Tag Archives | care experience

Rebekah Pierre

Children, Workforce

My Care Story: ‘Every social worker always seemed to be in a rush’

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Children

Where does the stigma around care-experienced people originate from?

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Award-winning author Jenny Molloy speaking at Community Care Live 2023

Adults, Children, Workforce

Learn from the lived experience of childhood trauma

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Lemn Sissay

Children, Social work leaders

Lemn Sissay: ‘All care stories should be successful ones’

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Jenny Molloy, who writes under the pseudonym Hope Daniels, signing her book 'This Isn't Love' at Community Care Live 2024.

Adults, Children

Book review: ‘This Isn’t Love’ by Hope Daniels

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teenager

Children, Social work leaders

Care leavers exempted from local connection requirement to access social housing

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Ashley John-Baptiste, credit Cebo Luthuli

Children

Book review: ‘Looked After: A Childhood in Care’

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materials used for all about me life story work: a cardboard box containing pens, stickers, alphabet letters, sellotape and glue

Children

How creative life story work puts care experienced children in control

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Sue Williams

Children, Workforce

Family safeguarding founder recognised in Frontline Awards 2024

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A group picture of contributors to Free Loaves on Fridays, an anthology of writings by people who are, or were, in care

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Free Loaves on Fridays: 100 care experienced children and adults tell their story

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ADCS president for 2024-25, Andy Smith

Children, Choose Social Work, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘The power of social work has shaped who I am’ – ADCS’s new care experienced president

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Choose Social Work logo

Choose Social Work, Workforce

‘You have lifted my spirits after a very difficult day’: how Choose Social Work has supported the sector

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Photo of Meera Spillett smiling at the camera

Children, Choose Social Work, Workforce

Breaking barriers: Meera Spillett’s path from disabled social worker to award-winning leader

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dear future social worker image for Community Care's Choose Social Work campaign

Children, Choose Social Work

‘The one social worker who made me feel genuinely cared for’

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Janet and Lizzie

Children, Choose Social Work

‘She’s been a mother figure to me’: a care leaver and social worker’s story

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(L-R) Headline Sponsor Sanctuary Personnel CEO James Rook, Omaid Badar, Broadcaster and journalist Ashley John-Baptiste. (credit: Social Work Awards)

Workforce

Care experienced practitioner crowned social worker of the year

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