Care Experienced Week 2020
Celebrating the care experienced community from 23rd until 31st October.
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on 22 Oct 2020
Care experienced children and young people’s mental health
ESSS Outline
An overview of recent evidence relating to care experienced children and young people’s mental health.
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on 12 Oct 2020
Connecting Voices
Helping young people stay in care for longer and to equip them with the skills needed to make the transition into independent living.
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on 13 Nov 2018
We believe Relationships Matter
This week, at her party conference, First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon accepted the Who Cares? Scotland's pledge to listen to 1,000 care experienced young people over the next two years. We were really pleased to hear this - our Relationships Matter work has been around supporting continuing relationships for young people leaving care, which we believe is really important.
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on 21 Oct 2016
Supporting positive relationships for children and young people who have experience of care
Insight 28
Explores the growing emphasis being placed on the relationships of children and young people in care.
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on 20 Feb 2015
Looked after children and young people: We can and must do better
Learning with Care, published by by HM Inspectors of Schools and the Social Work Service Inspectorate in 2001, highlighted the importance of improving the learning and development opportunities for those working with looked after children and care leavers. The Learning with Care training materials were developed and launched in 2003.
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on 12 Aug 2013
Info 4 Care Kids
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), with the support of Voice, the Who Cares Trust and the Fostering Network, has produced a website that informs looked-after children and young people on what care, supports and choices are available to them. Info 4 Care Kids has been developed in partnership with children and young people, so the voices of these individuals underpin the shape and content of the resource.
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on 2 Aug 2012
Redesigning support for care leavers
Exploring the use of co-productive methods to collaboratively design and improve leaving care services
Final report of a project that brought together care leavers in Argyll and Bute with their corporate parents (throughcare and aftercare, social work, health, homelessness and education services), to explore what a co-productive approach could look like in the social work sector.
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on 8 May 2012
Care Leavers Reunited
Care leavers may feel isolated well into adulthood and some have difficulty talking about their childhood, even to close friends and family.
To help care leavers overcome these difficulties, the Care Leavers Association has recently invested £3,000 in the relaunch of Care Leavers Reunited.
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on 4 Jan 2010