August is the month we embark on the Mind Of My Own product roadmap. We begin with a team workshop, starting with user feedback and customer requests and encompassing every idea from simple to brilliant until we have papered an office wall with post-it notes.

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 with children’s social care.

We know that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are at higher risk of developing mental health problems.

Have you ever thought about how much a placement breakdown costs you in time, money and children's wellbeing? This is the timeline for the actions that take place when a young person's placement breaks down.

In the previous post, director Jill Thorburn described a twelve point timeline of all the actions involved in averting crisis and promoting placement stability.

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.