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Listening and engaging with care-experienced individuals: A good practice guide for the Local Government Association
A co-produced practice guide supporting those who work with care-experienced young people in consultations, training or other forms of engagement.
Improving health services for care leavers by raising GP’s awareness of care experience
Sheffield Care Leavers’ Union started conversations with local GPs and health service providers to improve services for care-experienced young people.
Just Do It: An event for young people in Sheffield to have fun and do activities
Young people wanted more chances to have fun and make friends. Sheffield set up ‘Just Do It’, an event to showcase local organisations and ways to get involved in fun things.
The importance of pets for care leavers in Stockport
Almost half of care leavers in Stockport own a pet; a relationship which provides them with love, companionship and emotional support.
Sheffield: Care-experienced Voice and Influence workers to support coproduction
Sheffield created new paid roles for care-experienced young people to run training sessions with social workers and develop guidance packs for Health colleagues.
Wandsworth: Monthly well-being allowance for care leavers
Wandsworth worked alongside care leavers to trial a monthly well-being budget, which supports them to maintain hobbies and do fun activities.
A card game to help professionals engage with what matters most to children in care
Hull's children in care created 'The cards you're dealt', a card game which is used by the Council to interview new social work candidates and in group supervisions.
Amplify Awards 2024: Wandsworth Black In Care Council – Workshops
A safe space for black care-experienced young men to come together, offer each other support with shared issues and to discuss aspirations for the future.
Amplify Awards 2024: Barnsley Care4Us Council – Performance piece to highlight youth voice
Young people created a performance piece to express their experience of care and to highlight to workers the importance of listening to youth voice on care-related matters.
Amplify Awards 2024: Bolton Voice4U Youth Voice Action Group – training session for foster carers
Young people developed a training session for foster carers that helps them to better support young people during house moves.