Therapeutic Approaches in Residential Child Care

SCIE have produced a new report 58: Therapeutic approaches to social work in residential child care settings .
Accompanying this they have also released a film on Social Care TV: Therapeutic Approaches to Residential Childcare in Northern Ireland.

Being a "Case"

This week Careknowledge issued a special report in which Pauline Ormond, who spent 11 years in care and subsequently helped found Who Cares? Scotland, details her experiences in relation to accessing her own care files and the ways in which record keeping affects service users and their subsequent understanding of their experiences in care.

Residential Childcare Network

A new networking website, Residential Child Care Network, has been set up by Gareth Wall, a registered child care manager, as a forum for information and practice sharing on all aspects of residential child care.

Higher Inspirations, Brighter Futures launch - NRCCI

The National Residential Child Care Initiative, led by SIRCC, yesterday released a set of reports on the future of residential childcare in Scotland. The NRCCI was commissioned by the Scottish Executive to undertake a strategic review of  residential childcare services and to provide a blueprint for their future develoment, with the aim of making "residential care the first and best placement choice for those children whose needs it serves". Findings include that residential care can make a lasting and positive contribution to young peoples' lives, rather than always being a service of last resort, as it is currently perceived by the public and some professionals. See also a digest at Learning and Teaching Scotland.