An introduction to residential child care
These e-Learning resources are freely available to all users and, through audio, video and interactive uses of technology, will provide the user with an engaging introduction to different residential care settings, the needs that children may have in care, young people's own concerns, interpreting and acting on children's behaviour, helping children meet the outcomes of 'Every child matters', key legislation and managing challenging behaviour.
Who they are suitable for
These resources are particularly suitable for staff new to this area, who may be residential child care frontline staff, direct carers, managers, providers, field social workers, advocates, independent visitors, inspectors, regulators and policy makers.
These resources may also be relevant to foster carers, commissioners, trainers and children, young people, parents and family members.
Click on a title below to open the resource.
| Title | Description | Year |
|---|---|---|
| An introduction to residential child care | An interactive exploration of the fundamentals of residential child care. | 2008 |
| Meeting the needs of children in residential child care | A series of practical activities and downloadable worksheets. | 2008 |
| Managing challenging behaviour | An interactive exploration of the key aspects of challenging behaviour. | 2008 |
About the authors:
Jonathan Stanley
Manager, National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC)
Jonathan has worked in maintained, non-maintained and independent sectors managing residential and associated integrated provision (education, care, health) for national resources addressing the learning, emotional, and social needs of young people. He has provided training and consultancy on a wide range of subject areas to audiences, both specialised and mainstream seeking to bring the learning from one area for use in another.
Jonathan is the Manager of NCERCC, a major collaborative initiative to improve standards of practice and outcomes for children and young people in residential child care in England.
NCERCC is a principal point of reference and facilitates dialogue across the whole residential sector of England. NCERCC works collaboratively with key stakeholders: providers, practitioners, commissioners, researchers, regulators, children and young people are involved it its work.
NCERCC provides up-to-date information on significant policy, research and practice developments, opportunities to exchange and promote good practice, the means to highlight issues critical to the well-being and life chances of children in residential child care and access to practical tools and materials for service and practice improvement.
Mary Sainsbury
Practice Development Manager, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Mary Sainsbury is a registered social worker who is a practice development manager at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). At SCIE, Mary has commissioned work on foster care, a SCIE guide on assessing the mental health needs of older people, and working with challenging situations in residential childcare. Mary has many years experience in social care, with people who have mental health problems and children and families.
Acknowledgements:
SCIE would like to thank the following people and organisations:
1. Our peer reviewers: Dr Ruth Sinclair, David Berridge and Diane Marshall.
2. The professionals who took part in our user trials: Carl Simpson, Scott Olivey, Wendy Whitehead, Peter Little, Fred McKeating Colette Donnolly
Technical development:
Programming and graphic design by Cogapp Ltd.
Copyright
All material in these e-learning resources, including text, graphics, photographs, video and audio is copyright of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), unless otherwise stated. Use of these resources, and import of the resources into learning management systems, for educational purposes is freely permitted, but commercial use of this learning resource is not authorised unless permission is first obtained from SCIE.
