极速赛车168最新开奖号码 Comments on: ‘You need to work towards going back to foster care’: how the narrative around children’s homes harms young people

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Bee

Bee — Sun, 19 May 2019 16:26:59 +0000

Also agree with needing to change the narrative – it has long been known that a good residential home is what particular children need rather than a foster placement. We need to be ‘needs led’.

By the way, as an Independent Reviewing Officer, I have a recent situation where I have been arguing that a child remain in a children’s home rather than moving to yet another foster placement. The child wants to stay there and it meets needs, it is the child’s home.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: disillusioned

disillusioned — Sat, 18 May 2019 16:42:44 +0000

A really moving and candid article.

It is true the child is blamed for all the moves and the trauma that goes with all the moves and changes in a way gives message to the child that you have brought this upon yourself.

Why can’t the organisation be accountable – lacking and inadequate corporate parent leads to so many moves. They tend to do more harm and the child continues to live in the cycle of trauma, having similar experiences from where they had been removed from.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Angela Walker

Angela Walker — Fri, 17 May 2019 18:27:37 +0000

Totally true I remember numerous children who didn’t want fostering but social worker and IRO felt it was in their best interest as they deserved a ‘real home’ only a small number of these were successful and often resulted in multiple ‘placements’ including times in secure. A good caring home where a child is valued and parented appropriately with adults that they can trust is what is needed labels are for clothing not for children

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Ed Nixon

Ed Nixon — Fri, 17 May 2019 11:54:37 +0000

In reply to Jonathan Stanley. Such an impressive and well written piece highlighting the importance of looking at assessing children’s needs. Almost invariably children moving to a children’s home is perceived as a last and often rather resigned stop on their journey in care when all other ‘routes’ have failed. Of course, sometimes it should be the first stop en route often facilitating a life back with the child’s own family or other carers including foster carers. Can children be loved by those who care for them? Absolutely they can and are regardless of what ‘home’ they are living in. Great article thank you. There is a distorted narrative about children’s homes. This rightly challenges that. Some children love (and I use the word deliberately) living in their (children’s) home and some of ‘their’ staff. Hence the ECLCM campaign. Thanks John

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Jonathan Stanley

Jonathan Stanley — Fri, 17 May 2019 09:37:43 +0000

Absolutely, essential to put meeting children and young people’s needs first.
If we can put ‘Right home, right time, right reason’ at the top of our thinking we can create the right strategy and the practices to follow.
Much more to be said
Thank you John for writing this piece. It is something children’s homes have been speaking about for a long time.
Thank you Community Care for publishing. Residential work is not given many opprtunities for a balanced representation of the situation.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Sandy Mayhew

Sandy Mayhew — Fri, 17 May 2019 07:58:25 +0000

Really well written piece on an issue I am very passionate about. I do think views are starting to change in the right direction but a lot of this goes back to the very early training and influence young social workers get. I personally spend a lot of time influencing others both formally and informally with changes to language use and presentations etc. A lot more needs done though and should start at universities delivering social work degrees

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Jodie Elliott

Jodie Elliott — Thu, 16 May 2019 15:12:48 +0000

This is brilliant. As someone who works with children who are in care I feel the message you are sharing is really important. Thank you.