recommends that Residential Child Workers should have the same pay scales and terms and conditions no matter their employer.…