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Higher aspirations, brighter futures: NRCCI workforce report
- Authors:
- DAVIDSON Jennifer, WILKINSON Carole, DOCHERTY Bernadette, ANDERSON Maureen
- Publisher:
- Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
The Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care was commissioned by the Scottish Government to lead a National Residential Child Care Initiative. This NRCCI has undertaken a strategic review of residential child care services and developed a blueprint for their development which will shape the future direction of services and ensure the needs of children and young people are met. This report is part of a series of publications stemming from this initiative. This report represents the key results of the working group on the residential child care workforce. The report draws on the experience and knowledge of working group members, relevant literature and policy documents, and the results of the NRCCI’s stakeholder consultations with young people and professionals and comments submitted to the NRCCI website. The report provides detailed recommendations focussing on recruitment, induction and retention.
Towards a competent and confident residential child care workforce: a guide for residential managers to the registration and continual professional development of residential child care staff
- Authors:
- HOWIE Jackie, ANDERSON Maureen, STEVENSON Addie
- Publisher:
- Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
A handbook designed to help residential child care managers support staff throughout the process of registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is presented. It offers advice on how to support staff in gaining the necessary qualifications for registration. It also helps managers to develop plans for Continuous Professional Development (CPD), or Post Registration Training and Learning (PRTL) whilst considering the needs of the individuals and of the team. It provides a step-by-step approach to producing an audit of current qualifications for individual staff an audit of current qualifications for teams, personal development plans, and team action plans.