Revealed: The REAL Toolkit

At Staf’s National Conference we launched the next phase of the Building Relationships project and revealed the name of the resource: The REAL Toolkit – Relationships, Empathy and Love Read more
Staf’s Mapping Relationships survey – what have we learned about relational practice?

In 2019 we conducted our Mapping Relationships survey, to hear your thoughts about how we can improve and evaluate relationship-based practice across Scotland. Read more
Relational Practice during the Pandemic - Advice from the Building Relationships Advisory Group

In this blog, Papoula outlines 6 top tips from the Building Relationship Advisory Group to ensure relationships can remain at the centre of support to young people in care and leaving care during this time. Read more
The experience of care for children and young people who are Black, Asian or part of other ethnic minorities

This blog considers the experience of care for children and young people who are Black, Asian or part of other ethnic minorities, and the need for an actively anti-racist Scottish children's care sector. Read more

Blogs

A testament or four to Youth Just Us

We are incredibly proud of what Youth Just Us has achieved over the last two years and we were delighted to hear that our partner organisations and the Youth Just Us members agree. Read on to find out exactly what they had to say. Read more

Why Youth Just Us Matters

Youth Just Us met with the Floating Designer to literally illustrate the importance of the group from their perspective. Read more

What is the Scottish Care Leaver Forum ?

Project Development Worker Katrina explains all there is to know about the new Scottish Care Leaver Forum and to get involved in this exciting new project, funded by Erasmus. Read more

Meet the Advisory Group – Liam

Meet Liam, a care leaver and member of the Real Toolkit Advisory Group. Here he shares his advocacy work for young people with care experience and his thoughts on his involvement in the Real Toolkit. Read more

Meet the Advisory Group – Nikki

Advisory Group member Nikki shares her thoughts on The Real Toolkit, the joys of working with young people with care experience, and what she hopes the Toolkit can achieve. Read more

Meet the Advisory Group - Allison

In this first 'getting to know you' blog, Allison tells us a bit about her background and why she's part of The Real Toolkit Advisory Group. Read more

Latest updates on The Real Toolkit & New Care Experienced Steering Group

Newly appointed Project worker Katrina updates us on The Real Toolkit and an exciting new Care Experienced Community steering group. Read more

Project Return Promotes Positive Mental Health

Project Worker Tommy Dey shares the latest updates from Project Return and what work they are doing to boost mental health. Read more

Staf Reacts to the Scottish Election 2021 Results

Staf's reaction to the recent Scottish Election results. Read more

Manifesto deep dive. What do the parties have to offer care leavers?

As the Scottish Parliament elections approach we take a look at the manifestos of the main 5 political parties and examine what they have to offer young people with care experience and the workforce who support them. Read more

The Role of Youth Work in Participation and Youth Justice

Staf's Youth Justice Participation Lead shares the importance and role of of youth work in participation and youth justice. Read more

Latest

The REAL Toolkit: Meet the Designers

Get to know the graphic designers for the REAL Toolkit - Shona and Scott from Swandco. design.
A testament or four to Youth Just Us

We are incredibly proud of what Youth Just Us has achieved over the last two years and we were delighted to hear that our partner organisations and the Youth Just Us members agree. Read on to find out exactly what they had to say.
Care-Experienced Bursary data 2018-19

The Scottish Funding Council's report on the uptake of the Care Experienced Bursary has been released. We take a look at the key findings.
Care-Experienced Voice

Staf has always had the voice of care-experienced young people at its heart. From the Debate Project to Project Return, The Real Toolkit and Youth Justice Voices our young people's voices have always influenced our work. Find out more about the voice of care-experienced young people.

Implications of Continuing Care Report

Staf has been working as part of a consortium of colleagues from across the sector which has been meeting about the implementation of Continuing Care. Following our Implications of Continuing Care focus group in February 2018, we produced a report looking at the issues and the good practice taking place across Scotland.
Scotland to host an International Child Trauma Conference in 2020

On 17-18 September 2020 we will be hosting an International Child Trauma conference with Dr Bruce Perry alongside partners Aberlour, Clackmannanshire Education and Psychology Services, Seamab, Kibble, and Children in Scotland. Find out more in this blog.
The Importance of Relationships

We are working on a project to highlight the importance of relationships in the lives of care-experienced young people. Find out more about the project.
Vision and Values

Staf's Vision, and Values
The Promise explained: what the Care Review means for the workforce

Scotland’s Independent Care Review has published its final conclusions. Five reports have been published and the main report ‘The Promise’ runs to 124 pages. To keep our members informed, we will set out the conclusions in a series of brief summaries.
Announcing Our New and Improved Website

Following almost a year of research, consultation and hard work, we are proud to say that our new website is live. Find out more about how we transformed our website.
Our history

Find out more about Staf's history, and the exciting work we are undertaking today.
Current Members

Staf currently has over 70 members, including local authorities, third sector organisations and private sector care providers.
Policy and Practice: Care Experienced Bursary

The Care Experienced bursary was introduced to support care experienced young people in further and higher education. Find out more about the bursary, and how this relates to practice, here:
Interview with Gerald Neil on his life, his work and reducing stress in our lives

Gerald Neil is a successful accountant and qualified stress and relaxation therapist. Here, we talk to Gerald about his background, how to improve the lives of care experienced young people and how we can all do more to reduce stress in our lives.