Teachers, social workers, psychologists and therapists have contact with children in a residential child care setting. These professionals must have specialized training and certification or licensing, including administrators who work in this setting. On a day-to-day basis, child care workers have the most contact with the children. Residential child care training increases the quality of service for children in this setting.
Specialized training teaches professionals to help resident children and youth to cope with frustration, failure, anger, rejection, hurt and depression.
Child care workers should take specialized courses with the goal of certification. This will enable child care workers to maintain a level of professionalism and better equip them to fulfill a supportive role for children in residential facilities. Many colleges and universities offer training and certification. Administrators in residential child care must take ongoing courses to maintain specialized certification.