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NCB London Seminar GoL Presentation The Health Of Looked after Children February 2010
1. The Health and Wellbeing of London’s Looked After Children NCB Conference 23 rd February 2010 Promoting the health and well being of looked after children: Implementing the guidance in London
2. Amy Wilkinson Health and Well-being Policy Lead Government Office for London Shirley Ayres Consultant to GoL (Health of Looked after Children)
7. “ A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove… but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.” Forest E. Witcraft American Scholar, Teacher and Scout Leader (1894 – 1967
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23. If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy. If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty. If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence. If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient. If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate. If children live with acceptance, they learn to love. If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves. If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness. If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and others. If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live. Children Learn What They Live. Copyright 1972/1975 by Dorothy Law Nolte
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Editor's Notes
I have an unusual background in social work and marketing. My consultancy is focused on knowledge management and communications. I work with children and adult services in the public private and not for profit sectors. This gives me unique perspectives about the challenges and opportunities across the care sector. Fundementally people relate to people not organisations
Whilst awareness of the London Pledge was high ~ it is less clear how the Pledge commitments have been communicated to Looked after Children. It is difficult to find the Pledge on most Local Authority websites. How many people here can confidently assert that every young person in care in their Children’s Trust has received a copy of the Pledge?
There are a number of different and separate information systems across local authorities and the PCT’s. At least six different database systems were identified as being in use across Local Authorities and PCT’s. Related to this are the differing purposes for which data is collected, which have an impact on the consistency and comparability of the data “ This is a timely process to keep these up dated due to high number of young people living out of borough”
The capacity of parents and carers to promote health and well being is affected by the access they have to good, local information, advice and services.