Residential Forum was founded in 1994 on the initiative of Dame Gillian Wagner and with the support of the National Institute for Social Work. Its purpose is to promote the achievement of high standards of care for children and adults in nursing homes, residential homes and schools, and to contribute to improving the quality of service to the public. Members of the Forum are people of standing and experience drawn from the public, private and voluntary sectors, as well as some who can speak for service users and carers.

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As part of its commitment to improving standards and raising the status of staff in residential services, the Residential Forum devoted its March 2011 workshop to considering how managers and staff could be enabled to meet the rising expectations of residents, relatives, commissioners and the public. The workshop was supported by Skills for Care and the Social Care Institute for Excellence..

The Residential Forum has produced booklets covering the residential care of ‘older peolple’, ‘younger adults’ and children and young people and the ‘workforce’.
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