Care and Education (Page 8)
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A Foster Care Fortnight message from Wales
Foster Care FortnightTM is always a fantastic opportunity to come together to sing the praises of fostering for all to hear…
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Video to Celebrate Care Leavers
This Foster Care Fortnight, the CareLeaverSophia channel is creating a video to celebrate the achievements of Care Leavers.
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Working hand in hand: a new magazine for foster carers
The Fostering Network in collaboration with Cardiff University have developed a new magazine for foster carers Working Hand in Hand…
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#FromYoungPeopleForYoungPeople
We worked to develop a video from young people for young people…
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Time for Change: Improving care and support for people with learning disabilities
On 12th March 2019, ExChange Wales held its first conference of the year; ‘Time for Change: Improving Care & Support for People with Learning Disabilities’, at Llancaiach Fawr Manor in Caerphilly County Borough.
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All you need is love and a village?
A few weeks ago I wrote an article that set out to explain why almost thirty years after the Children Act became operational many care experienced young people still find themselves on the receiving end of a patchy ad hoc service that all too often fails to deliver.
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Charting the rise of children and young people looked-after in Wales
Children and Young People ‘Looked After’? Education, Intervention and the Everyday Culture of Care in Wales uses publicly available data on children looked-after to consider
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Social Media and Young People in Care: the Case for Digital Literacies and Resilience
Uh-oh is probably the most common reaction of social care professionals to the idea that a young person in care is, or wants to use, social media.
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We care so why can we not deliver?
It is not much to ask, will not cost the earth, but for these children it will make a world of difference. Together we can make this happen.
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The Care Experienced Conference
The conference for care experienced people of all ages will take place at Liverpool Hope University on Friday 26th April this year.