The body, which spreads best practice to boost outcomes for children and young people in residential care, has relaunched as a self-funded “independent partnership”, generating income from “its own activities”.
NCERCC was previously housed by the National Children’s Bureau and was supported by central government until an announcement in March 2009 that funding would be withdrawn.
Jonathan Stanley, former manager of NCERCC, who will head up the new body, said the relaunch has been brought forward due to “current demands for reliable policy” and a potential “restructuring of the sector”.
“Residential child care needs a positive professional identity,” Stanley said. “Providers and practitioners will be having their resilience challenged and need practical support that enables them to make sense of what is going on to plan for a positive future.
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