New training resources for people working with looked after children
The Scottish Government has published new resources to support people helping looked after children and care leavers to do better in education.
The resources are:
Innovative new training materials to support everyone who works with and cares for looked after children. These include a hard-hitting and sometimes disturbing DVD which portrays one young person’s journey through the system.
An outline of the core tasks for designated managers in educational and residential child care establishments in Scotland to make sure that each establishment has a key individual to champion the needs of looked after children and young people and see that services meet their needs.
The final report from national research into the Scottish Government’s programme of local authority pilots which have developed new ways to improve the educational attainment and achievement of looked after children and young people. These included flexible teaching, homework, exam support, transition support and training, and the research provides valuable evidence of what works.
The resources were launched by Adam Ingram, Minister for Children and Early Years, who said: 'This Government wants to make sure all corporate parents have the right tools to do their job to the very best of their ability... These three measures will work alongside the corporate parenting guidance published earlier this month, and will help all of our looked after children and young people and care leavers lead the lives that they aspire to - to be happy, successful, confident individuals with a positive future.'
Scottish Government press release: Helping children in care