Sarah Deeley

Building an Residential Child Care Community of Practice For some time, now, a group of us has wondered whether a space for residential child care practitioners to reflect and discuss practice with… ... Building an Residential Child Care Community of Practice For some time, now, a group of us has wondered whether a space for residential child care practitioners to reflect and discuss practice with o...

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A graphic to promote a vacancy for a Research and Knowledge Mobilisation Associate to inform and support around the practice of physical restraint in residential child care.

The University of Strathclyde is seeking a Research and Knowledge Mobilisation Associate to inform and support change around the practice of physical restraint in residential child care: buff.ly/dkVQCPK

NEW: Find out more about the Reflection and Action Learning Forum project, funded by The Promise Partnership, to develop reflective work cultures and workers’ own reflective capacity when working in residential child care: buff.ly/8g7j9JR

Incredibly proud to be part of this group and the amazing work they are doing across Scotland

A graphic to promote a call out for new articles to appear on the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care this spring. The journal is hosted on the CELCIS website.

Call for articles: Could you write a short article for the spring issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care? This could be a brief account of practice or research, a short critique of policy, or an essay about care experience: Find out more: https://buff.ly/4bJgKor

A graphic to promote a second blog in a series hosted by CELCIS, which looks at strengthening practice in Residential Child Care. The blog, by Marc Blyth is entitled: Working together to strengthen practice in residential child care: the power of observation, reflection and feedback.

When the foundation for change is right, dedicating time is crucial. In his second post in this series, Aberlour Children's Charity Sycamore Residential Service's Marc Blyth writes about observing and feeding back to colleagues, to build confidence when implementing change: https://buff.ly/4je0Eqm

A graphic to promote a new blog on the CELCIS website. It is entitled: Working together to strengthen practice in residential child care: Laying the groundwork for change, and has been written by Marc Blyth, Lead Learning Co-ordinator at children’s charity Aberlour Sycamore.

In our latest blog post, Aberlour Sycamore's Marc Blyth discusses how the organisation made some changes in practice sustainable, and how there are working to bring everyone along together to improve support and care for children and young people: buff.ly/4gJ77YX

A graphic to promote a video which is on the CELCIS website and is an introduction to the Reflection and Action Learning Forum, which supports the residential child care workforce.

Watch RALF practitioners share their learning and experiences of how they implemented Reflection and Action Learning in connection with physical restraint into their working environments. https://buff.ly/3ZG1W5P

Highly recommend taking 15 minutes to watch & find out more about the Reflection & Action Learning Forum, funded by The Promise Partnership.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has” (Margaret Mead)

Great to see a book review of Free Loaves on Fridays amongst excellent company in this journal.

"A book with such a diversity of written experiences and formats that it’s possibly the closest thing we’ll ever have to an encyclopaedia of the care
experience"

Open access.