Theories Underpinning Residential Childcare

Theories underpinning
residential childcare
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Summarising theories related to child development....................................................................1
Summarising theories about groups as they are related to group living with children as well as
young people................................................................................................................................3
Summarising theories about physical environment in a group setting........................................4
Summarising social pedagogy framework...................................................................................5
Summarising theories of attachment...........................................................................................5
Summarising theories about the ways children and young people learn.....................................6
Summarising theories of behaviour development within children and young people.................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Residential childcare refers to a type of child care at which vulnerable pupils live with group
of other children that are looked after through paid employees that work on shift basis as well as
live elsewhere. They provide assistance with daily tasks and provides long term services for
children or adults at residential setting despite of their own house. Key objective of residential
child care is to help young people in making sense of together with develop coping strategies.
They also provide children with positive stimulating addition to enjoyable experiences. CareTech
is one of company that runs large number of established residential care homes for children and
adult in UK (CareTech, 2021). It delivers high quality, personalised care together with support in
powerful person centred approach. It is leading futuristic healthcare entity that which delivers
cost effective solutions.
The project includes theories that are related to child development, group living with
children along with young people. It also summarises theories associated to physical
environment, social pedagogy framework, attachment and behavioural development.
MAIN BODY
Summarising theories related to child development
Child development is termed to sequence of language, emotional, physical along with
thought chances which arises within a child from birth to initials of adulthood. In this, a child
achieves various progresses from dependency on guardians for enhancing independence
(Houston, 2017). In Care Tech, various child development theories are used for emphasising
towards the ways children change along with grow over course of childhood. These theories
center towards certain aspects related to development such as emotional, cognitive and social
growth. Certain theories of child development that are used in Care Tech are as summarised:
Psychoanalytic theory: The theory is originated with working of Sigmund Frued. It was
found between duration of 1856 to 1936. It is believed that circumstances in childhood have
wider influences on lives of children as they shape their personality. As per Frued, conflicts
which occur in stages of child development have lifelong influences on behaviour. Moreover, the
theory states that child development occurs within series of stages emphasised on various
pleasure areas of body (Masten, 2018). Within CareTech, managers that provides services to
develop child have views that personality is acquired as well as developed during childhood and
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is shaped through succession of each stage wherein personality continues to change and develop
over whole lifetime. Each development stage of child is marked by issues or conflicts which
assist in stifle development among children.
Humanist Theory: The theory is advanced by Abraham Maslow in the year 1943. It
stresses significance of human factors despite of looking towards divine, spirituality along with
religious matters. The theory states that children attain full potentials through moving from basic
needs towards self-actualisation needs. It is also known as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory.
It argues that an individual has distinct levels of needs that are tiered in a pyramid. People
working in CareTech aims to satisfy needs of children for helping them to grow psychologically.
Mentioned below are needs in the pyramid of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory:
Figure 1Maslow's need of Hierarchy. 2018
(Source: Maslow's need of Hierarchy. 2018)
Physiological needs: It is termed as basic human needs that are at centre of what is
required as an individual. For children development, workers of CareTech looks to meet desires
for food, shelter and other necessary things through their services of residential care.
Safety needs: For the purpose of thriving along with living healthy lives, children require
a sense of security and safety. For humans, particularly children, staff of CareTech meets safety
needs by providing them an environment wherein they are comfortable.
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