Case for Change – a NCERCC abbreviated version
Case for Change – a NCERCC abbreviated version (original = 103 pages – NCERCC = 15) An interpretation of the evidence Asks for ideas, views and further evidence More engagement…
Funding formula, the buried ‘must read, must know’ to understand the Care Review
The Care Review terms of reference has not yet been challenged by its leader, Josh MacAllister. One of the opportunities for him is to join social work/care sector in a…
Values and principles for residential child care to evaluate the Care Review Case for Change
Values and principles inform what we do and how we do it. A set of values and principles underpin the Quality Standards for Children's Homes. (You can find them in…
What does family mean for you?
An inclusive view of families appreciates ‘some children, sometimes, for some reasons need something more and different. Gavin Williamson asked in his speech to the Centre for Social Justice, ‘What…
Children in residential child care should be loved, happy, healthy, safe from harm and able to develop, thrive and fulfil their potential.
The title of this blog is the first principle in the statutory guidance the Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations including the Quality Standards[1]. As statutory guidance it must be…
The Care Review has to ‘Go bolder, broader, bigger!’
The reasons for the resignation of Sir Kevan Collins needs to be heard loudly by the Care Review as it comes to publish its ‘Case for Change’. Sir Kevan, the…
Caring for: Caring about: Caring with
At some time in life every person has need of dependency. If dependency is unseen it is not given a value. Dependency relies on care being present. Placing care front…
Care, today, has to be established
We have an archipelago of care, island exist and are strong, but surrounded by water, connected underwater to other islands, and always subject to flooding and being washed away. Care…
Carelessness
Carelessness is observed in a lack of care being present or available. There is a lack of preparedness to enter into the thinking and processing of psychological pain when acknowledging…
Care is something we do and something that we are
Care is an ethic of care, of relationships, a practice rather than a set of rules of principles Tronto conceptualises care as ‘a practice rather than a set of rules…