Finding Support as a Care Leaver
Finding Support as a Care Leaver
Emily shares how her life has been transformed by Staying Close, a Department for Education-funded programme supporting care leavers.
Inspiring change through lived experience of SEND
Nandi Caine, chair of Lincolnshire Young Voices (LYV), discusses her role in supporting a pan-disability group of children and young people to improve service delivery for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Kinship care, an internship and overcoming a difficult start to life
Chloe Agnew is currently on the Civil Service Care Leaver Internship Scheme and tells us about her experience on the programme and growing up with her Gran as her kinship carer.
Making sure children and young people's voices are heard
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Anne-Marie Connelly, Posted on:
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Independent Review of Children's Social Care
Anne-Marie Connelly, is a member of the National Implementation Board, which brings together strategic leaders and people with lived experience of the care system to advise on the government's reform strategy for children’s social care. Here, she tells us about how important it is for children and young people's voice to be heard to help …
A message for the festive season from Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing, Claire Coutinho
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Minister Claire Coutinho, Posted on:
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Independent Review of Children's Social Care, Working in children's social care
I am writing to personally thank you for your continued commitment to the vital work you do every day to support the most vulnerable children and families. I am grateful for your unwavering resolve to transform lives in what continues …
Care-experienced lives can be changed by just one person
Mark Riddell MBE is the National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers at the Department for Education. He speaks about his experience of care and how one person can change the life of a care experienced person.
Fostering for adoption: early permanence carers
Hannah Moss is an adoption manager at Coram Adoption and lead in early permanence. Here she speaks to early permanence carers about their experiences.
Connecting the workforce: changes to the blog
From October this year, the ‘Social Worker’ blog will be changing its name to ‘Children’s Social Care and Support’ blog. The blog will be for all those working across children’s social care and support, in such areas as social work, …
What you need to know about the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care
The review has now set out what’s needed to bring forward change to children’s social care. Here, you can read about what this means for those working in children’s social care.
Social workers are without a doubt unsung heroes, and we must all strive to champion and celebrate their important work
Children and Families Minister, Will Quince, has written about the vital work of social workers - who he says are unsung heroes.
Responding to trauma, taking pride in practice and celebrating our achievements in social work
Mandy Goodenough, Principal Child and Family Social Worker for Leicestershire County Council, discusses how the local authority celebrates examples of great social work practice.