Re:thinking Children’s Commissioning Reissued July 2021 (first issued 2012) Research review: Placement at distance from home - Sophistication not simplification And did you get what You wanted from this life, even…
This is raised as an area for focus in the Case for Change. NCERCC has continuously provided material addressing this question. What is immediately apparent in the diagram below is…
Children’s homes inquiry latest - the Education Select Committee has to stick with evidence, stay with evidence, challenge evidence about children’s homes When the committee was provided with robust evidence…
Why do ‘we’ keep forgetting what money is and how it works? Money should be understood as a ‘constitutional project’ (Desan 2014). The idea of money and how it used…
This blog is about keeping our eyes open and not being distracted. It’s about what does the research and analysis say? When considering the financing of children’s social care, we…
Reading about the removal of Covid safety precautions brought to the front of my mind that social/care work is an expression of concern for others. It is ‘me’ taking my…
We currently have created a context and methodology regarding social value where the objective outweighs the experience. Is this the way it has to be? Is this the way we…
Introducing the concept of Safe Uncertainty for homes, organisations, and governments. NCERCC has a new document on its website with a short introduction to the idea of Safe Uncertainty. (Download…
Thank you to the people sending us the very positive feedback. NCERCC’s priority at the moment is supporting people rethinking Residential Child Care and Commissioning. Knowing people are connecting with…
What does family mean for you? The Care Review states, ‘Every child deserves to live within a loving, safe and stable family. (page 15). As NCERCC explained to Sir Martin…