CHARMS Social Care Community Newsroom

Welcome to new CHARMS™ customer Pathstone Children UK!

 

Birmingham-based Pathstone Limited is a provider of a range of high quality residential and supported living services for children and young people 16+ with a variety of needs. To find out more about Pathstone's services
please check out their website

A very warm welcome to our newest CHARMS™ customer, Fostering Connections!

Based in Waltham Abbey, Essex, Fostering Connections is an independent fostering agency that provides fostering services for looked after children and young people. To find out more about their services,
visit their website.

Welcome to our newest CHARMS™ customer, Blossom Living!

 

Blossom Living offers young people aged 16-18 a managed transition to independence, providing  24-hour, safe, high specification accommodation with mentoring key workers, on-site short courses, training programs, and counseling provision.

 

To find out more about the services Blossom Living provide please check out their website, https://www.blossom-living.co.uk/

We're proud to announce that we are exhibiting at this year's National Children & Adults Services Conference and exhibition from 2-4 November in Manchester!

Come and have a chat with us at our stand, H16, and for more information on what's in store, visit https://ncasc.info/

A very warm welcome to our newest CHARMS™ customer, Clover Fostering!

 

Uxbridge-based Clover Fostering is an independent fostering agency whose vision is “to give every child fostered with the agency the best possible chance of happiness and a successful outcome.”

Welcome to new CHARMS™ customer TheraParent!

 

TheraParent is a family-run company which offers a wide range of therapeutic consultation, training & support services to Local Authorities, Independent Fostering Agencies, Schools, Charities, foster carers, and adopters.

 

For more information on the services they offer, check out their website https://www.theraparent.co.uk/

Welcome to new CHARMS™ customer TheraParent!

 

TheraParent is a family-run company which offers a wide range of therapeutic consultation, training & support services to Local Authorities, Independent Fostering Agencies, Schools, Charities, foster carers, and adopters.

 

For more information on the services they offer, check out their website https://www.theraparent.co.uk/

The September  issue of our CHARMS™ customer newsletter is available to read online now:

 

Guidance and sign up form for local authorities pre-selected to take part in the Family Hubs and Start For Life programme. 75 local authorities are eligible for Family Hubs. Funding covers:

 

•£100m for bespoke parent-infant relationship and perinatal [from pregnancy up to a year after giving birth] mental health support,

•£82m to create a network of Family Hubs, improving access to a wide range of integrated support services for families with children aged 0-19,

•£50m to establish breastfeeding support services,

•£50m to fund evidence-based parenting programmes,

•£10m to support local authorities to publish a clear ‘Start for Life offer,’ and

•A further £10m to trial innovative start for life workforce models.

 

The CHARMS Family Hubs module fits perfectly the needs of local authorities in meeting the requirements for recording of case records and the reporting of outcomes for the Family Hubs and Start For Life programme.

 

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1096786/Family_Hubs_and_Start_for_Life_programme_guide.pdf

In March this year a report, https://lnkd.in/e-P6e3ce, was issued reviewing the recent changes in the Adoption community. Particularly, this was in respect of the regionalisation program. Here is a link to our response to the comments on the IT challenges the community still faces today…

 

 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stuarthill_a-review-of-it-systems-for-regional-adoption-activity-6971417243704303616-7v-l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop