Parker TC provides consultancy, training and practical support to residential children’s homes throughout Greater Manchester. We specialise in therapeutic and trauma-informed care, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD), and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) services.
Developing a new children’s home involves detailed planning and careful preparation. Providers need to consider the purpose of the home, its policies, proposed systems and approach to meeting the needs of children and young people.
Parker TC offers start-up consultancy to providers across Greater Manchester. We can support home development, write or review policies, examine proposed working practices and help organisations prepare for Ofsted registration.
Our children homes consultancy services are available to Ofsted-registered providers seeking clear, experienced and objective advice. We work collaboratively with responsible individuals, registered managers and staff teams, taking the time to understand how the service currently operates.
Consultancy services can include:
Effective quality assurance helps children’s homes recognise strong practice and identify where improvements may be needed. Parker TC can undertake routine or specific audits, providing an external view of the service and its current arrangements.
We also offer investigation support when a provider needs informed and impartial assistance with a particular issue. Our policy services include reviewing existing documents and drafting clear, relevant policies that reflect the home’s operations.
Parker TC delivers a range of accredited children homes training courses for residential childcare teams and organisations within the wider care sector.
Training can cover subjects such as:
Our courses are designed to relate learning to the everyday responsibilities of residential care staff. Participants are encouraged to consider how the subject applies to their own role, the operation of the home and the needs of the children they support.
Our safeguarding level 3 training provides relevant staff with a more detailed understanding of how to protect children and young people.
Key areas include recognising safeguarding concerns, assessing risk, understanding child protection legislation, communicating effectively and meeting professional responsibilities. The training is designed to build the knowledge and confidence staff need to act appropriately when concerns arise.
Safeguarding Level 3 training is available to residential care providers and other suitable organisations throughout Greater Manchester.
Strong children safeguarding arrangements depend on staff understanding their responsibilities and following effective procedures. Safeguarding should be reflected in everyday practice, from recording and communication to the decisions made about a child’s care.
Parker TC can review existing safeguarding policies, consider current working practices and help providers identify areas that require further development. Our approach supports a culture in which concerns are recognised, recorded, reported and responded to appropriately.
Regulation 44 visits offer independent scrutiny of the quality of care and safeguarding arrangements within a children’s home. Findings may highlight effective practice as well as areas requiring attention or improvement.
Parker TC provides Regulation 44 support to children’s homes across Greater Manchester. We can help providers understand findings from visits and inspections, review their current position and plan an appropriate response to recommendations.
Parker TC works with children’s homes across Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Trafford, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton and Wigan, as well as the surrounding communities.
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 Greater Manchester, contact Parker TC to discuss your needs.
