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Have your say about Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Hampshire

The Children in Care pledge

The Care Council provides children in care with the opportunity to be involved in the planning, commissioning and monitoring of services. In 2008 the Care Council designed a ‘pledge’ outlining the six areas they wanted the County Council to work on.

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  • Extra tuition

    Extra tuition

    Young people feel that being moved around a lot affects their education, so they would like to have the opportunity of extra support in school and at home.

    Find out more about extra tuition.

     

  • Individual budget

    Individual budget

    Young people would like their social workers/personal advisers to have a pot of money that they can have access to, so they can access things like leisure facilities without having to wait for a decision to be made.

    Find out more about individual budgets.

     

  • Care Council

    Care Council

    Young people felt that it would be a good idea to have a Care Council so they have access to Councillors.

    Find out more about the Care Council

     

  • Consistent adult

    Consistent adult

    Young people would like to have the same social worker or significant adult in their life and/or access to an independent advocate who can help them represent their views at meetings.

    Find out more about consistent adults

     

  • Better placement choice

    Better placement choice

    Young people would like to produce a drama to encourage new foster carers to take 10-16 year olds. They also want to promote a positive image of children in care and have the choice to stay in care until they feel ready to leave.

    Find out more about better placement choices

     

  • Peer mentors

    Peer mentors

    Young people would like to be 'buddied' up with other young people who have been through a similar experience to them. This would be an extension of the Care Leavers mentoring scheme.

    Find out more about peer mentors