Theme
Category
Improving communication between children and young people and their social workers
North Somerset social workers brought in introduction cards so that children in care could get to know them better
Improving care leavers’ trust in their workers
Oldham have given leaving care workers the skills and opportunities to develop relationships with children and young people in care
Staying Connected: the views of looked after children and young people on their contact arrangements
This Bright Spots report collects the views of looked after children and young people on their contact arrangements. The findings and recommendations outline challenges to and importance of children in care staying connected with their parents, siblings and other people who are important to them.
Helping care leavers in North Yorkshire stay in touch with their Personal Advisers
How North Yorkshire extended support beyond care leavers' 25th birthday.
Maintaining support for young people in Stockport
Stockport developed a mentoring scheme enabling key workers to become mentors to young people, ensuring long term support
Helping young people get to know their social workers in Middlesborough
Middlesbrough helped workers and children tget to know each other better by creating ‘about me’ sheets
Helping children to know and trust their social workers in St Helens
St Helens developed various tools and service-wide strategies to ensure children know and trust their social workers better.
Helping care-experienced children and young people in Oxfordshire have access to pets
Oxfordshire created the role of Ambassador for Animals to promote care-experienced children and young people having time with animals and access to pets
Making local authority language more child-focused in North Somerset
North Somerset used their Bright Spots findings to rethink their pledge to children in care and to change the de-personalising language used by professionals.