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…
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…
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…
Words can catch a moment, a spirit of a time. Currently there is the word ‘reset’ as used by the government to describe discussions with the European Union regarding some…
Good practice – Participation – free downloads Participation : spice it up! : practical tools for engaging children and young people in planning and consultations : Shepherd, Carol, author :…
NCERCC strongly encourage the South East Regional Care Cooperative to take its development further and faster to overcome their recognition that “The link is sometimes weak between our statistics and…
NCERCC sees that the following definition of stewardship embodies the values and actions necessary for to take responsibility for Residential Child Care, “the careful and responsible management of something entrusted…
Ask What works for whom in what circumstances and in what respects, and how. Think Complexity, location, sustainability, multiple actors and change Target Well-defined outcomes, for the right child in…
A rewriting of a song by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, and Harry M. Woods. The rewriting is with a purpose and we had in our heads the Otis Redding soul classic. Residential…
Whenever speaking with, about, of, residential child care in 2025 the anticipatory and reciprocal resolution is to do so with empathy and sympathy. This will make it a different and…