BERRI gives residential care providers a clear, holistic overview of a child’s psychological wellbeing and evolving needs. You can use this information to better understand whether a referral is appropriate, to know how to support the child better, and to see the impact you are making as the scores change over time. You can share this data with Ofsted, commissioners, social workers to evidence the impact you are making on the children and young people you care for, and with colleagues in education and healthcare so that they also understand the child’s needs - ensuring that the child receives the right support across services.
The BERRI system asks the right questions to allow any user to enter their observations about the child into our simple questionnaires. It then scores and interprets them instantly, to make the results immediately useful to you. By transforming complex data into instant, individualised reports, BERRI supports professional decision-making and allows care teams to easily evidence progress and the child’s changing needs to social workers, commissioners, and Ofsted. From practical, everyday care strategies and longer term intervention advice, BERRI provides the robust insights and clinical backing required to ensure no child’s needs go unmet.
There are also additional scales to gather the voice of the young person - the child’s perspective on their care and how their life is going - and for assessing a young person’s life skills and readiness for independence.
Regular use of BERRI:
Provides a clear measure and evidence of care efficacy, which can demonstrate your service quality, and help you achieve positive child outcomes.
Identifies needs and tracks progress for children with a wide range of needs, including complex histories of trauma, maltreatment and changes in caregiver.
Helps identify early warning signs to prevent destabilisation and placement breakdowns.
BERRI is designed to be an accessible tool for everyone - with no specialist qualifications needed and resources available to support confident use.
Delivers robust evidence of what care strategies are working in the home and the outcomes achieved.
Shows the level of need of the children in your service, benchmarked against UK norms from thousands of uses in residential care settings.
Produces useful profiles, graphs, and reports.
Targets and tracks the specific concerns and goals you are actively working on.
Provides comprehensive overview data about the children your service cares for.
Provides the evidence required to support everyday professional decision-making.
Supports with Ofsted compliance and regulatory pressures.
Up-skills teams and promotes confidence and retention amongst your staff.
BERRI is used and trusted by Residential Care providers across the UK to support care practices and improve outcomes for children and young people. To see an example case study of how BERRI has been used in practice, and what they achieved, please click here.
