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For over a year, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory have convened a peer collaborative focussed on sharing insights about how children in complex situations are cared for. What is the…

The improved protocol will be published in Spring 2026. The national protocol on reducing unnecessary criminalisation of looked-after children and care leavers was published in 2018 This is essential reading…

“It is not found in grand gestures, but in the micro moments of care, calm, and connection”.  Isn’t this a great insight – and quote? Thanks Megan Smith from Australian…

There's learning for all in children's social care decision making from England losing a Test cricket match to Australia by playing Bazball, a high-risk, high-reward strategy with the bat and…

NCERCC has repeatedly said the multiple, co-occurring, intersecting needs of children are currently not being recognised or responded to adequately. For this reason we have continuously  publicised the work of…

Information on children looked after in England who are placed out of area, their characteristics and associated outcomes, for the year ending 31 March 2024. Click here. The total number…

NCERCC sharing its thinking in advance of Public Accounts Committee 17th November 2025   Thesis To compare the cost of Foster Care placement and that of Residential Child Care placement…

A Children’s Homes Information and Evidence Fact checker document NCERCC - independent experts in Residential Child Care and its planning. NCERCC - independent of governments, local authorities and providers. NCERCC…

Has Therapeutic Child Care ( TCC) become extinct? When did it happen? How did it happen? Is it possible to revive something that has become extinct? If the answer is…