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About Khalsa Care

Empowering Providers. Protecting Childhood

At Khalsa Care, we are driven by a single, unwavering purpose: to elevate the standard of care in every children’s home, not just through compliance, but through compassion, clarity, and cultural integrity.

We are a specialist consultancy dedicated to supporting providers of residential care for children. Our approach blends expert knowledge of the care sector with a deep ethical foundation. We believe that when providers are empowered with the right tools, training, and guidance, they can create safe, supportive, and truly transformative environments for every child in their care.

Associate Consultants

WANDA

Wanda is a highly experienced professional with extensive management experience in residential children’s homes. Having qualified to QFC level 5 in leadership and management and working through her level 7 course. Wanda has strong leadership and communication skills, having led multiple teams and children homes settings in her past. A child centred practitioner with an outcome focused approach who able to maximize her team’s skill base. Wanda has spent many years assisting providers to set up children’s homes and currently also holds a responsible individuals position.

DR KATHRYN

Dr Kathryn is an Early Childhood Consultant, researcher and author, and founder of Nurturing Childhoods; support for parents and settings all over the world. Having worked with children for many years, Kathryn developed a particular interest in children’s need to access rich and meaningful experiences throughout their early years, and the impact the actions of well-meaning adults can have on them. The Nurturing Childhood accreditation for settings and the MICE (Method of Improved Child Engagements) for schools, Kathryn works to identify and celebrate the impact of effective childhood experiences as preparation for all of life’s learning. Kathryn also consults on projects, conducts research for government bodies and contributes to papers launched in parliament.

MEGAN

Megan is a Director of her own company and oversees all of their Regulation 44 visits. Megan has a child centred approach and is extremely diligent in everything which she does. Megan has many years of residential experience, having also worked as a mental health recovery worker, practiced as a social worker, and has been a quality assurance officer for a number of children’s homes. A keen eye for detailed and very much an expert in her field.

JUDITH

Practice Development and Therapeutic Parenting / Management Specialist

SHARLIN

New Children’s Home Set Ups / Regulation 44 Visitor

LYNETTE

Regulation 44 Visitor and Responsible Individual

Our Mission

To empower care providers with expert consultancy that promotes best practices, upholds regulatory compliance, and ensures every child’s right to a safe, nurturing, and stable home.

We stand beside those who serve the most vulnerable, not just as consultants, but as partners in purpose.

Why 'Khalsa' Care?

The name Khalsa reflects purity, service, and a commitment to doing what is right – even when it’s not easy. These values are at the heart of everything we do. We lead with integrity, putting the needs of children first, while also equipping providers with the knowledge and confidence to deliver exceptional care.

What We Offer

Whether You’re Establishing A New Children’s Home Or Looking To Raise The Bar In An Existing One, We’re Here To Help You Deliver Care That Meets And Exceeds Expectations.

Expert consultancy and auditing for residential children’s homes

Guidance on Ofsted compliance, quality standards, and safeguarding

Policy development and documentation reviews

Bespoke training and mentoring for care staff and managers

Support through registration, inspection, or improvement journeys

Stay in control with our flexible subscriptions, designed to fit your needs

Our Commitment

Khalsa Care Isn’t Just About Ticking Boxes. We Bring Heart, Discipline, And Clarity To The Children’s Care Sector. Every Recommendation We Make, Every Plan We Build, And Every Provider We Support Is Part Of A Bigger Picture: Protecting The Childhoods That Shape Our Future.

Our Values

Knowledge

Expert Insight That Raises Care Standards.

Honesty

Transparent Guidance Built On Trust.

Accountability

We Own Our Advice And Its Outcomes.

Leadership

Driving Change Through Sector Excellence.

Safeguarding

Child Safety Is At The Heart Of All We Do.

Advocacy

Championing Better Futures For Every Child.

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NUSRAT

Nusrat is an experienced and creative senior marketer with over 23 years’ track record; 14 of which have been within social care, health and education sectors, at a senior level. All this work carries the same mark; a determined desire to get it right, an ability to master new skills and a refusal to accept anything less than consistently exceptional results.

Nusrat continues to work with some of the leading sector organisations in a marketing, strategic and operation capacity. Assisting companies in move to new strategic directions, developing effective marketing and business develop campaigns and building positive and profitable customer and client relationships.

SARAH

Sarah has built and shaped her career around working with socially disadvantaged groups for many years. Sarah’s experience firmly lies within education, social inclusion, learning and development.

Sarah has gained extensive, strategic level experience, across multiple settings, inclusive of; Schools, Academy Trusts, Local Authorities, Residential Childcare Settings, Secure Training Centres, Clinical, Counselling and Educational Psychology Services, Youth Offending Teams and Her Majesty’s Prison Service.

COLIN

A previous director who achieved significant improvement in Sandwell and Birmingham (LAC services), Colin has operated at every social work level in 7 different authorities latterly as head of children’s safeguarding in Denbighshire. He is now a visiting lecturer at Glyndrw University and is director/manager of his own fostering agency.

He recently completed an extended Chid Practice Review enquiry in north Wales and chaired the all wales IRO group for 2 years. He was a contributor to seminar 4 of the Climbie Enquiry and also a member of the then Home Secretaries working party that established the youth offending teams policy framework.