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At Young People at Heart, each registration has Social Work Assistants who do a lot of behind-the-scenes work, which includes a number of things like organising our events, coffee mornings, arranging the welcome boxes, writing the newsletters, attending meetings, assisting the Supervising Social Workers and more. But it’s safe to say that the best part …

This feel-good Friday we are celebrating National Care leavers Week. An 18th Birthday is a celebration for most teenagers, but it can be a worrying time for the 10,000 young people in the UK leaving care who suddenly become independent. Before they can be independent, we need to give children in care opportunities to be …

Kyle came to our foster carers having previously experienced a lot of placement moves along with having a high level of trauma-based behaviours. Through the commitment and resilience of his foster carers, Kyle has now been with his foster family for seven years, is able to manage his behaviours, self-regulate and has a sense of …

Over the past month Young People at Heart has been celebrating it’s 8th birthday!! In doing so we have enjoyed a birthday event in each area with our Fostering families and staff teams. Each event was held at an outdoor activity centre and our young people had the chance to take part in several different …

Children being placed with us receive a welcome box when they arrive, this will usually contain a soft toy or worry monster, pad and pens, a blanket (handmade) and a children’s guide. I thought about welcome boxes this week as I worked with two children that have been placed with us in an emergency. The …

As I look back on my fostering journey, I can remember the hopes and expectations that I once had. I was motivated to become a foster carer so that I could help a young person. I thought I could help make a child feel happy because of the home and opportunities that I could offer. …

As we are now in September and all of our young people are back at school, we have been thrilled to receive all the photographs of our children and young people looking so smart in their uniforms – there have been lots of ‘firsts’ to celebrate which have been lovely to hear about. This feel-good …

Rachel, Nina, and Bailey enjoy receiving their pocket money. They help do jobs around the home, do their homework, and help with the cooking for which they receive their weekly pocket money. Sometimes, they love to save their money, to spend when they go on holiday or, for something which may take a couple of …

Amanda, one of our Social Work Assistants in Essex set up The Children’s Court Room Project with Judge Shanks who has been serving as a family Judge for the past 25 years, we believe that every young person coming into care or living in care and having life story work should know where decisions are …