Residential Leadership Group
Members’ Area
Welcome to our Residential Leadership Group
Through the pandemic we moved to monthly online meetings and members have asked that we keep this going. These sessions all include an update on what is happening in the residential world, impact of the pandemic, peer group support sessions and a CPD focus area.
Next meeting dates:
- 7th May 2024 9.30am-12.30pm – What’s currently affecting our sector – Clair Davies
Clair has spent the last thirty years working with children who have been traumatised by abuse and neglect. She was Chair of the Apprenticeship Trailblazer which wrote the Level 4 & 5 qualifications for those working with Children, Young People and Families. She was awarded an MBE in 2020 for her work with Apprenticeships and Traumatised Children. Clair is the current Chair of the Children’s Home Association and will be discussing membership and the current issues facing our sector.
- 18th June 2024 1-4pm – Safeguarding Supervision – Liz Cooper
Liz Cooper’s lengthy career initially started as a psychiatric nurse. Liz is a qualified teacher, has a Masters degree in Business Management, an inspector for 8 years and a Director and RI of a group of children’s homes for 12 years. Prior to coming to Dialogue, Liz worked as DCEO and Chair of the CHA. Our supervision course aims to equip supervisors with the skills and confidence to support and challenge workers to better understand risk and the quality of work being undertaken with children and families.
It’s just £99+vat for all the sessions throughout the year. Join one of our other communities of interest and there are further discounts. Find out more…
All 2024 meetings will be at 1pm – 4pm.
Next Meeting date:
- 7th May – This session is at 9:30am -12:30pm
Further meeting dates:
- Tuesday 18th June
- Monday 8th July
- Wednesday 11th September
- Tuesday 15th October
- Monday 18th November
- Monday 16th December
You will find all the resources you need on the day and those from previous events.
We hope you find it useful.
The course is run on the Zoom platform. There are sometimes YouTube videos.
If you’re not familiar with Zoom you may find the following videos helpful before the course. It is reasonably intuitive, so you should not worry. We will also move you into small groups and ask you to vote on questions – these instructions will appear clearly on your screen.
Being involved – our courses are pretty relaxed, interactive and work best when there are lots of questions. Please feel free to chip in during a gap, use the ‘raise your hand’ button or put a question in chat at any time. Chat is one of the assets of using Zoom as it makes sure you can get your question in. Our trainers try to avoid reading the chat when they’re speaking, but do look at very regular intervals and should come back to your question. If they’ve missed it please chip in or ‘raise your hand’.
Video and sound – We like to see you! It’s good for the trainer to be able to gauge the reaction of the group and that everyone is engaged with the training. Do check your background prior to going live to make sure there’s nothing that might embarrass you. There is a function in Zoom to hide your background if you wish. Ultimately, if you really cannot face having the video on this is ok. Please mute your sound unless you want to speak so that background noise does not affect everyone else – the trainer may mute everyone if there is interference. Don’t forget to turn it on before speaking!
Doing other work/dealing with other issues/breaks – safeguarding is important training. If you miss key elements of the course you may miss an opportunity to intervene to keep a child safe so you should not be doing other work while the course is running. We recognise that people are working from home and this brings its own challenges. If you need to respond to something please do, but where possible try to limit this to the breaks. During breaks you should take an opportunity to be away from the computer screen where you can. Feel free to bring back coffee and cake!
If you need to leave the course please let the trainer know why using a private chat. The subject material can be difficult and it is important to look after yourself. We can point you to helpful sources of support during the breaks or after the course.
Problems accessing the course If you have difficulty accessing the Zoom platform on the day, please contact admin@dialogueltd.co.uk or contact us on 01803493030. We will do our best to help you join, although we do not offer technical support.
The waiting room will be open 15 minutes prior to the start of the course. If you are coming in place of someone please Private Message the trainer at the start of the course. Otherwise, please ensure the name on your Zoom is the name you have registered with (see above if you need to change this).
To launch each of the sessions, please click the button in the left column. If you have problems joining check the advice on using Zoom and troubleshooting options above. If you require them, the Meeting ID and Password are:
Meeting ID: 818 0655 5247
Passcode: 052147
If you have difficulty logging on read our Zoom guidance, above.
9:30 Introductions
10:00 Sector update
10.30 Clair Davies on “The CHA”
Clair has spent the last thirty years working with children who have been traumatised by abuse and neglect. She was Chair of the Apprenticeship Trailblazer which wrote the Level 4 & 5 qualifications for those working with Children, Young People and Families. She was awarded an MBE in 2020 for her work with Apprenticeships and Traumatised Children. Clair is the current Chair of the Children’s Home Association and will be discuss membership and the current issues facing our sector.
11.30 Break
11.45 Discussion about the effect of the revised SCIFF
12:15 AOB
12:30 Close
Check back soon for resources …
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Agenda:
13:00 – Welcome / introductions – John Woodhouse and Liz Cooper
13:15 – Pathway Planning – John Woodhouse
What are your aims and aspirations for your young people? More importantly, what are theirs? The Pathway Plan forms a contract between local authorities and their young people and we will work on how to ensure this always acts in their best interests.
14:00 – Residential Sector Update – Liz Cooper
(Covid-19, inspection, research and other themes)
14:30 – Break
15:00 – Peer Group Discussions
15:30 – Large Group Feedback
16:00 – Close
Agenda:
13:00 – Welcome / Introductions – Liz Cooper
13:15 – Residential Sector Update – Liz Cooper
(Covid-19, inspection, research and other themes)
14:00 – Impact on regulation and registration on the residential workforce – Dr Carl Purcell and Dr Martin Elliott
Discussing their research comparing arrangements in Wales and England. As well as looking at the objectives of regulation and registration, how it works in practice and the impact this has on the workforce and children/young people in residential care.
15:00 – The Importance of Independent Visitors for Children in Care – Children’s Commissioner for England – Liz Cooper
15:30 – Group Discussion and Plenary
16:00 – Close
Update Feb 2024Independent Visitors 7Feb2024CC report on Advocacy
Dr Carl Purcell and Dr Martin Elliot would like to encourage all managers to complete their survey of the registration and regulation of children’s residential care and distribute to all staff. They are offering everyone who completes the survey the opportunity to be entered in to a £50 prize draw. The survey can be accessed here:
Cardiff University and King’s College London survey
They would also like to speak with people who have joined the children’s residential care workforce in the past six months. Offering a £25 gift voucher to people agreeing to participate in a short interview (approx.. 30mins). Please ask anybody who is interested in participating to contact carl.purcell@kcl.ac.uk
Check back soon for resources…
Check back soon for resources…
RLG – Slides – Emotional Intelligence Dialogue 11th Sept 2023 – Dialogue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNY0AAUtH3g – Emotions and the Brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE6RYpe9IT0 – Relaxing Music with Nature Sounds – Waterfall HD
What I use when having a mindful moment of pause.
https://www.mindtools.com/axbwm3m/how-emotionally-intelligent-are-you – How Emotionally Intelligent Are You?
Evaluate each statement as you actually are, rather than as you think you should be. When you’ve finished, click “Calculate My Total,” and use the table that follows to think about next steps.
Independent Care Review.- workforce
Links discussed in the meeting:
Glossary of Key Terms | Better Care Network
Recording of May’s session:
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Coronavirus- issues to consider going forward. February 2022
Meeting recording:
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Links for articles on talking to young people about Ukraine:
Residential leadership Forum updates- 24.1.22
Outstanding – ideas and checks.
To view the recording of our January meeting, please use the details below.
Meeting Recording:
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Chris’ Presentation:
Residential Leadership Forum . 9th Nov 2021
Recording of presentation and training details:
Meeting Recording:
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From Christine’s presentation
From Mary’s presentation
John’s scenario
From John’s presentation
From Maryann’s presentation
Presentation
From Independence to Interdependence – article
If you’d like to book Maryann to come and speak to your team or organisation, please contact us.
Click below for PDF download of presentation for talking with trauma-experienced young people, by Rachel Shepperd
Talking with trauma experienced young people
Click below for PDF download of presentation for the three Vital Questions, by Ruby Parry
COVID-19 contain framework: a guide for local decision-makers