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Engaging non-verbal children in West Sussex
West Sussex supported a disabled young person to answer questions from the Your Life, Your care survey, by adapting questions into picture cards.
Achieving 80% response rate in the Bright Spots Your Life Beyond Care survey
A presentation from Isle of Wight Council about the effective strategy they used to hear from as many of their young people as possible.
Increasing children and young people’s involvement in the Bright Spots surveys
A presentation from Hertfordshire County Council about their project management approach to running the Bright Spots children in care survey.
How the Bright Spots Programme helped shape change in Powys
Dr Holly Gordon of Powys Council shares how they went about delivering the Bright Spots surveys, getting responses and working with the findings.
How Hull created a podcast to help young people deal with changes of social worker
Hull partnered with their children in care council to address the impact on children of changes in social worker. They created a podcast for all staff and introduced new ways of working to improve this area of practice.
How Hull helped young people see their family more often
Hull supported their children to see their family more by creating a working group of key staff and offering more training on the subject.
How Hull tackled bullying of children in care
Hull partnered with their children in care council to tackle the issue of bullying. They created a podcast for all staff and introduced new ways of working to improve this area of practice.
How Hull made plans to challenge stigma
After young people told them that ‘adults do things to make them feel embarrassed’, Hull chose to tackle this issue and offered staff more specific training.
How Hull created a film to keep young people informed of plans
To make sure all children were well informed, Hull wrote a letter to each child and social workers created a film about their planned work.
How Hull developed opportunities for young people to make friends
Hull developed more opportunities for children and young people to have fun together and offered more training to staff to focus on this issue.