Secure children's homes are used to accommodate children aged 10–16 under two main categories; while half are sentenced after committing a serious offence, the other half are placed because there are serious concerns around their safety in the community. Secure children's homes are prized within the secure estate, and they administer complex therapeutic support to ‘the most vulnerable’ young people, however little is known about the experiences of those employed to work in such spaces. This paper shares findings from PhD research conducted in one secure children's home over 1 year. Data presented are drawn from sensitive ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews with residential staff and residents in the home. Although young people's views are important, we concentrate here on the perspectives of residential staff to share their reflections of delivering ‘care’ and the strategies used to manage successful relationships within a secure setting. We conclude that residential staff tread a fine line between creating emotional closeness while maintaining physical distance and that they are sometimes unable to return the intensity of feeling that residents' direct towards them. We recommend that all residential staff receive regular and detailed supervision to provide opportunity to request support when necessary.

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关怀（完全）关系：支持儿童获得安全的照顾

安全儿童之家主要用于容纳 10 至 16 岁的儿童，主要分为两类；一半人在犯下严重罪行后被判刑，另一半人因严重担心他们在社区中的安全而被安置。安全的儿童之家在安全领域受到重视，他们为“最脆弱”的年轻人提供复杂的治疗支持，但人们对在这些空间工作的人的经历知之甚少。本文分享了在一个安全的儿童之家进行的超过 1 年的博士研究结果。所提供的数据来自敏感的民族志实地考察以及对住宅工作人员和家中居民的深入访谈。虽然年轻人的意见很重要，我们在这里专注于住宿员工的观点，以分享他们对提供“护理”的反思以及用于在安全环境中管理成功关系的策略。我们得出的结论是，住宿工作人员在营造情感亲近感和保持身体距离之间保持平衡，而且他们有时无法恢复住户对他们的强烈感觉。我们建议所有住宿员工定期接受详细监督，以便在必要时提供请求支持的机会。我们得出的结论是，住宿工作人员在营造情感亲近感和保持身体距离之间保持平衡，而且他们有时无法恢复住户对他们的强烈感觉。我们建议所有住宿员工定期接受详细监督，以便在必要时提供请求支持的机会。我们得出的结论是，住宿工作人员在营造情感亲近感和保持身体距离之间保持平衡，而且他们有时无法恢复住户对他们的强烈感觉。我们建议所有住宿员工定期接受详细监督，以便在必要时提供请求支持的机会。