Nothing Less Will Do: Report

The theme of our Annual Conference in 2017 was Nothing less will do, a good basis for a conference taking place against a background of far-reaching reform in Scotland's care system. The instigation of the Root and Branch review and our focus on mental health, trauma and attachment seemed to inform the whole day.

Find out more about what happened during our Annual Conference, click on the link below.

Resources

Staf: Summer Conference Report and Resources (PDF)

Staf: Summer Conference Delegate Pack (PDF)

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Participation Practitioners' Forum

Thursday 30th May 2024 | 10am - 11.30am | Online (Zoom)
Implications of Continuing Care Focus Group

Tuesday 21 May 2024| 10am - 12pm | Online (Microsoft Teams)
Extra £10.5 to improve education outcomes for care experienced children and young people
Local Authority Manager's Forum

Wednesday 22 May| 10.30am - 12.30pm| In person

Resources from Staf Summit 2024

A snapshot of Staf's 2024 Summit looking at improving health and wellbeing outcomes for Scotland's care experienced young people. The resource page includes useful links and presentations from the day.
Consider with Care

Check out this great resource for those looking to work with people based on their lived experience.
Trauma informed practice roadmap published

The National Trauma Transformation Programme has designed a new roadmap to help services and organisations identify and reflect on progress, strengths and opportunities for embedding a trauma-informed and responsive approach across policy and practice.
Resources from Staf National Conference 2023

On Wednesday 22 November members and partners alongside care experienced young people, attended our National Conference as we look to move beyond Plan 21 - 24.
Care Experience and Trauma Informed Practice

A new trauma informed companion document has been produced to support those working with children and young people with care experience.
Trauma Responsive Social Work Services Work Plan Announced

The Scottish Government have announced a new work plan to ensure there is a trauma responsive social work service
New Trauma informed and relationship based practice OU course in development

Find out more about how we are working in partnership with the Open University to develop a new trauma-informed and relationship-based practice online course.
Resources from Staf Summit 2023

On Wednesday 8th March we gathered senior leaders, care experienced young people and practitioners from across the country to hear how we can adopt a trauma informed approach to housing policy and practice with care leavers. We're delighted to share the key elements of the day including presentations, photos and video content.
Resources from Staf National Conference 2022

On Wednesday 23rd November 2023 we held our first in person Conference for almost 3 years at the Stirling Court Hotel where we discussed relationships, friendships and connection.
UK Trauma Council Childhood Trauma Resource

The UK Trauma Council has created an excellent resource all about the impact of trauma during childhood. A really useful and important read for anyone who works with those who have experienced trauma as a child.

Young Funder's Grant

Applications for the Young Funder's Grant are now closed. Alternative sources of funding are included here.
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.
Relationship Based Practice: What does it really look like?

Mary Glasgow facilitated one of our workshops at our Annual Conference 2017, setting out the principles of a restorative, child-centred and family-minded approach that aims to mitigate the effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Find out more and download Mary's presentation.
Grants of up to £750 available to care experienced young people

We are delighted to announce our Young Funder's Grant is now open for applications.
Get Involved

Here at Staf we have many ways for people with care experience to get involved.
Financial Support for Care Leavers
Our history

Find out more about Staf's history, and the exciting work we are undertaking today.
Local Elections 2022: Manifesto Round-Up

A look at the five main parties and their manifestos heading into the local elections 2022
GIRFEC: A Guide to Getting it Right for Every Child

GIRFEC (or Getting it Right for Every Child) is the national approach in Scotland to improving outcomes and supporting the wellbeing of our children and young people by offering the right help at the right time for the right people. Find out more about the GIRFEC approach.
Shannon's Box

Created by Shannon when in role as our Youth Facilitator, Shannon's Box is designed to make entering care a little easier for children and young people. Find out more about this project.