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Consultancy & System Change
Supporting Organisations to Improve Outcomes for Care-Experienced Children, Young People and Adults
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Care Leavers Cymru provides specialist consultancy, strategic support and practice development for organisations working with care-experienced children, young people and adults.
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Combining lived experience, professional expertise and national work across care and criminal justice systems, we support organisations to strengthen practice, improve collaboration and develop services that better meet the needs of care-experienced people.
Areas of Expertise
Care Experience
Supporting organisations to improve understanding of care experience, rights, entitlements, participation and outcomes.
Criminal Justice & Custody
Specialist consultancy focused on care-experienced young people and adults involved in, or at risk of entering, the criminal justice system.
Trauma-Informed Practice
Supporting organisations to embed trauma-informed approaches that improve engagement, relationships and outcomes.
Corperate Parenting
Helping organisations understand and implement their corporate parenting responsibilities in meaningful and practical ways.
System Change & Service Development
Supporting the development of policies, pathways, projects, frameworks and multi-agency approaches that improve outcomes for care-experienced people.
Consultancy Services
We can support organisations with:
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Service reviews and development
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Policy and practice consultation
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Workforce development
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Strategic planning
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Multi-agency partnership development
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Project design and implementation
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Speaking engagements and conferences
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Facilitation and workshops
Recent Areas of Work
Recent work has included supporting local authorities, criminal justice agencies and national partners to strengthen support for care-experienced people, improve partnership working and develop approaches that reduce barriers and improve outcomes.
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This includes work relating to care experience in custody, resettlement, corporate parenting, trauma-informed practice and reducing the unnecessary criminalisation of care-experienced children and young people.
Who We Work with
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Local Authorities
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Leaving Care Services
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Fostering Services
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Education Settings
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Police Services
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Youth Justice Services
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Prisons and Probation
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Third Sector Organisations
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National Partnerships and Networks
Why Work With Us
Lived Experience Insight
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We understand the realities faced by children and young people in care and those at risk of entering the criminal justice system.
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Evidence-Based Practices
Our approach is rooted in research and practical application.
Ongoing Support
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We provide continuous guidance and resources to ensure long-term positive outcomes.