极速赛车168最新开奖号码 Comments on: Lemn Sissay: ‘All care stories should be successful ones’

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:09:48 +0000

Hi Lemn
As an ex foster parent, social worker and now agency decision maker for a fostering provider, reading your article really moved and inspired me.
Daily I read reports with the purpose of evidencing standards of care. I am part of an ‘industry’ that measures quality by meeting ‘National minimum standards.’ The fact that a regulatory framework measures outcomes for our most vulnerable children, by the bear minimum has always irked me, to say the least. I am proud of the fact that many children do thrive in foster care. There are many fantastic foster parents who are strong advocates and embrace and nurture. However, too many also let children down and as you say, find the challenges that often truamatised children face, too difficult.
I am going to keep you in my thoughts and embed your insight into my practice. Thankyou !

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Phyllis Audrey Eliza Maiden

Phyllis Audrey Eliza Maiden — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 06:48:43 +0000

Hello Lemm I was put into an orphanage at the age of nine months in Shropshire. There followed a lifelong horrible time, physically, sexually, and emotonally abused. I was placed in an old farmhouse with no elecxtricity or water and bullied from the age of five in 1955. It leaves you so crippled emotionally and unable to be demonstrative and unable to form healthy relationships.
However, I came through to an extent and was a shorthand teacher for thirty years. All our records in Shropshire were destroyed. I had a half sister who was fostered only a short way from me, but I didn’t know of her existence. I could write all day but I would like you to know I am coming to see you in Newark in February. I wrote to your agent twice to ask if I could meet you for a couple of minutes but they never replied. I wanted you to sign my copies of your books andjust look you in the face!
I think the way you have highlighted the shocking care system is amazing. Before you I don’t think many people were aware of what went on.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Lucy Ann

Lucy Ann — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:12:18 +0000

Hey Lemn, thanks so much for this. I do not find it in the least bit ranty. If it is a rant it is a lyrical and beautiful one. As a social worker I really appreciate your support and generosity towards our profession and your tireless advocacy for children and young people in the care system. I agree with you that the treatment of the child of the state just like the treatment of the person seeking asylum should be a measure of the success of our government. We are failing miserably from where I stand. I agree with what you say about many social work decisions being based on finances. We need to take back our residential care homes and foster carers into public ownership and kick out those making extortionate profits out of children and young people in care. They should not be a commodity. I also strongly agree that social workers should be paid more and are incredibly under-valued in society. Despite all the austerity, chaos and decay in the system I am proud every day to do the job I do. Thank you Lemn.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Heather Gillian

Heather Gillian — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:23:37 +0000

Thank you for your talk. When I have mentioned that I have been in care, I have invariably had the same response, ‘you have done so well considering’ No I have done so well, graduated, successful career, because I was determined to prove my parents wrong, that i am not ‘stupid’, ‘some kind of moron’ due to my dyslexia and no good.

I have never wanted pity, just the recognition of being a worthwhile person.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Lisa Smith

Lisa Smith — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:50:41 +0000

Thank you for this piece that gave me some insight and reflections. Language in social work recording about children really matters, helpful to highlight the trauma and how that manifests in children rather than seeing the children as challenging. Putting love into social work is critical to our work, but why do we not move towards it?

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Anastasia Griffith

Anastasia Griffith — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:20:57 +0000

Adults who abuse children in the here and now do not see them as adults one day.

I believe that our role as a parent,carer, Aunt,Uncle whosoever one might be that the duty is to create memories of a child or young adult.Unfortunately,some of us create the wrong memories ,leaving persons bitter not better in the future.

However,we are created with the ability to.procreate and create out own Family by whatsoever means.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Julie Scurfield

Julie Scurfield — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:56:55 +0000

I have always and will always love the way you shine a spotlight on children in care – your voice is powerful because you’re speaking from the heart and your lived experience. Our children need your advocacy, ranty or not (and for the record i don’t think you come across that way at all) because while some things have changed for the better much has not – and someone with a platform just needs to keep telling it as it is and holding feet to the fire – that’s you! Thank you!

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: lemn sissay

lemn sissay — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:58:30 +0000

In reply to Pauline O'Reggio. Thanks. I agree with you. But I do sound a bit ranty in this piece. I forgot to say that I am founding member of The Gold From The Stone Foundation who support Christmas Dinners for care leavers on Christmas Day. It started in Manchester in 2013. In 2023 there were over thirty dinners across the country. They are provided by members of the community who start a steering group in September/October to organise it. It is a joy.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Innocent OFOKANSI

Innocent OFOKANSI — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:00:22 +0000

My biggest question is : does social work care about families bonding together? The fact remains that nobody can care for a child more than the birth mother. In the event that a child is taken away from the birth parents for whatever reason, what effort does social workers put in to remedy or alleviate the shortcomings (if ever) of the parents to be sure they are fit to now look after a child ?

The focus should always be to come up with ways and programmes whereby children and parents can be together again in the shortest possible time. This will greatly help the society and more stable (emotionally, psychologically) children who will in turn be better off.

The councils spend a whole lot of money for children in care. Half of that should be used to help ensure parents raise their children themselves. The remaining half will be used to provide amenities for the general public.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Pauline O'Reggio

Pauline O'Reggio — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:52:47 +0000

The story of your lived experience of a child in the care system is insightful, we forget how traumatising it must feel for a child/ young person.

As professionals is it wrong to fight for better support guidance,funding to support those we claim to be the voice of.

Our early experiences not only from the difficuiltys a child may have experienced to warrent accommodstion but how we has professionals behave can impacts how the child/young person views their place in the system/society.

Your resilience and understanding to challenge your situation can only help a system acknowledge it needs to change.