Lifelong Links
Lifelong Links is a service offered in our Children's Services team that helps children in care find people that care about them and broaden the network of people available to support them through life.
This might be people children know well or people they have not seen for a while like a former teacher or a carer. It could even be relatives they have not met yet.
It helps children in care find out more about their family history and build connections with people.
How Does It Work?
A trained coordinator will speak to a child and learn about who is important to them. They will then try to find these people and get in contact with them.
They will invite them to a Family Group Conference to discuss the child's life and their future.
A Family Group Conference is a time for the whole family and wider support network to sit down together and talk about what the child needs, what they want and their hopes for the future.
A plan is worked on together to decide how the group will support the child and how they will all keep in touch.
People working with us can always change their mind so come and have a chat with us and see how we can support.