Arran Louttit – an Advanced Practitioner working on the Adolescent Team in Hillingdon – spoke with us about the power of relationship-based practice and his team’s creative approach to tackling exploitation.
Sukholuhle Tshuma – a Social Worker in one of Bexley’s Looked After Children Teams - spoke with us about her route into the profession and the importance of making every decision with a view to long-term quality of life for children and young people.
Your Choice, a pan-London project aimed at reducing youth violence, has reached a pivotal milestone with the publication of the Pilot trial report. The report recommended progression to a full-scale Efficacy trial which will run from August 2023 to December 2024.
Read the September 2023 Adolescent Safeguarding & Youth Justice Leaders Newsletter September-2023-ASYL-Newsletter
Young people and Directors of Children's Services met with Joanne McCartney, Deputy Mayor for London and Children and Families.
Read the September 2023 Supporting London's Care Leavers Newsletter
London Councils and the London Innovation & Improvement Alliance (LIIA) have worked with YPO, one of the largest public sector buying organisations in the UK, to launch a first-of-its-kind framework to increase children’s social care workforce capacity.
A major survey of children’s social workers in London and the south east of England shows the vast majority are passionate about their work, while also pointing to the serious challenges and pressures many face.
The costs of accommodating teenagers in care in semi-independent housing could be over nine times more than the government has committed up to 2026 to fund new regulations, while thousands of care beds could be withdrawn, a new report reveals.
March 2024
Your Choice webinar hosted by Hillingdon Council as part of Social Work England
October 2023
Your Choice Pilot Report Published
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) published the findings from the pilot trial of the London Young People Study.
Read the report here.
October 2021 – March 2022
Home Office phase
The Home Office funded the first phase of the Your Choice programme.