Kevin became a young father at the age of 17 and was committed to co-parenting his son. However, due to serious concerns regarding the child’s mother’s ability to care, the local authority issued proceedings. Kevin subsequently engaged in a lengthy process to raise his son. During that time he developed a deep passion for working with and supporting other families involved with children’s services.
Kevin’s passion has led him to work with Family and Childcare Trust (now known as Coram Family and Childcare) as a consultant for Young Dads Collective, delivering workshops across England, training practitioners on how to engage with fathers and the importance of engaging fathers.
Kevin has contributed to Camden’s Child Protection Review in 2018, which is widely known as Camden conversation and co-delivered workshop to social workers. Kevin also strongly supports family group conferences and has been acknowledged in the book of Family Group Conferences in social work involving family in social decision making edited by Deanna Edwards and Kate Parkinson.
Finally Kevin has participated in a variety conferences regarding the involvement of parents and families to change the way the social care system works with families in decision making.
Telephone Advice Line
If you are a parent, family member or friend of a child, in England or Wales, who has social workers involved in your child’s life, or if you need extra support from Children’s Services, and would like to speak to an adviser, please call our free and confidential helpline.
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Discussion Boards
For advice from our advisers, or to get online support from other people in a similar position to you, visit the parents or family and friends carers forums. To explore new research and to discuss ideas with practitioners and families, visit the FGC Network or the Your Family, Your Voice Alliance Boards. If you are a domestic violence worker or social worker in London, visit our new research and practice board.
FAQs
We have answered the most commonly asked questions put to FRG advisers. Please follow the links to see a list of questions and answers, grouped together by subject.
Advice Sheets
For more detailed information, please see our range of advice sheets on family support, child protection, looked after children, family and friends care, adoption or challenging decisions.
Films
Family Rights Group has produced films for families to help ‘demystify’ the child welfare system.
Go to the relevant films to view fictionalised cases which show what happens when a child protection conference is held and similarly when a family group conference takes place.
Latest
What Lifelong Links meant to me: Sandy’s story
We recently had the pleasure of sitting down (remotely) and talking with Sandy about his personal story and the impact Lifelong Links has had on him.
You can watch the full film here.
First Thought Not Afterthought: Report of the Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care
New: This is the report of the first parliamentary inquiry into kinship care. It sets out the Taskforce’s findings, vision for the future and key recommendations. Read the report and its executive summary, and watch the report launch.
Read the report here.
Delivering good practice initial assessments of family and friends carers in the context of Covid-19
A new appendix to the existing good practice guide for practitioners assessing whether a family member or friend might be a potentially realistic option to be a carer for a child who cannot live safely with their parents.
Read the appendix here.