This pathway is designed for residential support workers delivering direct care to children and young people.

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Training focuses on safe, child-centred, trauma-informed practice, supporting staff to understand their role within a regulated environment and the impact of their practice on children’s experiences.

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This pathway supports support workers to:

​ •    Understand their responsibilities within children’s residential care.
   •    Deliver consistent, nurturing, and boundaries-based care.​

   •    Respond appropriately to behaviour, risk, and safeguarding concerns.​

 •    Work in line with policies, care plans, and risk assessments.

   •    Engage in reflective practice and supervision
   •    Build positive, trusting relationships with children.

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This pathway supports staff to develop confidence, competence, and professional identity within the role.

This pathway is designed for team leaders, and senior residential staff who provide day-to-day leadership on the floor and bridge the gap between management and frontline practice.

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Training focuses on operational leadership, staff support, and consistency of practice.

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This pathway supports team leaders to:
   •    Lead shifts with confidence and professional authority.
   •    Apply policies, risk assessments, and care plans consistently
   •    Support safeguarding practice and incident management
   •    Deliver effective handovers, supervisions, and staff guidance
   •    Model professional behaviour and values
   •    Support managers by evidencing good practice and identifying concerns early

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This pathway strengthens leadership capacity within the home and supports succession planning.

This pathway is designed for registered managers who are accountable for the day-to-day running of a children’s home and for ensuring safe, effective, and compliant care.

 

Training focuses on the leadership, management, and operational responsibilities required to meet Ofsted expectations and deliver positive outcomes for children.

 

This pathway supports registered managers to:
•    Lead services in line with regulatory requirements and statutory guidance​​.

•    Evidence strong leadership under the Leadership and Management judgement.

•    Prepare for and respond to Ofsted inspections.

•    Develop confident, competent staff teams through supervision and appraisal.

•    Manage safeguarding, incidents, and quality of care effectively.

•    Embed reflective practice and continuous improvement.

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This pathway supports managers in moving services from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good' and from 'Good' to 'Outstanding'.

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This pathway is designed for owners of existing children’s homes who hold overall responsibility for the strategic direction, values, and sustainability of their provision.

 

The training focuses on ownership-level leadership, governance, and oversight, supporting owners to understand their regulatory responsibilities and demonstrate effective involvement without undermining operational management.

 

This pathway supports provision owners to:

•    Understand their role in relation to Ofsted, the Responsible Individual, and the Registered Manager.​​

•    Evidence effective oversight and quality assurance.

•    Support and challenge leadership appropriately.

•    Engage confidently with inspection processes and outcomes

•    Balance ethical care, compliance, and financial sustainability.​​

 

This pathway is particularly suited to owners who are not involved in day-to-day operations but remain accountable for standards, culture, and outcomes for children.

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