Forshaw Care Consultancy

CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL CARE • LEADERSHIP • SAFEGUARDING

Practical support for the people responsible for children's homes.

Responsible Individual support, leadership development and practical training resources designed around the realities of children's residential care.

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Damon Forshaw, founder of Forshaw Care Consultancy

DAMON FORSHAW • FOUNDER

Lead well.
Respond well.
Evidence it well.

Practical support shaped by real experience inside children's residential care.

RI ServicesVisible oversight, support and meaningful challenge.
Manager LeadershipPractical tools for stronger culture and confident leadership.
Incident SupportFive dedicated toolkits to guide staff when pressure is high.

RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL SERVICES

Supportive oversight. Meaningful challenge. Stronger homes.

RI support for children's homes with a focus on strong relationships, visible governance and constructive challenge.

My approach is to understand the home, its children and its team — not simply audit from a distance. I work alongside Registered Managers to strengthen practice, identify learning early and build oversight that is useful to the people delivering care every day.

Support can include regular home visits, manager support and challenge, safeguarding oversight, incident analysis, quality assurance, action tracking, regulatory compliance and preparation for Ofsted.

Good governance shouldn't feel like someone waiting for you to get something wrong. It should help you get things right.
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What RI support can look like

  • Regular, visible oversight of the home
  • Support and constructive challenge for the Registered Manager
  • Safeguarding and serious incident oversight
  • Quality assurance and action tracking
  • Review of patterns, themes and emerging risk
  • Regulatory understanding and inspection readiness
  • Reflective learning when practice has not gone as planned
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PRACTICAL DIGITAL TOOLKITS

Resources created from children's residential practice — not generic management theory.

Designed to give managers and staff something clear, practical and easy to return to when they need support.

Registered Manager Effective Leadership Toolkit Click image to view full size
REGISTERED MANAGERS £147

Registered Manager Effective Leadership Toolkit

Build the culture. Lead the team. Strengthen the home.

A practical leadership and management package created specifically for Registered Managers in children's residential care. It combines step-by-step guides, training, quick-reference tools and editable resources to support the real challenges of leading a home.

Topics include positive culture, psychological safety, challenging poor practice, strong personalities, staff wellbeing, shared ownership, team relationships, reflective learning, Regulation 40, monthly incident analysis, education advocacy and responding to behaviour professionally rather than personally.

  • 9 culture & leadership guides
  • Regulation 40 confidence guide + training
  • Monthly incident analysis guide + training
  • NEET education manager support
  • Reflective learning review template
  • Behaviour response training + staff grab sheet
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Children's Home Incident Response and Recording Toolkit Click image to view full size
STAFF + MANAGERS £127

Children's Home Incident Response & Recording Toolkit

When something serious happens, your team shouldn't have to rely on memory.

This package contains five dedicated incident toolkits, each focused on a significant area of children's residential practice. Every topic includes staff training and a quick-reference grab sheet designed to help teams understand what may be required before, during and following that specific type of incident.

Serious Incidents Missing From Home Physical Intervention Self-Harm Drugs, Alcohol & Contraband

The resources guide staff through immediate safeguarding, recording, chronologies, professional contacts and notifications, child and staff debriefs, restorative work, plan reviews and follow-up actions. They are designed to build staff confidence while giving managers greater assurance that the team has a clear process to follow and important steps are less likely to be overlooked.

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COMING SOON

Supporting a Child on DoLS Toolkit

A practical manager and staff support package focused on caring for children subject to Deprivation of Liberty arrangements — helping teams understand restrictions, least-restrictive practice, day-to-day recording, review, step-down thinking and how to keep the child rather than the order at the centre of care.

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ABOUT FORSHAW CARE CONSULTANCY

Experience from inside children's residential care.

I'm Damon Forshaw, founder of Forshaw Care Consultancy, with over 11 years' experience within children's residential care.

Having worked directly with children, staff teams and managers before progressing into Registered Manager and Responsible Individual roles, I understand the realities of running a children's home — not just what good practice should look like on paper.

My approach is relationship-led, therapeutic and grounded in curiosity. I believe strong homes are built through strong relationships, confident leadership, honest reflection and cultures where people feel supported enough to learn, but accountable enough to maintain high standards.

My aim is simple: support the people caring for children to feel more confident in what they do, understand why they are doing it and create safer, warmer and more therapeutic homes.

FORSHAW CARE CONSULTANCY

Practical support. Stronger leadership. Better outcomes.

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