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This project is based on two decades of dialogue, work and influencing of Staf – Scotland’s membership organisation for the all those involved in the lives of people with care experience leaving care. Listening to lived experience it was clear that relationships are the key for good outcomes for people with care experience and that relational practice empowers the workforce to do best. The real work started in 2019 after securing a grant from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation with a deep dive into understanding what relationships mean to people with care experience and workers in Scotland. Since 2020 the project has been steered by the Real Advisory Group, made up of people with care experience and workers with professional experience in the sector. In September 2021 we launched the first version of the living resource: The Real Toolkit – for people with care experience and the workforce.
Promote meaningful relationships for people in care and leaving care.
It is important that relationships are at the centre of support when people with care experience transition out of care. Our vision is to achieve that for every people with care experience leaving care in Scotland. It is through relationships that people with care experience develop confidence and emotional intelligence and can overcome trauma. This is the foundation for happy and fulfilled lives, where people with care experience feel supported and know there are people they can count on.
Guiding people with care experience and the workforce through the transition out of care
Relationships matter. People in care deserve and have the right to meaningful, positive and lasting relationships with friends, family, support workers and anyone else who matters to them. The Real Toolkit is filling a gap and providing the workforce with the guides on how to achieve that for people with care experience. At the same time, The Real Toolkit gathers information for people with care experience to navigate an important stage in their lives successfully.
Staf is Scotland’s national membership organisation for all of those involved in the lives of people leaving care. Our vision is that the wellbeing and success of people leaving care across Scotland is indistinguishable from that of their peers in the general population. In everything we do we live our values: We Listen, We Care, We Love.
