The Reflection and Action Learning Forum (RALF) Report
Topic: Residential care
Author: Dr Laura Steckley, Sarah Deeley and Gemma Watson
The Reflective and Action Learning Forum (RALF) project is a Promise Partnership funded project aimed at developing reflective work cultures and individual workers’ reflective capacity within residential child care. RALF is a model, co-produced by the Scottish Physical Restraint Action Group (SPRAG), for supporting the development of reflection indepth. The aim of RALF is to provide a practical and evidence-based approach that supports members of the residential child care workforce to develop the necessary habits and skills associated with genuinely reflective practice, even when some behaviour exhibited by children, young people or colleagues can feel challenging.
This report highlights the process of rolling RALF out across Scotland and highlights the key learning and impacts of the project.