Reading List

The resources below support this course on CBT-informed techniques for managing stress in children's homes. They include workplace stress guidance, NHS self-help materials and statutory references for children's homes to help link staff wellbeing with safe, reflective practice.

Children's Homes Practice Context

• Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the Quality Standards: Statutory guidance for England covering the Quality Standards, leadership, safeguarding, positive relationships and staff support in children's homes.
• Ofsted SCCIF: children's homes: Inspection guidance for children's homes in England, useful for linking wellbeing, supervision and outcomes for children.
• NICE guideline NG212: looked-after children and young people: Guidance on supporting looked-after children and young people, including relationships, participation, emotional wellbeing and coordinated support.

Workplace Stress and Workforce Wellbeing

• HSE: work-related stress: Guidance for employers and workers on identifying workplace stressors and measures to prevent and manage them.
• NHS: stress: Plain-language information on stress signs, simple coping steps and when to seek help.
• NHS Every Mind Matters: Practical mental wellbeing advice and self-help resources to support stress management outside formal therapy.
• SSSC: workforce wellbeing: Wellbeing resources for social service staff in Scotland.
• Social Care Wales: health and well-being resources: Wellbeing materials for social care workers and employers in Wales.
• nidirect: workplace stress: Public guidance for Northern Ireland on workplace stress, its causes and available support.

Technique-Specific Reading

• NHS: cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): An overview of CBT and how thoughts, feelings, physical responses and behaviour interact.
• NHS self-help guides, tools and activities: NHS materials that support thought monitoring, problem-solving and stress self-management.
• NHS Inform: stress: Stress information and self-help advice from NHS Scotland.

Four-Nations References

• Wales: National Minimum Standards for children's homes: Standards for children's homes in Wales to help adapt practice to Welsh services.
• Northern Ireland: children's homes standards: RQIA standards for children's homes in Northern Ireland.