“The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind” — Bessel Van Der Kolk
On the basis of Van Der Kolk’s...
Category - Children & Young People
Scotland’s leading children and young person’s charity, Kibble, provide a range of services for vulnerable young people based on the needs of those in its...
With the pace of technological advances accelerating almost daily, and the nature of social care itself transforming, it is more important than ever that care...
Social care does not operate in a vacuum but is a vital component of our wider society to which we must always have regard. Entering care can be overwhelming...
I recently read an article on the Guardian online written by Michael Savage, on the Foster Care crisis. The Social Market Foundation’s stats that were quoted...
Richard White, Group Operations Director, Next Step Independence
DoLS, as the Deprivation of Liberty safeguards came to be known, came into force on 1st April...
The COVID-19 pandemic has bought into sharp focus how difficult it can be to cope with multiple and abrupt changes in one’s life simultaneously. Rapidly...
Over the coming weeks the country may be finally out of lockdown. If so it would be tempting to refer to that period as ‘post-Covid’ where we can focus on...
Children in care and migrants are two of the most vulnerable groups of people residing within the UK. However, a new light has been shone on the difficulties...
Richard White, Group Operations Director, Next Step Independence
Next Step Independence, as the name suggests, was created to ensure that looked after young...