Reflections from the forgotten frontline: 'The reality for children and staff in residential care' during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Currently, 78,150 children are in care in England, with 11% of the most vulnerable living in 2,460 residential homes due to multitype traumas. These children require safe and secure trauma-informed therapeutic care. However, the children's residential care workforce delivering this vital care is an unrepresented, under-researched and largely unsupported professional group. The workforce undertakes physically and emotionally challenging work in difficult conditions, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Practitioner wellbeing is directly associated with outcomes for children. Therefore, we sought to understand how experiences within the workforce could improve overall working conditions, and thus outcomes for staff and children. Thirty participants took part in a survey, providing feedback

SUBMITTER: Parry S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8239614 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature