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​Tackling Growing Needs in Children's Social Care Together

Developmental disorders are increasing among children. As a result, the pressure on providers to deliver children's social care that meets the diverse and changing needs of young people in their care is building. This calls for children’s social care providers to consider a more united and flexible approach and that’s where Nurseplus can help.

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We’ve made it our mission to back children's services in our communities by recruiting skilled, caring, and dependable residential childcare workers ready to support young people in a variety of settings.

Experienced Children’s Services Staff

We’ve listened to the needs of children’s care providers in our network and designed our services to meet the distinct care skills needed to support a variety of children's care environments, including:

Nurseries and Early Years Settings: With Nurseplus, you’ll gain access to qualified nursery staff who will work to help you build a secure and loving environment for early childhood development.

Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support: Our teams of experienced children’s care professionals are trained to assist children in your care with various learning and developmental needs.

Residential Childcare: We’ll connect you with quality residential childcare workers who have experience navigating the challenges of children’s residential settings, ensuring the delivery of consistent, quality care.

Confidence in Our Care Staff

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We believe in the continuous professional development of our team, ensuring they're equipped with the latest skills and knowledge to provide unmatched children’s care. Our industry-leading training programs are designed to cover a wide range of areas, including:

    • Health and safety including food and allergies

    • Safeguarding / child protection / FGM / Prevent

    • Communication

    • Paediatric First Aid

    • ADHD awareness

    • Autism awareness

    • Disability awareness

    • Child development for babies and children

    • Health and wellbeing

    • Observation, planning, and delivering activities to support development

    • Promoting play

    • Adverse Childhood Experiences

We will ensure that all Nurseplus residential childcare workers will complete this training, before being placed into settings with such requirements.

Working Better Together

We understand the massive effort that goes into creating detailed care plans that address the particular needs of every child in your care. Communicating with families, local authorities and the children themselves can be challenging but it is this kind of cooperative approach that Nurseplus can help with to help you provide comprehensive care and support. ​

Nurseplus residential childcare workers are trained to communicate effectively with everyone they work with. These skills will give them the confidence to offer their experiences and help to support optimum communication practices within your setting. Your local Nurseplus team shares a deep understanding of the effect that enhanced communication can have on improving the well-being and development of the children we care for and their loved ones.

Quality is Our Commitment

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Don’t let growing pressures affect your commitment to deliver quality support. Consider taking measures to ensure you have the staff support you need that closely aligns with your standards.

​At Nurseplus, we're devoted to upholding the highest standard of children’s care. Through thorough recruitment processes, continuous training, and our robust quality assurance measures we can ensure that the children’s care services, families, and young people we support receive the best possible service.

We’d like to encourage children’s services to reach out to their local branch to find out more about our staff options.

    • Let's talk through your individual service needs

    • Let's discuss our training

    • Let's find specific staff we have available

    • Let's organise the support you need ahead of any predicted demand increase.

Let’s work together so we can face the increasing challenges in children's social care and make a positive difference in the lives of those we support. For more information on how Nurseplus can back your children's services, please visit our website or get in touch with your local branch.

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Posted on January 27, 2025 by Nurseplus