Family Rights Group

In this vlog to promote our film for parents with learning difficulties and disabilities we hear from Kyle, a member of Family Rights Group’s parents’ panel.

Kyle talks about:
• his experience of how difficult it can be for families to understand the language that social workers use, and
• how the film is designed to help parents with learning difficulties and disabilities understand what they should be able to expect, when a child and family social worker becomes involved in their child’s life.

Kyle also shares how seeing our film might have helped him.

Watch the film here:
https://frg.org.uk/get-help-and-advice/a-film-for-parents-with-learning-difficulties-and-disabilities-working-with-a-child-and-family-social-worker/

Please share to help more families!

Families involved with children’s services can sometimes feel practitioners or managers are making all the decisions. Or that the family does not have much say. A family group conference is a planning meeting led by the family and arranged by an independent person. The process ensures that families are at the centre of decision-making.

Take a look at our advice resources on family group conferences:
https://frg.org.uk/get-help-and-advice/what/family-group-conferences-advice-for-families/

We offer free specialist advice to parents and carers. Our advice resources will help you to understand what family group conferences are for, what happens at one, and how family group conferences are different from other meetings.

In case you missed it!
Our film, created with and for parents with learning difficulties and disabilities, has an important aim: to help parents understand what to expect when a child and family social worker becomes involved in their child’s life.

We're proud to share this special vlog from Vicky. Vicky stars in the film and is also a committee member at Speakup, a self advocacy group run by and for people with learning difficulties and autistic people, who partnered with Family Rights Group to create the film.

In this vlog, Vicky talks about helping shape the script, taking part in the filming, and why this resource is so important for parents with learning difficulties and disabilities who are working with child and family social workers.

Watch the film here:
https://frg.org.uk/get-help-and-advice/a-film-for-parents-with-learning-difficulties-and-disabilities-working-with-a-child-and-family-social-worker/ 📽️

Angela - a member of our parents' panel, shares her experience as a parent working with children’s services after a difficult birth.

What began with fear and uncertainty grew into trust and confidence. Angela’s family support worker listened without judgement and celebrated her strengths leaving a lasting impact that Angela still remembers years later.

If you need advice about children's services, call our Advice and Advocacy Service on 0808 801 0366, Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 3pm.

“…they know that you’re still here, if ever there’s somebody that they want to talk to.”
This week is the second week of Foster Care Fortnight, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the different stories across the fostering community.

Every child deserves to feel that they belong and have positive relationships they can turn to throughout life. Our innovative Lifelong Links approach works to make sure every child in care and every care leaver is connected to people who care about them – for life.

Today we are sharing this clip of foster carers Carol and Norman, after being reconnected with a young person, through Lifelong Links.