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Sharing knowledge to create impact

As part of our Vision to be the voice for quality residential care, we are committed to sharing research. 

We believe accessing leading research is essential to delivering better practices, enabling NTRCA members to better serve the people in our care.

Raising Standards of Training - a Therapeutic approach

This paper outlines the development of our award-winning Foundation Degree in Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People, exploring the complex relationship between a learning cohort and a working cohort and how the organisation managed the tensions and benefits of both.
Dave Roberts & Dawn Davidson (2023): Raising Standards of Training, a Therapeutic Approach, Res

Strengthening the Residential Care Workforce

The main aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between youth attachment dimensions and satisfaction with the residential caregiving environment, as well as, to analyse the potential mediator effect of the relationship quality with care workers in RC settings in the prior association.
Eva Nyerges, Becky F. Antle, Ashley R. Logsdon, Jennifer Kendrick, Anita P. Barbee & Lisa M. Purdy (2023): Strengthening the Residential Care Workforce: Exploring the Role of Organizational Climate and Culture and Staff Intention to Stay or Leave, Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, DOI: 10.1080/0886571X.2023.2202891

Training Recruitment and Supervision

This qualitative and exploratory study aimed to identify, with semi-structured interviews with directors of residential care centres, what are the most recent practices in terms of personnel recruitment, in-service training, supervision, and the promotion of caregivers’ well-being.
Lénia Carvalhais & Maria Formosinho (2023): Training, Recruitment, and Supervision of Personnel in Residential Care centres: An Exploratory Study, Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, DOI: 10.1080/0886571X.2023.2203877