Our offer to Nottinghamshire’s kinship families

Recognising the benefit that kinship care offers to children and families, the Nottinghamshire Plan commits us to “providing the right support for families to reduce the need for vulnerable children to go into foster or residential care”.

Our offer extends to families with special guardianship orders, child arrangement orders and private/informal arrangements.

Starting in Autumn 2022, we will:

• have invested in a new Kinship Support Service to empower our kinship families through dedicated social worker, welfare rights and family support
• offer annual kinship review plans to better identify support and opportunities for our kinship families
• offer all new kinship carers access to family and friends pre-order training
• work directly with kinship families to offer enhanced training and support, including life story work and access to the Adoption Support Fund which is also available for some special guardians where appropriate
• commission independent support for kinship families through Kinship Reach.