Research
dialogue are central to sector led research on issues that matter to young people. Contact us for more information about how your organisation can get involved.
dialogue are publishing a book in the summer of 2026 with an interdisciplinary group of residential care professionals. We were keen to involve young people in helping us all understand the value of smaller homes and ran a survey to gather their views.
Buy the book
Our book, The Perfect Little Children’s Home, is available to preorder now at a discounted rate.
RI Standards
Navigating the RI role can be challenging without a defined blueprint. Because there are no official standards for the position, we’ve built our own! We’ve created a downloadable framework of compliance tools to help you confidently manage and audit your care services.
Reg44 Impact Analysis
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Regulation 44 impact analysis. We have now completed the analysis of the data and found Independent Persons have a significant impact on safeguarding, welfare, staff, managers, commissioners and inspection.
RM Vacancy Study
Commissioners, providers, the regulator and government are concerned at the difficulties in recruiting Registered Managers in children’s homes and Heads of Care in residential special schools. Too many posts are vacant, in some settings managers do not register with Ofsted and providers comment they are unable to grow due to recruitment issuses.