Articles tagged as Local authorities

Leanne Morgan, principal social worker at BCP Council, explains how she hopes the Council’s new method of delivering life story work will mean every child experiences an offer that’s as unique as they are.

Our local authority specialist, Joanne Stoddart, shares what 150 Ofsted reports reveal about life story work provision across the UK.

Sandra Garner is a Life Story Social Worker with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Here, she shares some of the Creative Life Story Work activities and tools she’s found useful in her day-to-day work.

Kayleigh Dean, a Life Story Worker at South Tyneside Council, picks out some of the Creative Life Story Work activities she’s found useful.

Michelle Ewing is a Therapeutic Life Story Worker with Leicestershire Children and Family Services, which recently received an Outstanding rating from Ofsted.

Podcast Season 3: Episode 5 - What does 'good' life story work look like?

Podcast Season 3: Episode 4 - Creating a sense of belonging for asylum-seeking and refugee children

Podcast Season 3: Episode 2 - Thriving after adversity

Podcast Season 3: Episode 1 - Understanding the impact of grief and loss

We catch up with young film makers from The Studio of the Fostered Heroes, and filmmaker Laura Degnan, to find out how they feel about the film they created together, sharing their own, personal stories of care-experience.

Blue Cabin’s Local Authority Specialist, Joanne Stoddart, shares her experience on why life story books and later life letters are required for children with a plan of adoption.

How is therapeutic life story work delivered in different parts of the world?