Looked After Children Support Services

There is much evidence that suggests that looked after children achieve poor outcomes, with particular issues around poor education attainment, mental health issues, drug and alcohol dependency as adults, and teenage pregnancies.

We strongly believe that these children should have the same life opportunities and chances as their peers with opportunities to build close bonds with their sibling and peers, to do well at school, and to access higher education or rewarding jobs.  Our aim is to provide stability and support to enable the young person to build confidence, explore and develop life skills.

Our services

Family Action’s focus is on the child’s voice and we adopt a befriending model of care.

• Our Independent Visitors provide tailored support centered around the child’s needs. The service allows the child or young person to build a relationship with an adult who is not their social worker or carer and gives them someone to look to as a role model and a source of support in developing life skills.
• Our Training and Consultancy team offer a wide range of workshops to support fostering and adoption professionals. Visit our training page to find out about forthcoming training and events.

Volunteers

Our Birth Parents Support Services use a volunteer befriender model to support parents following a decision by the local authority for their children to be adopted out of the family.

If you are interested in supporting these services as a volunteer ‘Buddy’ or as an Independent Visitor please visit our Volunteering pages.