I've written around 70 short blogs about psychological practice with children, families & other systems in the last couple of years - and they're pretty good (!). You can check them out here if you like, whilst I go and sort myself out with a hobby!! mysupportteam.org.uk/category/blog/

Do we also need to look at why we are needing to lock up so many more young people and our failures in communities to provide the solutions to keep young people safe

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To celebrate 5,000 followers, I have raided my bookshelves for a few books to giveaway. To enter follow + RT. International okay.

Come and join us @MySTFostering our Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy MyST team is looking for a Lead Therapeutic Practitioner. Could it be you!? Click the link below to apply by the 13/10/22 monmouthshire.gov.uk/app/uploads/20…

Your family could be the perfect fit for a foster child - whether you own your home or rent it, whether you’re married or single, whatever your ethnicity or sexual orientation. With Foster Wales Torfaen you can help them. To find out more visit: fosterwales.torfaen.gov.uk/en/

We are looking for a Lead Therapeutic Practitioner in our Torfaen Council 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 @MySTFostering team! This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our well-established service, working with young people, their families across Torfaen. torfaen.gov.uk/en/Jobs/Vacanc… Closing date 6/01/23

Please take a look at the link below. Meet Esme, she is looking for a place she can call home. A place to continue to grow. Foster Wales Torfaen Council 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 #makeadifference #foster #makeawishcometrue 💛🧡💛 fb.watch/hswtNc-JPd/

Fancy a new start to your new year? Check out our post below and take a look at joining us at MyST…#makeachange #makeadifference 💛🧡💛!!

💜TOMORROW💜 Come and join and enjoy a great Theraplay informed workshop hosted by @MySTFostering at #TyPawb 10am -12pm There will even be refreshments ☕️🍪 We hope to see lots of Foster Carers from Torfaen Council 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy Blaenau Gwent CBC Newport City Council

"The pervading feeling was that there was something wrong with you, you were the bad kid" lemn sissay OBE FRSL tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy how the trauma of his harrowing childhood in care impacted him, in today's Ways to Change the World podcast. Watch in full: youtu.be/jRsr6QbPHp4?si…

Would you like to become a Foster Carer…. Maybe thought 💭 “Could I foster a teenager” Take a look at the video link below, get in touch. #fosterateenager #fosterwales walesonline.co.uk/special-featur… Foster Wales Maethu Cymru Torfaen Council 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy Blaenau Gwent CBC

We're pleased to welcome Tesco announcement that they will be providing paid #KinshipCareLeave on a par with adoption leave for all #SpecialGuardians in their workforce. We hope that over time, the policy will be extended to all #KinshipCarers.

Take some time this Friday to watch below. My sister-in-law is the manager of this Torfaen Council 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 service and does incredible work with these young people. Please RT. These young people deserve to be seen and heard. Lynne Neagle, Mark Drakeford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 youtu.be/Z_oqhMIPPDM?si…

📣📣 We have an exciting opportunity to join our @MySTFostering team as a Young Person Practitioner! Would you like to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering therapeutic intervention and support to children, young people, their carers and families. If so, click

We still have a few spaces for next week training!! ⬇️⬇️

If you are interested in making an impact in the lives of young people who need us the most ,gaining an opportunity to develop your own skills in relationship based,mental health practice ,then this is the job for you

Each day on BBC Radio 4 PM this week we have been told about the about the meticulous plans that Edinburgh Zoo are undertaking to help Tian Tian and Yang Guang get ready for the journey back to China. Pandas are amazing animals and I am glad they are being well looked after. But as a