Training, Recruitment, and Supervision of Personnel in Residential Care centres: An Exploratory Study

Figures & data

Table 1. Residential care centers in the study.

		N
Age range	0–12 years old	1
	1–18 years old	1
	2–18/25 years old	1
	3–18/21 years old	1
	6–18/25 years old	2
	12–18/25 years old	4
Sex of children/youngsters in centres
	For females	5
	For males	2
	Mixed	3
Typology
	Children and Young People’s Residences	5
	Temporary Residential Care	5
Location
	North	5
	Centre	5

Table 2. Directors’ characterization.

		N
Work experience as director (years)
	<1 year	1
	5 to 11 years old	4
	11 to 20 years	3
	>21 years	2
Academic Degree
	Social Service	5
	Sociology	2
	Social Education	1
	Pre-school Education	1
	Religious Sciences	1
Post-graduation
	Master’s degree in Social Pedagogy	1
	Specialization in the field of protection of children and youngsters	2

Table 3. The number of children and youngsters; technical team members and educational team members, by center.

Residential care centre	N_Children/Youngsters	N_Technical Team	N_Educational Team
1	20	2	7
2	19	4	7
3	35	4	10
4	42	5	7
5	20	4	10
6	13	4	7
7	30	5	12
8	24	5	8
9	15	4	7
10	20	4	6

Data Availability Statement

The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon request. The authors take responsibility for the data’s integrity and the data analysis’s accuracy.