You told us what matters most right now and we listened. Join us for a series of online summits.
26 May – Care & Justice: Voices, Policy & Practice
30 June – No Wrong Door: Improving Transitions into Adult Services
25 August – Rights, Relationships & Reform in Aftercare
www.staf.scot/Blog/join-us...
📢Hiring: Policy and Communications Officer
Join Staf to help shape policy and amplify the voices of young people with care and justice experience.
Looking for:
• Policy/comms experience
• Strong writing skills
• Commitment to social justice
Apply by Tuesday 28 April
www.staf.scot/policy-and-c...
🚨Our free Participation Network Gathering is next Tuesday in Perth and there's only a few places left
✅ Practical tools for meaningful participation
✅ Networking with others who care about change
✅ Real conversations about trust and community
Reserve your space now⬇️
www.staf.scot/Event/partic...
📣We’re hiring
*Youth Justice Voices (North East) Development Worker*
Supporting care & justice experienced young people to be heard and influence change across Scotland.
📅Apply by Tuesday 28 April
If you care about participation, rights and real impact, take a look👇
www.staf.scot/youth-justic...
New opportunities available with @stafscot.bsky.social
▶️Policy and Communications Officer
▶️Youth Justice Voices (North East) Development Worker
▶️Youth Justice Voices Project Manager
To find out more, please visit: tinyurl.com/ys7tp4mn
📢 We’re recruiting a *Youth Justice Voices Project Manager*
Join Staf to lead our national participation project, supporting young people with lived experience to shape policy & practice.
💻Full-time, permanent
📍Hybrid with travel
💸Up to £40k pa DoE
📅Closes Tue 28 Apr
www.staf.scot/youth-justic...
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"Members are recruiting" with megaphone at the side and Together logo. Graphic.
Our member @stafscot.bsky.social are recruiting for a variety of different roles:
✨Policy & Communications Officer
✨Youth Justice Voices (North East) Development Worker
✨Youth Justice Voices Project Manager
‼️Deadline: 28 April 2026
Further info here ➡️ www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
📣Join our team to be part of our work with young people moving on from the care and justice system.
To be our new:
🤹♂️Youth Justice Voices Project Manager
🤸♀️Youth Justice Voices (North East) Development Worker
🙋Policy and Communications Officer
Learn more & apply now at www.staf.scot/Pages/Catego...
LAST CHANCE tix - Friendship Anthology launch
Learn about friendship project resources
Celebrate this unique collection feat Jackie Kay & Louise Wallwein
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
@uoe-sps.bsky.social
@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
@thebinkshub.bsky.social
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Don't miss out on this launch, happening online on 31st March! The Friendship Anthology is a powerful new collection of poetry, stories and more - come and celebrate friendship in all its forms 💛
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Join us on 31 Mar to launch The Friendship Anthology - a powerful collection of poetry, stories, reflections and visual art created by care experienced people from across Scotland.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friendship...
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This World Social Work Day, we’re proud to support social workers with learning resources, training & development opportunities, and vibrant peer networks & events.
Today, we celebrate the vital role you play in improving the lives of young people leaving care.
Join us: www.staf.scot/become-a-mem...
Our friendships are a vital source of love and hope. Join us on Tue 31 Mar for a free event celebrating the new Friendship Anthology - a beautiful collection of poetry, stories, reflections and visual art, created by care experienced people from across Scotland.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friendship...
Our next Participation Practitioners' Forum is coming up in a couple of weeks.
This is a free, bi-monthly online forum for practitioners supporting care and justice experienced young people’s participation in your work.
Book your place free space at www.staf.scot/Event/partic....
Join online to launch the Friendship Anthology, a powerful collection of poetry, stories, reflections and art by care experienced people across Scotland - exploring the joys, challenges and importance of friendship!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friendship...
🚣“It was amazing!”
🌱“Can we do it again?”
Youth Just Us were 'buzzing' to be involved in sessions with Venture Trust where they experienced canoeing and tree planting.
Read more at www.staf.scot/blog/youth-j...
Get in touch with katrina@staf.scot to join the next one on Tuesday 31 March.
#ScotAppWeek26 shines a spotlight on the power of apprenticeships.
A group of Staf Care Experienced Consultants called on the Scottish Government to act on its commitment to a Minimum Income Guarantee by piloting a scheme for Care Leavers in Modern Apprenticeships.
www.staf.scot/minimum-inco...
Glorious day to be in sunny Stirling with @eachandeverychild.bsky.social for our 3rd Framing Champions session
The refreshed LCT Resource Hub is now live🎉
It’s easier to explore key focus areas & access resources supporting work with care experienced young people. Plus a NEW monthly news section to share your projects, resources & funding updates.
Explore- lctresourcehub.scot
Contribute- e: dawn@staf.scot
@ouscotland.bsky.social
“It's just made me a bit more thoughtful about why a child might be acting out, stressed, frozen, mute and scared. It reminds us to always be kind in our thoughts, deeds and actions.”
Foundations of trauma-informed, relationship-based practice has 1 000+ learners & ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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#CareDay2026 is the world's biggest celebration of children, young people and adults with experience of care. We've chosen today to share a new collection of creative writing, produced by Youth Justice Voices in Aberdeen. Read more and see the results at www.staf.scot/blog/a-creat....
Today is #CareDay2026 - the world's biggest celebration of children, young people & adults with experience of care.
We're proud to say we're #ConnectedByCare, celebrating all Scotland's diverse connections to care through lived experience, family, friends, work & community.
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If you work with supported lodgings or carers, join our Supported Lodgings, Supported Carers Focus Group on Tuesday 24 February, 10am to 12 noon.
This session brings organisations & corporate parents together to share practice & reflect on challenges.
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Our 1st Care Leavers into Employment, Education & Training Focus Group of 2026 brings together professionals in public & 3rd sectors to explore barriers & best practice to support care leavers into work, training & HE/FE
📅Tue 10 Feb
🕙10-12
Free (members)
staf.scot/Event/care-l...
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Over the coming months, we will be sharing opportunities to engage, learn together, and explore how the Route Map can support better transitions for young people, now and in the future.
You can view all the Route Maps at www.plan2430.scot/the-route-maps
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It has been a genuinely collaborative process, shaped by the insights of young people, practitioners, managers and partners across sectors.
Its publication is not an end point. It marks the beginning of the next phase: implementation.
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They provide a shared framework for understanding, and offer a practical and hopeful way of translating the ambitions of the promise into everyday practice.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the development of the Moving On Route Map.
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Today marks the 6th anniversary of the promise that all Scotland’s children will grow up loved, safe and respected, and realise their full potential.
The Promise Scotland has published 25 route maps that will lead us to keeping the promise by 2030.