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BREAKING "Domestic abuse victims and care leavers under 25 to be exempt from any ‘local connection’ requirements." This will mean care leavers placed out of area and who have built lives for themselves, making new friends will no longer face downward social mobility. Care

Join NHP as a Participation & Development Worker! NHP are seeking a motivated individual to empower young people leaving care & support CLNM. 🗓️ Closing Date: Oct 18 Apply with your CV & cover letter: ow.ly/vPnu50TrIIp #YouthWork #JobOpportunity #CareLeavers

Today is the start of #BlackHistoryMonth2024. Thank you Sharon Martin NIROMP for welcoming our Chief Executive Cathy Ashley 🟣🇺🇦 and Sharon McPherson from Families in Harmony to their community of practice today to talk about kinship care and race equalities.

An immensely thought provoking session 🙏 No single story, no single truth. Families feeling processed, unheard, not served. Inequality, inequity & defensive White fragility. #BlackHistoryMonth2024 #ReclaimingNarratives #MultipleTruths

Fab piece from @KatieLivEcho with Kenya and her nan, Tina who raised her in kinship care. Kenya was one of two young people who spoke at our event at @uklabour conference last week. Kinship Carers liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool… #KinshipCare

Greetings! Please share this amongst your #KinshipCare & #CareExperienced networks. Uni students of #Jamaican 2nd/3rd generation diaspora can apply for this funded 5 week professional and cultural internship June 28th - August 7th 2025. Immersive #ReclaimingNarratives opportunity

☕️Our Chief Executive Cathy Ashley 🟣🇺🇦 was on BBC Breakfast this morning to talk about the challenges faced by relatives and friends who step in as kinship carers for children, and the support and recognition that kinship families need👇 #ThisIsKinshipCare #ActForKinshipCare

A huge thank you to everyone who came to support Family Rights Group celebrate our 50th anniversary this evening. An amazing evening filled with amazing people who care passionately about helping children and families remain safely together. Absolutely blessed #FRG50 #myFRGfamily

Join us to hear how kinship care in the Caribbean amplified by #Windrush economic migration, has contributed to the evolution of children’s social care practices in Jamaica, and what we in the UK can learn from this. Register now eventbrite.co.uk/e/107314852913…

📺Tune in to BBC Breakfast at 730am and 📻BBC Radio 5 Live at 820am tomorrow morning to hear our Chair Angela Frazer-Wicks MBE talk about reforms to support adopted children to see their birth family. Angela's youngest children were adopted in 2004 and she recently reconnected with her eldest son

A ground-breaking report published today opens the way for children who are being adopted to continue to see their birth family, if safe. Angela Frazer-Wicks MBE spoke to @bbcbreakfast about her experience and why this matters. Here is a snippet 📺 Read more: frg.org.uk/news-blogs-and…

Improving Racial Equity In Kinship Care: Jamaica to UK! niromp.org/2024/11/10/imp… 🙏 Sharon McPherson #KinshipCare #RacialEquity #FamiliesInHarmony NIROMP

Greetings! Thank you to everyone who has raised awareness and signed up to our racial equity in #kindshipcare webinar. We look forward to engaging in professional cultural curiosity conversations and sharing my The Churchill Fellowship research insights. Event registration is still open!

This is set to be an excellent exploration of racial equity in #KinshipCare from Sharon McPherson and Johanna_FIH at Families in Harmony. Do register below 👇 We're looking forward to joining, learning and helping out with the Zoom tech!

Fantastic to see the strength of cross party support for kinship care in the first debate of the new Parliament! Thank you to over 20 MPs for supporting and advocating for better practical, emotional & financial support for children and families. #ActForKinshipCare

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Introducing the handbook (a good practice guide) is Brenda-Ann #ROCONF24 Social Work Scotland

Thanks to Sharon Martin for her thoughtful and human contribution to the Social Work Scotland Independent Reviewing Officer conference #ROCONF24 it was a great start to the day

Great to hear from Sharon Martin, Chair of the National IRO Managers Partnership on 'Where to begin', a truly inspiring start to the day. #ROconf24