Tag: trauma informed supervision
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From Chaos To Calm: Routines, Relationships, And Real Change In Residential Care, Tom Ellison
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in Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Foster Care & OOHC | The Secure Start Podcast, Human Capital & Workforce | The Secure Start Podcast, Leadership in Children’s Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Reflective Practice | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Social Care Management | The Secure Start Podcast, Supervision in Social Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Management | The Secure Start PodcastFrom Chaos To Calm: Routines, Relationships, And Real Change In Residential Care Quality residential care for children who have experienced trauma starts long before any therapy session. It lives in the culture of the home, the clarity of purpose, and the daily rhythm that makes life predictable enough for healing to begin. Experienced organisations describe…
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Preventing child abuse and neglect – A podcast interview with Professor Julie Taylor
What If Child Protection Started Before Harm Happened: How Eliminating Poverty Could Cut Child Abuse And Why Systems Must Change Child maltreatment leaves deep marks on individuals and communities, yet much of our response still happens after harm occurs. This conversation reframes the issue as a public health challenge and asks what it would mean…
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Building Trauma Informed Leadership – A podcast interview with Tom Ellison
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in Child Protection Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Reflective Practice | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Supervision in Social Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Practice | The Secure Start PodcastWhy Clear Primary Tasks And Brave Authority Transform Children’s Homes Clear leadership in children’s residential care starts with one deceptively simple question: what are we here for? Defining the primary task sounds easy, yet many leaders default to jargon or vague mission lines that can’t guide daily choices. When the work is complex and emotional,…
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Building Healthy Birth Family Connection – A podcast interview with Adriana Dias
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in Child Protection Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Family Preservation & Reunification | The Secure Start Podcast, Leadership in Children’s Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Reactive Attachment Disorder | The Secure Start Podcast, Reflective Practice | The Secure Start Podcast, Supervision in Social Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Practice | The Secure Start PodcastHow a Reflective, Respectful Approach Helped Families Choose Healthier Relationships Child protection is often described with neat outcomes and rigid timelines, but the lived work rarely fits those lines. This episode explores a project in Portugal, Revira Volta, that set out to build healthier relationships between girls in residential care and their birth families by…
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Building Trauma-Responsive Care – A podcast interview with Richard Cross
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in Child Protection Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Foster Care & OOHC | The Secure Start Podcast, Reactive Attachment Disorder | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Practice | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma-Informed Parenting | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma-Informed Schools | The Secure Start PodcastWhat if “care for the carers” is the real key to healing children? Richard Cross unpacks attachment, containment, and why residential care isn’t always a last resort.
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The Case for Quality Residential Childcare – A podcast interview with Bruce Henderson
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in Child Protection Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Foster Care & OOHC | The Secure Start Podcast, Reactive Attachment Disorder | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Practice | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma-Informed Parenting | The Secure Start Podcast“We don’t need to pit different kinds of care against each other. The real question is quality.” Professor Bruce Henderson shares compelling research showing why high-quality residential care should be an option—not a last resort—for vulnerable children.
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Reimagining Children’s Homes: From Last Resort to Purposeful Healing, with Kevin Gallagher
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in Child Protection Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Reactive Attachment Disorder | The Secure Start Podcast, Reflective Practice | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Practice | The Secure Start PodcastNot Forever Homes, But Forever Impact In this insightful episode of the Secure Start podcast, host Colby Pearce engages in a profound conversation with Dr. Kevin Gallagher, a veteran practitioner with nearly 30 years of experience in UK residential care. Their discussion delves into the evolving landscape of residential care, its purpose, and how it…
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Challenging Last Resort Thinking: Why Some Children Thrive in Residential Care, with Dr Laura Steckley
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in Child Protection Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Prevention & Early Intervention | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Practice | The Secure Start PodcastReimagining Residential Childcare: Insights from Dr. Laura Steckley The latest episode of the Secure Start podcast features Dr. Laura Steckley, a leading academic and researcher in therapeutic residential childcare from the University of Strathclyde. With over three decades of experience spanning practice, teaching, and research, Dr. Steckley brings profound insights into an often misunderstood area…
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The Science of Prevention: How We Can End Child Maltreatment, with Benjamin Perks
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in Care Leavers & Aftercare | The Secure Start Podcast, Care-Experienced Voices | The Secure Start Podcast, Child Protection Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Human Capital & Workforce | The Secure Start Podcast, Leadership in Children’s Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Prevention & Early Intervention | The Secure Start Podcast, Reactive Attachment Disorder | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Practice | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma-Informed Parenting | The Secure Start PodcastThe Importance of Attachment and the Science of Prevention in Child Development In a recent podcast episode, Benjamin Perks, Head of Campaigns and Advocacy at UNICEF, shared profound insights about child development, attachment theory, and the global effort to end child maltreatment. His personal journey from growing up in residential care to becoming a leader…
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From Winnicott’s Piano to Adolescent Minds: Peter Wilson’s Journey
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in Child Protection Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Human Capital & Workforce | The Secure Start Podcast, Prevention & Early Intervention | The Secure Start Podcast, Reactive Attachment Disorder | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start PodcastUncertainty as Strength: Why Not Knowing Matters Peter Wilson’s journey into the world of child and adolescent psychotherapy is a testament to the power of serendipity and openness to unexpected opportunities. From his initial degree in industrial economics to becoming a founder of Young Minds and working with some of the most influential figures in…