Building better social care in Wales
This event details recent efforts to co-develop a best practice charter, aimed at creating meaningful change for parents in and leaving local authority care. Co-produced with care experienced parents, practitioners and policy makers, the charter is aimed at Corporate Parents; professionals with responsibility for supporting young people in state care. In Wales, corporate parents are directed… Read More
A blog by Jane Trezise from Voices from Care Cymru about the ‘When I’m Ready’ scheme Read More
Article Review by Nina Maxwell on the paper ‘Family members’ perspectives of child protection services, a metasynthesis of the literature’ Read More
Every child adopted from the public care system in the UK has a complex and individual history of early adversity that may include early experiences of maltreatment, neglect, or household dysfunction. Some children may have been exposed to drugs or alcohol in utero or may have a higher genetic risk for mental health problems. All… Read More
As part of our Transitions conference, Dr Angharad Butler-Rees and Dr Stella Chatzitheochari (PI), Warwick University have written a blog about the educational pathways and work outcomes of disabled young people in England. Read More
Blog by Eavan Brady, Trinity College Dublin We all experience numerous transitions in and out of various roles throughout our life course – becoming an adult, becoming a parent, or moving out of the family home, to name a few. Young people who have left state care (for example, foster care or residential care) often experience an… Read More
Walking Tall is a three-year project from The Fostering Network in Wales that began in 2020. It works with primary school children in foster care and was commissioned by the Welsh Government as part of the Fostering Communities programme… Read More
A podcast as part of our Transitions conference with Hannah Bayfield and Lorna Stabler on the transition to university. Read More
Professor Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner Wales Distress caused to young people and their families due to issues around transitions from children’s to adult services is a persistent issue which I see far too often. If transition arrangements are handled poorly, with children and their families not meaningfully involved in the process and left feeling abandoned,… Read More
Following consultations for a carers’ national plan for Wales, a summary of responses was published in January, 2021… Read More
