Parker TC provides specialist consultancy, training and practical support to residential children’s homes across Cheshire. Our principal areas of expertise include therapeutic and trauma-informed care, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD), and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) services.
The needs of a residential children’s home can change over time. Providers may require assistance when developing a service, preparing for regulatory activity, responding to concerns or reviewing the quality of existing practice.
Parker TC offers children homes support based on the priorities and circumstances of the individual organisation. We can complete a specific piece of work or provide wider assistance through a combination of consultancy, audits, policies and staff training.
Our children homes consultancy services help Ofsted-registered providers establish, maintain and improve their residential services. We work with providers, responsible individuals, registered managers and staff teams to understand the home’s current position and identify where support would be most beneficial.
Our consultancy services include:
Regulation 44 visits provide independent scrutiny of the quality of care and safeguarding arrangements within a children’s home. Their findings can help providers recognise effective practice and identify areas in which further action may be required.
Parker TC provides Regulation 44 support to children’s homes throughout Cheshire. We can help managers and providers review findings from visits and inspections, assess their current position and respond to recommendations.
Staff need relevant knowledge and practical skills to provide safe, consistent and child-focused care. Parker TC offers a range of accredited children homes training courses for residential childcare teams and organisations within the wider care sector.
Training can cover areas including:
Our courses are designed to connect learning with the everyday realities of residential care. Participants are encouraged to consider how the subject relates to their role, their home and the children they support.
Strong children safeguarding practice depends on clear procedures, effective communication and staff who understand their individual responsibilities. Team members need to recognise possible concerns and know how to record, report and respond to them appropriately.
Parker TC provides safeguarding consultancy and training to children’s homes across Cheshire. We can review policies and procedures, consider existing practice and help organisations identify where further development may be needed.
Our safeguarding level 3 training provides relevant staff with a more detailed understanding of how to protect children and young people.
The course covers subjects including the recognition of safeguarding concerns, risk assessment, child protection legislation, professional responsibilities and effective communication. It helps participants develop the knowledge and confidence needed to act appropriately when concerns arise.
Safeguarding Level 3 training is available to residential care providers and other suitable organisations throughout Cheshire.
Parker TC offers start-up consultancy to new and developing providers in Cheshire. We can assist with home development, write or review policies, examine proposed working practices and help organisations prepare for registration.
Our support is shaped around the stage your service has reached and the guidance you require. Parker TC does not work with unregulated provisions or providers unless the assistance needed relates to Ofsted registration.
Parker TC works with children’s homes across Cheshire, including Chester, Warrington, Crewe, Macclesfield, Northwich, Ellesmere Port, Wilmslow, Knutsford and the surrounding areas.
If you require children homes consultancy, children safeguarding services, children homes training, Regulation 44 support, safeguarding level 3 training or wider children homes support in Cheshire, contact Parker TC to discuss your requirements.
