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The Pan-London Care Leavers Compact

March 5, 2024

London's Local Authorities are proud to be part of the Pan-London Care Leavers Compact, a city-wide support offer for care-experienced Londoners.

The third Friday of February is Care Day!

February 16, 2024

Today is Care Day, the world's biggest celebration of children and young people with care experience.

LIIA at the #SafeSpace24 conference

January 30, 2024

Members of the LIIA team were delighted to attend the #SafeSpace24 conference in Glasgow.

LIIA at the Labour Party’s Youth Sector Reception

January 26, 2024

LIIA was delighted to be invited to the Labour Party's Youth Sector Reception this week. It was great to spend time with Yvette Cooper (Shadow Home Secretary) and Feryal Clark (Shadow Minister for Crime Reduction) highlighting the positive impact for London’s children of working collaboratively, innovatively and impactfully across Children’s Services and with partner organisations.

LIIA Newsletter – December Issue

December 22, 2023

Read the latest LIIA Newsletter, representing the culture of collaboration between directors, and across London's children's services.

London Workforce Programme: December Newsletter

December 20, 2023

Read London's latest Workforce Programme Newsletter, summarising this years progress and upcoming activities.

What Choice? Your Choice  

December 15, 2023

Responding effectively to violence affecting young people can feel overwhelming. Dr Karla Goodman discusses the challenge of addressing violence affecting young people and introduces the Your Choice programme in her recent MJ commentary piece.

ASYJ Leaders Newsletter – December Issue

December 15, 2023

Read the December 2023 Adolescent Safeguarding & Youth Justice Leaders Newsletter.

London SEND Leadership Programme Launches Procurement.

December 12, 2023

We will be running an exciting London SEND Leadership Programme from Spring 2024 for current and aspiring leaders, in partnership with Health and Parent/Carer representatives.

NEL Adolescent Safeguarding Event

November 22, 2023

The recent NEL Adolescent Safeguarding Event, held in Waltham Forest, marked the 1-year anniversary of the publication of the Adolescent Safeguarding Handbook. The aim of the event was to bring together the safeguarding partnerships in Northeast London to revisit the 2022 Adolescent Safeguarding handbook

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Thanks for an 'inspiring and uplifting' #workforce event last week with our passionate and regionally diverse panel who explored; the perception of #socialwork, #PsychologicalSafety, the differential experiences of Black & Global Majority staff and rethinking #flexibility🤩

A huge thank you to all who attended our #SocialWorkWeek2024 session yesterday! Grateful for the valuable insights and heartfelt stories shared by practitioners from @Hillingdon. Your stories inspire us all! 🌟

Recapping the experiences of London's Social Workers. If you've missed any of our social worker stories, read them here 👉 https://www.londonsocialworkforchildren.com/n/Ryd1gd7AYz
#SocialWorkWeek2024

#RaceEqualityWeek provides a great opportunity to reflect on and share London Children's Services' Leadership in Colour Programme. Our article from 2023 highlights the programme's impact, and the success of its most recent conference

🖤 During its first two years, Leadership in…

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