The government publication of statistics of the ownership of children’s homes reports the current position. Largest national providers of private and voluntary social care (March 2021) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The…
Re:thinking Children’s Commissioning Reissued July 2021 (first issue 2012) Research review Stability, continuity and felt security as active factors Findings from the research review – the evidence in summary Click…
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…
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…
The first principle, in order to respond, is to know the definition of care being used. See NCERCC website for definition and explanation here. All of the indicators presented can…
NCERCC providing expert knowledge and participation for a consensus view so CMA and Care Review have the fullest information. Life is a problem, not a given as Paolo Friere observed.…
The pandemic has exposed inequality and insecurity, and made us re-evaluate what is most important to us. It has also exposed that children's lives, especially those of children in care,…
What is the definition of quality we are using in planning placements for children and is it related to the task of caring for /parenting them? This is the first…
Financial bubbles are not random. There are predictable factors. An analytical framework needs to be applied to Residential Child Care to see if it complies with the causes, and potential…
In rethinking Residential Child Care there is the need to recover important conceptual thinking. The NCERCC paper Reconsidering family and group care makes a start. The Care Review must also…