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The Kent Children's Trust Strategy for Supporting Parents
The Extended Services team, under the Parenting Commissioner
have been commissioned by the Kent Childrens Trust to produce,
through extensive consultation with parents and partners, the Kent
Children's Trust strategy for Supporting Parents. This strategy, a
version for parents and the Kent Children's Trust parents' charter
will be launched throughout October and November.
During 'Parents Week' (20 - 26 October 2008) each Local
Children's Services Partnership (LCSP) will be launching the
parents' version of the strategy and the Kent Children's Trust
Parent's Charter in their area.
The strategy itself will be launched in conjunction with the
official launch of the LCSPs in November. This new strategy will
make sure that all services that work with children, families,
parents and carers work in partnership to help parents be the best
that they can and want to be. At the same time we want to make sure
that all our services offer good quality support to parents when
they need it and in places that parents can get to.
In this strategy, all the agencies in the Kent Children's Trust
have committed to:
- listening to and respecting parents
- working harder to involve parents in decision making
- being more aware of the role of mothers, fathers, carers and
extended family
- creating a workforce that is skilled in working with and
supporting parents
- finding better ways to get information to parents and support
them
- improving services for parents where needed and make sure that
parents can access them
- respecting that every family is different with different
needs
- making sure that we offer high-quality support and programmes
for parents.
The Kent Children's Trust Charter for Parents
This has been developed in consultation with a range of parents
and carers across Kent. This charter will describe parents' rights
and what support and treatment they should expect from services in
Kent. In addition it will also describe what parents see as their
commitments to their children. Both the Parents Summary and
Parents' Charter are now available to download online:
The Parents Summary
The Parents' Charter
To celebrate Parents Week and mark the launch, schools,
children's centres and community organisations will be running
activities and events for parents, carers, young people and the
whole community. Please download the list of activities
within Kent schools for further details.
For more information, please e-mail
parentsvoice@kent.gov.uk
or telephone 01622 694991. |