Guide to Good Corporate Parenting

  

This is a comprehensive guide to good corporate parenting. It includes booklets and a film to help local authorities become better corporate parents, from the perspectives of children and young people who have been in care. The guide covers:

• What young people say about being ‘parented’ in care, based on consultations with young people and research on their views and experiences.
• What young people say about good parenting, within a framework of children’s development and parenting needs.
• What young people say makes a difference – using case studies of young people’s experiences in care and examples of good practice by local authorities towards achieving the Every Child Matters outcomes for children and young people in care.

Your first steps to becoming a good corporate parent - with a focus on empowering children and young people in care to help develop their local authority’s pledge. Use links below to download your copy

Introduction and contents

Principles of good corporate parenting

Booklet 1 What young people say about their experiences of being parented in the care system

Booklet 2 What young people say about good parenting - models and principles

Booklet 3 Putting children first - what good corporate parents can do to make a difference

Booklet 4 Developing your pledge to children and young people

Appendix - Young persons interviews

Appendix - Project key messages

Peer research summary

Film by young people