Jeremy Millar of the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care has informed us that SIRCC is running a seminar on December 3rd, 2010. The venue has yet to be agreed. The aim of the seminar is to disseminate research into practice and to ensure that information is passed on to the field and to all those who have the opportunity to influence policy and/or implement practice. The focus of the seminar will be research carried out about residential child care, looked after children, and policy and partnership working in areas such as health, mental health and education.
Specific sub-themes of the conference will include
· Trauma and Behaviour
· Specialist and Therapeutic Interventions
· Improving Outcomes
· Social Pedagogy
· Disability
The seminar will be of interest to managers, practitioners, academics, students and policy makers involved with children who are looked after away from home.
Further details are available from : sirccevents@strath.ac.uk or telephone 0141 950 3572
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Exploring a role for new technologies in life story work with adolescents in residential child care
Readers will be aware of the writing of Simon Hammond from his articles for the goodenoughcaring Journal about residential child care workers who were themselves in care as children and also about the use of new technology in residential child care and in particular its potential it offers for life story work. You can keep up to date with Simon’s University of East Anglia doctoral research on his website at
http://www.uea.ac.uk/swp/people/shammond
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http://www.uea.ac.uk/swp/people/shammond
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A website rich with resources for those interested in child care
We would draw your attention to John Whitwell's website at http://www.johnwhitwell.co.uk/ On his site John makes papers and other materials available which are born out of his work in child care. John has worked in the child care field since he graduated in 1969. The longest period and most formative years of his work was at the Cotswold Community from 1972 – 1999. John has worked with ISP – Integrated Services Programme – since 1999. John's website is now included in our links section on this page.
Where did we go right ? Positive aspects of residential child care
Now available on this site in Writings at http://www.goodenoughcaring.com/WritingsArticle.aspx?cpid=123 is the full text of Charles Sharpe’s presentation Where did we go right ? Positive aspects of residential child care to the Joint National Conference of the Irish Association of Care Workers, the Registered Managers Association and the Irish Association of Social Care Educators, respectively ASCW, RMA and IASCE at the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone on February 24th and 25th, 2010
Exploring a role for new technologies in life story work with adolescents in residential care : Simon Hammond’s website
Readers will be aware of the writing of Simon Hammond from his articles for the goodenoughcaring Journal about residential child care workers who were themselves in care as children and also about the use of new technology in residential child care and in particular its potential it offers for life story work. You can keep up to date with Simon’s University of East Anglia doctoral research on his website at
http://www.uea.ac.uk/swp/people/shammond
http://www.uea.ac.uk/swp/people/shammond
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Conference : Using high quality residential care to meet the real needs of children: from theory to practice
On Monday October 4th, 2010, in collaboration with the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust and National Children’s Bureau Residential Child Care, the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy is holding a one day conference in Leeds which will chaired by Peter Wilson, former director of Young Minds. The conference will offer models of therapeutically-oriented care focused on addressing the emotional needs of children and young people. The day will encourage delegates to address a number of fundamental questions in relation to their own experience.
The conference will address a number of fundamental questions, including:
• how can residential care be better attuned to the social and emotional needs of the most damaged and troubled young people?
• what are the ‘key ingredients’ of high-quality therapeutic care?
• what practical steps can be implemented to plan for the everyday care of young people?
The speakers include Jonathan Stanley, John Whitwell, Sue Kegerreis, John Diamond, Stuart Hannah and Adrian Ward.
The venue is the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Bevan House, 34-36 Springwell Road, Leeds, LS12 1AW
Fee: £85
To receive the Leeds conference flyer and booking form email goodenoughcaring@dsl.pipex.com
The conference will address a number of fundamental questions, including:
• how can residential care be better attuned to the social and emotional needs of the most damaged and troubled young people?
• what are the ‘key ingredients’ of high-quality therapeutic care?
• what practical steps can be implemented to plan for the everyday care of young people?
The speakers include Jonathan Stanley, John Whitwell, Sue Kegerreis, John Diamond, Stuart Hannah and Adrian Ward.
The venue is the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Bevan House, 34-36 Springwell Road, Leeds, LS12 1AW
Fee: £85
To receive the Leeds conference flyer and booking form email goodenoughcaring@dsl.pipex.com
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Conference : Using high quality residential care to meet the real needs of children: from theory to practice
On Monday October 4th, 2010, in collaboration with the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust and National Children’s Bureau Residential Child Care, the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy is holding a one day conference in Leeds which will chaired by Peter Wilson, former director of Young Minds. The conference will offer models of therapeutically-oriented care focused on addressing the emotional needs of children and young people. The day will encourage delegates to address a number of fundamental questions in relation to their own experience.
The conference will address a number of fundamental questions, including:
• how can residential care be better attuned to the social and emotional needs of the most damaged and troubled young people?
• what are the ‘key ingredients’ of high-quality therapeutic care?
• what practical steps can be implemented to plan for the everyday care of young people?
The speakers include Jonathan Stanley, John Whitwell, Sue Kegerreis, John Diamond, Stuart Hannah and Adrian Ward.
The venue is the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Bevan House, 34-36 Springwell Road, Leeds, LS12 1AW
Fee: £85
To receive the Leeds conference flyer and booking form email goodenoughcaring@dsl.pipex.com
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The conference will address a number of fundamental questions, including:
• how can residential care be better attuned to the social and emotional needs of the most damaged and troubled young people?
• what are the ‘key ingredients’ of high-quality therapeutic care?
• what practical steps can be implemented to plan for the everyday care of young people?
The speakers include Jonathan Stanley, John Whitwell, Sue Kegerreis, John Diamond, Stuart Hannah and Adrian Ward.
The venue is the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Bevan House, 34-36 Springwell Road, Leeds, LS12 1AW
Fee: £85
To receive the Leeds conference flyer and booking form email goodenoughcaring@dsl.pipex.com
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