Headlines Demand has been met with a response. Looks unplanned and uncoordinated Appears to address immediate situation Size and character seem insufficient. No one dominant narrative rather there are multiple…
Knowing that small children’s homes providers have been ‘out-opening’ large providers by 3.5:1 over the last 6 months has potential to change everything we have been thinking about the setting…
This is a proposal for children in care and the professionals working with and for them in England to proactively propose what they want from a care review. Reviews such…
With new thinking in a publication with the title ‘Residentialism’ the National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC) has launched its new website and networks. “Residentialism is concerned…
The situation is more complex than is presented in the consultation, there are many interrelated factors. Sophistication not simplification is required. It is not solely about placements A systemic analysis…
Current care commissioning and procurement practices are confounding the best of our collective intentions to do our best for children. In these theses we are asserting that: The current paradigm…
Whatever ‘residentialism’, is it is too important not to be stated as a means of starting its creation. Residentialism does not see itself as right or that group living is…
This response raises the requirement for wider and deeper analysis and does not make comment on the involvement of profit in children’s care. It looks at the current role and…
In brief This is a situation fraught with danger. We need containment of thinking. We need deep extensive extended thinking before acting. Considering changes to the funding of children's homes…
This publication is a companion document to the NCERCC/Revolution Consulting research study into prices paid by local authorities for children’s homes places http://www.revolution-consulting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FoI-price-report-final-16-Feb-2020-1.pdf The above study acts as an authoritative…