The Children's Homes Association

04/04/2025

The My CHA App brings members of The Children's Homes Association together to network, communicate and share experiences in our private Member-only forums, get instant updates about our news and events, and easily manage membership details - all in one place.

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31/03/2025

Every week, we'll introduce you to a speaker at this year's Children's Homes Association Conference 2025: 'The Art of the Possible', taking place in July.

Today, it's Satveer Nijjar, Independent Self Harm Awareness Expert.

Satveer Nijjar is a dedicated on reducing stigma related to self-harm behaviours by building confidence and knowledge in a relatable way. She began her journey in 2006 with the Royal College of Psychiatrists helping implement the NICE guidelines on self-harm, she then found her passion in training delivery.

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24/03/2025

is a campaign created by residential childcare professionals to promote careers in residential childcare.It’s the first sector-led recruitment campaign of its kind, at a time when children’s homes desperately need more staff to provide care for our society’s most vulnerable children and young people.

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is a campaign created by residential childcare professionals to promote careers in residential childcare.It’s the first sector-led recruitme...

13/03/2025

Every week, we'll introduce you to a speaker at this year's Children's Homes Association Conference 2025: 'The Art of the Possible', taking place in July.

Today, it's Dr John Lyons, Director of the Center for Innovation in Population Health and Professor of Health Management and Policy at University of Kentucky.

John originally trained as a Clinical Psychologist in the early 1980s and has since progressed to being one of the most respected voices in assessment of need globally. John has published more than 200 peer reviewed publications and six books including Redressing the Emperor: improving our children’s public mental health system and Communimetrics, the approach to assessment that is revolutionising how we understand how best to care for vulnerable populations. John has created and supported the use of evidence-based assessments that are used around the world including the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS), Family Advocacy and Support Tool (FAST) and Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA). He actively works at the interface between practice and policy in mental health, child welfare, education, and justice. John is now director of the Center for Innovation in Population Health and Professor of Health Management and Policy.

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03/03/2025

The Children’s Homes Association supports providers of residential childcare across the public, independent and charity sectors in transforming the lives of children and young people.

Our membership brings together local authorities, providers and stakeholders to address challenges and drive improvements for children and young people – and to ensure that government and regulators understand what’s happening and what needs to change.

The Children’s Homes Association supports providers of residential childcare across the public, independent and charity sectors in transforming the lives of ...

25/02/2025

At The Children’s Homes Association, we are committed to transforming the lives of children and young people by supporting residential childcare providers across public, independent, and charity sectors.

✅ Guidance & best practices to help providers navigate challenges
🤝 Collaboration with government & stakeholders to drive positive change
💡 Advocacy & representation to ensure children receive exemplary care

21/02/2025

Every week, we'll introduce you to a speaker at this year's Children's Homes Association Conference 2025: 'The Art of the Possible', taking place in July.

Today, it's Smash Life!

Andy and Matt Smith are brothers and Directors of Smash Life who were abused “after” being placed by social services into the care system. This took place over an eight-year period from 1990-1998.

As a result of this life wasn’t all plane sailing, with both brothers experiencing lots of pent-up anger, low self-esteem, feelings of loneliness and suicidal thoughts originating from the abuse that they had suffered during childhood. This culminated in brushes with the law, failed relationships, huge debt, violence, anxiety, depression, OCD and also impacted on the brothers’ own sibling relationship.

After years of having to deal with the effects of their traumatic abuse the Smith brothers have gone on to have great success at university, employment, various sporting teams, numerous music projects and in life.

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19/02/2025

Karen started her career as a volunteer and has had an incredible career journey, working in a range of residential childcare settings and now is a director of a new children's home organisation. Karen talks about the negative stigma attached to children's homes and how better understanding would ensure that our children and young people get the opportunities they deserve in life.

Karen started her career as a volunteer and has had an incredible career journey, working in a range of residential childcare settings and now is a director ...

17/02/2025

As part of the Regional Care Cooperative Pathfinder, Greater Manchester Combined Authorities have funded a major paid social media campaign to promote careers in residential childcare and support recruitment efforts in the region.

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As part of the Regional Care Cooperative Pathfinder, Greater Manchester Combined Authorities have funded a major paid social media campaign to promote careers in residential childcare and support recruitment efforts in the region.

14/02/2025

The Children’s Commissioner wants England to be the best place for children to grow up. Every child should be safe, healthy and happy – and not live in fear. However currently in England, children are the only people who are not fully protected in law from assault and battery.

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The Children’s Commissioner wants England to be the best place for children to grow up. Every child should be safe, healthy and happy – and not live in

12/02/2025

For some children and young people across the UK, home means something different. These are our society’s most vulnerable children, for whom a ‘normal family life’ isn’t possible for a wide range of reasons.

They are small in numbers but in greater in need than any others in society. They are the children our society has vowed never to leave behind, yet too often their journeys go unseen, their voices go unheard. The ‘forgotten sector’ of residential childcare professionals who provide their care is too often misunderstood and overlooked in policy. And instead of taking pride in our society’s pledge to give every child a safe and loving home, too many communities resent that children’s homes even exist. Because they simply don’t know anything about them.

About IN CARE: An Original Short Documentary Series For some children and young people across the UK, home means something different. These are our society’s...

10/02/2025

Every week, we'll introduce you to a speaker at this year's Children's Homes Association Conference 2025: 'The Art of the Possible', in July.

Today, it's Mark Kerr, Chief Executive Officer at The Children's Homes Association.

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