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Talking to children and managing anxiety about Coronavirus
At Birmingham Children’s Trust we pride ourselves on the support and training that we provide to our adoptive families and foster carers.
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Parenting a traumatised child whilst living through COVID-19
Clinical Psychologist Dan Hughes and Child Psychotherapist Sarah Morse discuss parenting and caring for children who have experience trauma during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
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Keeping children busy and active at home
We've made a list of free activities to help keep children busy and learning at the home.
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Ofsted highlights Continued Improvements in Birmingham Children’s Trust
Ofsted have reported continued improvement in the services delivered by Birmingham Children’s Trust, following a focused visit that took place in February 2020.
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Festive fun for Birmingham’s biggest family!
More than 600 Birmingham children and young people, along with their families and carers, enjoyed a free morning of fun in the city thanks to a generous local business.
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Advice and support for fostering families at Christmas
Christmas can be both magical and challenging for fostering families. We share our top tips for foster carers through the festive season.
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Trust secures over £1m funding to support families
We are delighted to announce the Trust is the only West Midlands organisation to secure two DfE Innovation Programmes to better support families.
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Commissioner no longer required for Birmingham’s children's services
The Department for Education has said that a commissioner for Birmingham’s children's services is no longer required.
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SEND Joint local area SEND written statement of action
Birmingham was inspected by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in June 2018.
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Help us to change a future this Foster Care Fortnight
Help us change a child's future this Foster Care Fortnight.
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New Director of Commissioning and Corporate Parenting announced
Birmingham Children’s Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of David Stringfellow as Director of Commissioning and Corporate Parenting.
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Eggciting school holidays for our children
Thanks to the generosity of our corporate partners, hundreds of our children have enjoyed some eggs-tra Easter fun!
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Adoption inspection provides positive outcome
Birmingham Children’s Trust Adoption Agency received a positive outcome from their first adoption inspection, held in February this year.
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Fostering, it’s not about the hello, it’s about the whole journey
Watch our new film to find out more about the challenges and rewards of fostering.
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Birmingham gets £485,845 to help families vulnerable to the effects of knife crime and gang culture
Birmingham Children’s Trust and Birmingham City Council are proud to announce they have secured £485,845 to help families vulnerable to the effects of knife crime and gang culture.
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Ofsted news
Children’s services in Birmingham showing sustained improvement
For the first time in over ten years children’s social care services in Birmingham have been judged as ‘requires improvement to be good’.
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Birmingham Children's Trust's offer to care leavers goes live
The Trust's 'Local Offer to Care Leavers' is now live!
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Adoption and fostering news
Have you got room for us?
We are happy to announce the launch of our first Trust Adoption and Fostering Facebook advertising campaign - #RoomForMe.
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Ofsted note continued progress in improving services for children and young people in Birmingham
An Ofsted report has found Birmingham Children’s Trust ‘is continuing to make some progress in improving services for its children and young people’.
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West Midlands residential children’s home tender is now live
Birmingham Children’s Trust along with 13 other West Midlands local authorities and children’s trusts are seeking tender submissions for a new Flexible Contract Arrangement (FCA).
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Appeal to providers – tell us about your innovative services
The Birmingham Children’s Trust has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) on the Find it in Birmingham website so you can tell us all about the services you offer.
