
Michael
@mikeds2020
Can’t redact what’s been lived. Care Experienced Social Work and PhD research.
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11-05-2010 21:38:00
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You may have seen tweets from my co-editors earlier: Dr. Rosie Canning, Dr Zoe Baker and @DrMommyAmyGill. Our book proposal on 'Research & Care-Experience: Methods & ethics' is now open for abstract submissions from care-experienced researchers/academics: docs.google.com/document/d/1A5…

Great to hear Keir Starmer mention care leavers in his speech and set out his commitment to tackle homelessness - 1 in 3 face homelessness within 2 years of leaving care so this is a really welcome step.






We have a new resource for children aged 16 and 17 who are without a home and parental care. We hear often of children's services pushing them away. Our resource helps children understand LA duties. ‼️*Social workers & LA managers, please read too* rights4children.org.uk/aged-16-or-17-…


“We’re older than our years... we’ve got survival skills that other people don’t have.” Sophie Willan speaks to fellow care experienced writer Sophia Alexandra Hall about foster care, looking up to lemn sissay OBE FRSL, and changing perspectives on the care system. 👇 bigissue.com/culture/tv/sop…




💬 Thanks to Jake Richards MP for raising the impact of distance moves on children in care in his #PMQ. 📍 Children in care should be kept close to the people and places that matter to them. ➡️ Watch again & support our #GoneTooFar campaign: BecomeCharity.org.uk/GTF


Exclusive: Labour MP Jas Athwal is the landlord of a failing children’s home. Important reporting by the new The Londoner the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-the-…



'Visceral, honest accounts of a life in care' - a review of Ashley John-Baptiste's 'Looked After: A Childhood in Care' #socialwork #childrenincare #archive communitycare.co.uk/2024/06/13/boo…


