Sentences with phrase «other grandparent carers»

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

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Advise other carers: If your baby is cared for by a nursery, child minder or grandparent, let them know what's happening and ask them to try adjusting nap times if you've found that it's proved helpful.

Firstly, this ruling is not only relevant for TCNs who are the biological mothers of Union citizens; the same obviously applies to fathers (see for example the Rendón Marín decision) or any other persons who are the primary carer of the child, such as, for example, the child's grandparent (see here S and G).

You can ask other adults such as carers and grandparents to help.

It's called the «Second Generation», and consists mainly of grandparents but of course is open to any carer raising other people's children, be they aunts, uncles, siblings or friends.

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.

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Our State of the Nation 2017 survey shines a spotlight on the challenges faced by kinship carers — grandparents and other family members who've taken on the care of children who aren't able to live with their parents.Read more

Whether families have one parent or two, whether they include step - parents, grandparents or other carers, children can experience strong, positive family relationships that promote family wellbeing and support children's mental health.

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You can meet other carers at grandparent and kinship carer support groups.

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

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They work with Government, Opposition parties and departments; early childhood professionals; parents, grandparents and other carers of young children; and various peak organisations and lobby groups to secure the best range of options and outcomes for young children as they grow and develop.

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.

That relative or friend is called a «kinship carer», and it's estimated that around half of kinship carers are grandparents, but many other relatives including older siblings, aunts, uncles, as well as family friends and neighbours can also be kinship carers.

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.

This report provides a picture of the employment status of grandparents and other relatives raising children (kinship carers) before and after taking on children, and explores the link between dropping out of the labour market and being a kinship carer.

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.

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.

Q: So if there were other kinship carers out there thinking about getting involved with Grandparents Plus or going to support groups, would you encourage them?

We also do the largest yearly survey of grandparents and other family members who are kinship carers.

Almost three - quarters of adults agree that kinship carers — grandparents and other family members who are bringing up a child because their parents can not look after them — should receive similar support to foster carers, says a new nationwide poll.

«The Kinship Care Alliance warmly welcomes the announcement by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, of a year's exemption from conditionality under Universal Credit for grandparents, older siblings, aunts and uncles and other relatives and friends (kinship) carers who are taking on the responsibility for bringing up children who are unable to live with their parents.

«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.

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

Specialist legal advice for grandparents, including local authority responsibilities and other issues affecting kinship carers.

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.