ARC Association for Real Change
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ARC Association for Real Change is a UK membership organisation, which supports providers of services to people with a learning disability
to promote real change.
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ARC is also a member of The Learning Disability Coalition
, a group of learning disability organisations that have come together in 2007 to form one group and one voice. it is also a founding member of the Care Providers Alliance which is an alliance of 11 leading umbrella bodies in social care in the UK.
ARC is currently recruiting for the post in the Autumn of 2011.
ARC provides a wide range of service such as information, publications, training and consultation. ARC is committed to promoting best practice within the sector and works together with the Department of Health, Skills for Care
and other organisations.
Disclosure and Protection of Vulnerable Adults (PoVA) check for all staff.
Learning disability
Learning disability is a classification including several disorders in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner, usually caused by an unknown factor or factors...
to promote real change.
History
ARC was founded in 1976 as the Association of Residential Communities for the Retarded. For a brief period of time it looked as if 'mental retardation' would come over from the United States as the new terminology to replace 'mental handicap' which was unpopular. However, that did not happen and the term 'learning disability' was adopted by the Department of Health (after much debate and some disagreement which continues to today because the term 'learning disability' has a different meaning in the education world). ARC quickly shortened its name to the Association for Residential Communities and then later to the Association for Residential Care. The most recent change reflects the major policy changes in social care in that ARC (which is how it is known) now stands for The Association for Real Change. ARC was incorporated as a registered charity in 1982. In 1992 the ARC Training Consortium was set up to support members who wanted to increase their own NVQ assessor/verifier capacity and to enable their staff to gain the appropriate NVQs.ARC is also a member of The Learning Disability Coalition
Learning Disability Coalition
The Learning Disability Coalition is a group of fourteen organisations which campaigns to secure better funding for social care for people with learning disabilities in England....
, a group of learning disability organisations that have come together in 2007 to form one group and one voice. it is also a founding member of the Care Providers Alliance which is an alliance of 11 leading umbrella bodies in social care in the UK.
Organisation
ARC is an UK umbrella organisation that is managed by a Board of 12 trustees, the current Chair is Tina Fahm. ARC has offices in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The former Chief Executive was Mark Gray (Formally the Chair of British Institute for learning disabilities (BILD) and the current Chair of the National Network for learning disability Nursing) (NNLDN),who suceeded James Churchill who has steered the organisation for 28 years.ARC is currently recruiting for the post in the Autumn of 2011.
ARC provides a wide range of service such as information, publications, training and consultation. ARC is committed to promoting best practice within the sector and works together with the Department of Health, Skills for Care
Skills for Care
Skills for Care is the strategic body for workforce development in adult social care in England.Skills for Care is an independent registered charity working with 35,000 adult social care employers to set the standards and qualifications to equip 1.5 million social care workers with the skills and...
and other organisations.
Projects
ARC aims at achieving excellence through diversity of provision for people with a learning disability and is involved in national and international projects. These projects range from improving management and training programmes and promoting best practices in the learning disability sector to Black and Minority Ethnic projects. ARC is a partner in developing the ECC European Care Certificate.CRB checks
ARC is a registered umbrella body offering a full service to enable member organisations to obtain a Criminal Records BureauCriminal Records Bureau
The Criminal Records Bureau , is an Executive Agency of the Home Office, which provides wider access to criminal record information through its Disclosure service for England and Wales...
Disclosure and Protection of Vulnerable Adults (PoVA) check for all staff.