How we work with you and help children and young people to stay safe and well, and reach their full potential.
We support families who need a bit of extra help to give their children a good start in life. Some children and young people are at risk of being harmed, or are not being properly looked after. We work with families to keep their children safe. Sometimes we need to arrange for children to live with other carers for a while.
Here are some of the ways we work with you.
A way of thinking and working together as services with families that have additional or more complex needs.
Supporting families to help keep children and young people safe, well and to achieve their potential.
Bringing together families and professional to make sure a plan is in place to improve the child’s outcomes.
Bringing together families and professional to make sure a plan is in place to improve the child’s outcomes.
Making sure the child or young person in care is safe, well and happy.
Who you should tell if some who works with children has committed a crime, harmed a child or poses a risk to a child.
What is Lifelong Links?
• Lifelong Links is here to help children and young people find and reconnect with family and others who care about them, in a safe way. This could include people they already know, people they haven’t seen for a while and even family they have never met before.
• Lifelong Links brings everyone together in a ‘Family group Conference’ to talk about what support the network are willing to offer the young person both now and in the future.
Living on your own for the first time can be extremely daunting. We know this can be especially true for our young people who have grown up in the care that’s why we created our Semi Independent Living Service.
The service provides accommodation, care and tailored support to help young people leaving care aged 16 to 18 years prepare for independent living and learn valuable life skills at their own pace.
The Youth Offending Service (sometimes known as YOS) works closely with professionals to make sure young people get the help they need to stay away from crime.
“She is a really good social worker. She listens to me; she fights for my rights; she has a laugh with me and is honest with me. She is the best social worker ever.”
