The Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care

SIRCC was established in 2000 with the aim of ensuring ‘that residential child care staff throughout Scotland have access to the skills and knowledge that they required to meet the needs of the children in their care’.

SIRCC works in partnership with The University of Strathclyde, Robert Gordon’s University, Langside College, the advocacy organisation ‘Who Cares? Scotland’ and Save the Children. They deliver HNC courses to complement residential child care career pathways at BA, MA or MSc level qualifications.

Together, their different organisational cultures and their collaborative ways of working ensure a varied approach to developing a professionally qualified workforce.

SIRCC has a specialist library and is also involved in research, policy and practice development, consultancy, conferences and various publications such practice guidelines, a journal and newsletters

To go to the SIRCC website, click their link in the navigation bar at the top of the page