Wellbeing Bill Impact Assessments – NCERCC Initial Evaluation
For anyone who cares about meeting the needs of children with the right provision it's hard not to be overwhelmed by manic anxiety on reading these. Manic laughter as a…
Invest to save is better – Fiscal rigidity and reduced use risks the residential reset we need.
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…
Fair Pay for Residential Child Care Workers – Fair Pay Agreements
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…
GUEST: Why recent changes in the Buy-To-Let market could transform Children’s Residential Care
NCERCC welcomes an article by guest writer Tom Ellison. This is the first in a series of articles about children’s residential care and, in particular, changes to the children’s residential…
Developing Relational Commissioning #6 – Implications for Systems, Policy and Practice
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…
Developing Relational Commissioning #5 – Barriers to Implementing a New Approach
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…
Developing Relational Commissioning #4 – Enablers to Implementing a New Approach to Commissioning
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…
Developing Relational Commissioning #3 – Relationships, Relationships, Relationships
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…
Developing Relational Commissioning #2 – Paradigm Shift = Facilitator, Enabler or Connector
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…
Developing Relational Commissioning #1
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…