Slough Children’s Services Trust is urging anyone who has ever considered becoming a foster parent to start looking into making it a reality for 2019. There are many children in our local area in need of a safe and loving home and foster parents provide just that, with their impact often lasting a lifetime. Slough […]
A big thanks from Slough Children’s Services Trust
Slough Children’s Services Trust would like to thank everyone, including staff, residents and businesses, who supported the organisation’s Christmas gift appeal. Hundreds of gifts were collected for some of the area’s most vulnerable children and families and given out by the Trust in time for Christmas Day. Two members of the Trust’s staff also joined […]
Christmas toy appeal launched for children in care
Slough Children’s Services Trust has just launched its Christmas Toy Appeal to ensure that every child in care across the borough receives a gift on Christmas day and gets to experience some of the magic of Christmas that other children do. This year the Trust is asking Slough residents to add just one extra gift […]
Adoption services at Slough Children’s Services Trust rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted
An inspection by Ofsted of Slough Children’s Services Trust as a Voluntary Adoption Agency has rated the service as ‘Good’ citing that children flourish, staff are enthusiastic about their work and children are the priority. The inspectors, who visited the Trust between 29 October and 2 November, reported that prospective and current adopters said they […]
A new way of supporting our foster carers
The Mockingbird Programme, which is offered by less than 20 organisations nationwide, was officially launched last Friday at Arbour Park Stadium. Using an extended family model, it works by building a supportive community around foster carers empowering them to take on the role of an extended family. This extra support means foster carers are better […]
A celebration of foster carers in Slough
Foster carers from across Slough were partying long into the night on Saturday as Slough Children’s Services Trust’s hosted its annual Foster Carer Dinner, Dance and Awards Ceremony, held at the Heathrow Windsor Marriott Hotel on Saturday. The awards are to celebrate the incredible work of foster carers and home from home carers across Slough […]
Turning round the lives of vulnerable women in Slough
Pause Slough recently celebrated its first anniversary as part of Slough Children’s Services Trust, a year that has seen the lives turned round of 17 women who were previously at risk of repeat removals of children from their care. For many women working with Pause, it was the first time their needs were prioritised, and […]
Trust appoints new Chief Executive
Slough Children’s Services Trust has appointed Lisa Humphreys as its new Chief Executive. A qualified social worker with more than 20 years’ experience in children’s social care, youth offending and early help services, Lisa will take over from the interim Chief Executive, Andrew Bunyan, in September. Lisa will join the Trust from Wokingham Borough Council […]
Celebrating the children who make up foster families
It was a night of celebration last Thursday as Slough Children’s Services Trust hosted its annual Kids Care 2 event at Slough and Eton School to celebrate the children of foster carers and to thank them for the valuable role they have within the foster family. Children of foster carers play a significant part in […]
Trust is ‘improving outcomes’ for children in care in Slough
The service that children in care receive in Slough is ‘much better’ than it was two years ago and there are ’positive improvements’ at Slough Children’s Services Trust, according to Ofsted inspectors. The inspectors, who visited the trust between May 1-2, praised the constructive relationships between social workers, team managers and independent reviewing officers (who […]
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