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General News
National Approach to Anti-Bullying
Tue, 22/12/2009 - 11:02am — SIRCC AdminSIRCC continues to play an active part as a representative member of the government's 'Scottish Anti-bullying Steering' (SABS) group. The Scottish Government, through SABS, has published a consultation document 'that sets out a draft national approach to anti-bullying in Scotland.' The paper outlines broadly the contributions to this approach by sectors and stakeholders nationally and highlights the role of SABS.
It is a consultation paper and responses are required by the end of February 2010. You can respond online.
Call for Papers: Special edition of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care - Health and children in residential care
Wed, 29/10/2008 - 3:56pm — SIRCC AdminHealth for children in residential care continues to be an area of concern for practitioners and policymakers alike. The Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care will be publishing a special edition in Autumn 2009 which will address this topic. The editors are seeking a variety of papers which will highlight good practice or which will help to throw some light on a particular aspect of the health experiences of children in care. Perspectives from practitioners and researchers will be welcome.
Social pedagogy makes an impact at Sycamore
Wed, 29/07/2009 - 2:31pm — SIRCCRoyJust published is an evaluation of a social pedagogy training programme that will be of interest to many residential providers and training personnel.
Big opportunities for organisations offering services to young people leaving care!
Tue, 09/03/2010 - 9:06am — SIRCC Admin
On Friday 5 March the Big Lottery Fund announced a new £50 million National Lottery investment in Scotland aimed at transforming the life chances of young people leaving care and fundamentally improving the lives of older people with dementia and their carers. The aim of this is to have a substantial and lasting impact, and achieve long-term transformational change for clearly discernable and discrete groups of young and older people who experience greatest need.
The report of the Securing Our Future Initiative (SOFI) is now available
Fri, 27/02/2009 - 10:47am — SIRCC AdminSome of Scotland's most vulnerable children and young people need stronger support to help them return to their communities from secure care, according to a review of the secure care services.
The report of the Securing Our Future Initiative (SOFI) was commissioned by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities as part of the broader National Residential Child Care Initiative led by SIRCC.
The final report can be found on our publications pages.
Emergency Planning for a Flu Pandemic: Services for Children and Young People in Residential Care Settings
Tue, 27/10/2009 - 10:53am — SIRCC AdminSIRCC is offering the following guidance for residential child care providers to help them prepare an action plan to manage the potential effects of a flu pandemic on service provision.
Contents of this briefing
New Networking Website about Residential Child Care
Mon, 08/03/2010 - 10:04am — SIRCC AdminAn exciting new networking website promoting Residential Child Care (RCC) has recently been set up by Gareth Wall a registered child care manager and SIRCC has been invited to join. SIRCC would like to encourage engagement from the sector in Scotland. The website could become a very valuable resource.
In his own words:
"It is a website solely dedicated to RCC that allows people to network with like minded and passionate professional people who find themselves on the same wavelength and enjoy a mutual learning experience."
Qualifications for Registration and Qualifications Audit - latest news
Fri, 05/06/2009 - 1:41pm — SIRCC Admin- Qualifications for Registration
Research on Past Abuse and Human Rights
Mon, 09/11/2009 - 10:28am — SIRCC AdminThe Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care and the Care Leavers' Association have been commissioned to carry out a piece of research that will inform the development of a human rights framework for the design and implementation of an "Acknowledgement and Accountability Forum" on past abuse of children in care in Scotland. This research has been funded by the Scottish Human Rights Commission. The timescale for completion of this piece of work is January 2010.
Swine Flu
Mon, 06/07/2009 - 9:02am — SIRCCRoyHere’s a new leaflet put out by Scottish Government about Swine flu that you may find helpful:
