by Yvonne Anderson | Jul 25, 2019 | Improving practice, Mind Of My Own, Participation
Sophie’s Story Sophie is a ten year old girl who had disclosed to her teacher that she was being sexually abused. Her teacher followed all the right steps in child protection, told Sophie that she had done the best possible thing and shared exactly what she had said...
by Yvonne Anderson | Jul 18, 2019 | Improving practice, Mental health
Adverse childhood events and mental health We know that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are at higher risk of developing mental health problems. Additionally, those in the care of the local authority or in the youth justice system are more likely to have...
by Yvonne Anderson | Jul 5, 2019 | Mind Of My Own, Participation
In the first of two linked blogs, Mind Of My Own director Jill Thorburn addresses the key aspects of supporting placement permanency. Have you ever thought about how much a placement breakdown costs you in time, money and children’s wellbeing? This is the...
by Yvonne Anderson | Jul 5, 2019 | Mind Of My Own, Participation
In the previous post, director Jill Thorburn described a twelve point timeline of all the actions involved in averting crisis and promoting placement stability. Here she offers a wide selection of stories from the Mind Of My Own community that all reinforce the...
by Yvonne Anderson | Jul 1, 2019 | Mind Of My Own, residential care
Our mission We have a long history in working in partnership with Local Authorities (over five years since our first implementation), where we have a proven track record of helping young people say what they need to say, to whom they want to say it. But we knew from...
