Sentences with phrase «grandparent carers in»

Looking after yourself physically and mentally is very important, say the grandparent carers in this video.

Western Australia Wanslea Grandcare This agency provides information and support to grandparent carers in Perth and southern Western Australia.

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Over 2,500 parents, grandparents and carers responded to the survey, which was conducted in Autumn 2014.

«Parents, carers, grandparents and anyone with a child in their life can make a huge difference by reading for just 10 minutes a day.»

The family were Polish and the parents put forward the grandparents in Poland as alternative carers for their baby.

Where parents separate, and one becomes the child's sole carer, grandparents can be pushed out the picture, particularly in cases where the parents are estranged.

Sally has personal experience of kinship care in her own family and is therefore very aware of the need to ensure proper support is given, particularly to grandparent carers.

10.11.2011, Statement from Cathy Ashley, Chief Executive Family Rights Group in response to today's Court of Appeal Judgement re Kent County Council (versus a grandparent carer)

Colin and Chris raised two of their grandchildren and that spurred her on 25 years ago to establish a support group in Peterborough for family and friends carers, including aunts, uncles, grandparents and siblings raising children unable to live with their parents.

we can give in - depth telephone advice to a grandparent carer bringing up a child who is at risk of exclusion from school.

Run by national kinship care charity Grandparents Plus, Kinship Connected will provide one to one support and develop peer support groups for Special Guardians and kinship carers in Barnet, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Southwark.

It recognises the importance of the Internet in the lives of children and young people, and helps ensure that they and those that support children, parents, carers, grandparents, teachers, know how to get the most out of the internet and use it safely and responsibly.

A new survey of over 500 kinship carers — grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members and friends who've taken on care of children who aren't able to live with their parents — has revealed that as many as 94 % say caring has caused financial hardship, despite many stepping in to keep children out of the local authority care system.

In this video, grandparents who care for grandchildren talk about support groups, meeting other grandparent carers and working with family support workers.

One of the upsides of being a grandparent or kinship carer is being able to make close friendships with people in a similar situation to you.

In this short video, grandparent carers talk about the importance of looking after themselves physically and mentally.

Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Co-operative This organisation runs programs and support groups for grandparent and kinship carers in the Blue Mountains and western Sydney.

In this short video, grandparents talk about becoming full - time carers for their grandchildren.

Family Relationships Online — For grandparents On this webpage you can find links to services and resources to support you in your role as a carer.

You can also connect with other people in similar situations in our grandparent and kinship carers online forum.

By «making the ordinary, extraordinary», the Everyday Learning Series is an invaluable resource for parents, grandparents and carers by assisting them in maximising young children's play, exploration and discovery, and development within familiar environments.

Relative Experience, a unique project delivered by charity Grandparent Plus in partnership with Family Lives to support kinship carers across the North East, has given over 500 kinship carers access to specialist help, support groups and a befriending service, transforming the experience of both carers and the children they're raising.

Our concept of «family» has changed over time and now describes a much wider range of connections between people, including single parent families, blended families, aunts and uncles, grandparents, carers and other groups of people who are significant in each other's lives.

Almost half (47 %) of grandparents and other family (kinship) carers who were previously working gave up their jobs to care for children, many of whom have emotional difficulties and would be in local authority care had their relative not stepped in.

Support groups in the North East have helped a groundbreaking project supporting grandparents and other family members who are raising a relative's child (as «kinship carers») reach a new milestone — supporting its 500th carer.

During the placement, she will be working on putting together a discussion or policy paper proposing the extension of statutory adoption leave and pay to kinship carers, in particular grandparents, who take on the caring role for children in difficult family circumstances.

A groundbreaking project supporting grandparents and other family members who are raising a relative's child (as «kinship carers») across the north east of England was celebrated at an event in Newcastle yesterday, ahead of a new bid to expand the project across the country.

Relative Experience, a unique project delivered by charity Grandparent Plus in partnership with Family Lives to support kinship carers across the North East, gives carers access to specialist help, support groups and a befriending service to transform the experience of both carers and the children they're raising.

The event showcased the success of Relative Experience, a unique approach delivered by charity Grandparent Plus in partnership with Family Lives to support kinship carers across the North East, giving them access to specialist help and a befriending service to transform the experience of both carers and the children they're raising.

The YouGov survey has been welcomed by charities Grandparents Plus, the Family and Parenting Institute and Family Lives, as a massive boost for the estimated 200,000 kinship carers in the UK.

Including contributions by Lady Justice Hale, High Court Judge Sir James Munby, Professor June Thoburn, and grandparent carer Robin Derriman, this Family Rights Group Reader analyses the provisions for Special Guardianship and explores its potential use in meeting children's long term needs when they can not return home.

«There are more children who can not live with their parents who are being raised by grandparents and other family and friends carers than there are adopted or in foster care.

Family and friends carers are grandparents, older siblings and relatives or friends, who are raising a child in their family or friendship network.

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All family and friends carers including grandparent carers living in Cardiff and surrounding areas

In 2010 the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) awarded Grandparents Victoria the contract to establish a kinship carer network across Victoria and to act as the peak group representing the views of kinship carers across Victoria.

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«There are 200,000 grandparent and other kinship carers in the UK raising children without financial or practical support.

Pam Kadir, kinship carer to her grandchildren said: «Grandparents Plus has helped me in so many ways and it's wonderful news that they have funding to reach more people in my situation.

Grandparents Plus offers such valuable support to those who become kinship carers and through this funding even more help will be provided to those in need.»

Informed by and adapted from the Big Lottery funded Relative Experience programme run by Grandparents Plus in partnership with Family Lives, Kinship Connected features one - to - one support from Grandparents Plus project workers, peer support group development, workshops for kinship carers and consultancy services.

The Order sets out the contact (visiting arrangements etc) between a child / young person and his or her parent (s), or others mentioned in the order such as grandparents or former foster carers.

Among all of the Aboriginal children and young people living in Western Australia, 35.3 per cent were found to be living in households where a carer or a carer's parent (e.g. grandparent) was reported to have been forcibly separated from their natural family.

Consistency of care — all carers of the child (including parents, grandparents, teachers, child care workers and so on) need to be consistent in the way they behave towards and manage the child.