Websites
Here are some links to information you may find helpful:
Kinship care (England) | The Fostering Network
Kinship care – Family Rights Group (frg.org.uk)
Adoptive parents, special guardians, kinship carers and foster carers | Anna Freud
Family and Friends Care: statutory guidance – Kinship – The kinship care charity
Kinship care resources | CoramBAAF
Kinship care – childlawadvice.org.uk
2559-FEC-Summary-Kinship-Care-Guideline_web.pdf (familyforeverychild.org)
Books
Books recommended by Coram Baaf
Parenting Matters: Parenting a child with difficulties in learning caused by trauma | CoramBAAF
Kinship care and Special Guardianship: what it is and what it means | CoramBAAF
Special guardianship in practice | CoramBAAF
Parenting Matters: Parenting a child who has experienced trauma | CoramBAAF
Resources for Special Guardians
A Special Guardianship is a court order that says that a child or young person will live with someone who is not their parent until the age of 18. It gives someone more rights when looking after a young person, allowing them to make major decisions. While it restricts birth parental rights, it does not permanently end them.
Below are some resources that you might find helpful if you are a Special Guardian:
Adoptive parents, special guardians, kinship carers and foster carers | Anna Freud
Resources to support special guardians – Kinship – The kinship care charity
Special Guardians | Adopt London
Special Guardianship, Kinship & Permanence – Sutton Council
Special guardianship | Croydon Council
Adoptive parents, special guardians, kinship carers and foster carers | Anna Freud
Resources for Adoptive Parents
Adoptive parents, special guardians, kinship carers and foster carers | Anna Freud
Adopt London | Adoption Support and Services across London
https://www.sutton.gov.uk/w/adoption
Bereavement Resources
Being a kinship carer to a bereaved child | Child Bereavement UK
Financial Resources
Financial support and benefits for kinship carers – Kinship
Help with debt (citizensadvice.org.uk)
Parenting Groups and Information
Search results | Sutton Information Hub (parenting support offer)
https://suttoninformationhub.org.uk/pages/family-support (including a link to Registration form for support from Sutton Children’s Centres and Family Hubs Outreach Service) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd37brvX7IGQ0TjSc9FjfyglJuUFRIdv6Vv5RTYl2JRUTjklg/viewform
Sutton Parenting and Theraputic Hub
Support for family and friends carers – Support for Parents from Action For Children
http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/
Kinship Compass | Independent information hub for kinship carers
Kinship Workplace Information
Kinship carers in the workplace: guidance for employers – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Mental health and emotional support for kinship carers – Kinship Compass