Summary of children in care pledge

Where you live

• We will keep you safe and give you a safe place to live.
• We will do our best to give you information about your placement before you move and give you a choice of foster carer.
• We will ensure your carer supports you with every aspect of your life.

Your social worker

• We will make sure you know why you are in care and what the plan is for you.
• We will get to know you, listen to you and make sure your opinion is heard in all that we do.
• We will involve you in all meetings about you.
• We will support you to have contact with family and friends.

Your education

• We will do everything we can to make sure you have the best education possible.
• We will have planning meetings to make sure you get all the help you need to learn and succeed, we will make sure you are part of all meetings. 
• We will make sure you have all the equipment you need for your education.

Your health

• We will help you to be healthy on the inside and outside.
• We will make sure you have health assessments and ensure these are done in a way that suits you.
• We will support the development of you identity, self-esteem and well being.
• We will offer you counselling if you need it.

Your activities

• We promise to ensure you have fun.
• We will encourage you to take part in at least one leisure activity of your choice.
• We will help you celebrate important dates including birthdays and religious festivals.

Your voice

• We will listen if you have a complaint or a compliment.
• We will make sure you can speak to someone if there are things you are worried about, and if you find it difficult to say what you want to we will make sure you have an advocate.
• We have a children in care council that you can become a member of to meet other children in care and have a say on things that might matter to you.

Becoming an adult

• We will prepare and plan for when you leave care, by providing information and advice.
• We will help you with learning independence skills for your future.
• We will make sure you have a Personal Adviser when you need one.
• We will help you with your future aspirations for further education and employment.

Read the full list of commitments we make to all children and young people in care on our pledge to you page.