For many children, it’s the only way of connecting with friends and family – yet insight from care experienced children suggests they are at greater risk of encountering online harm.
Over one in 10 children in foster care experience multiple placements every year, rising to one in five of 12- to 15-year-olds and each placement brings a requirement to renegotiate digital access. Foster parents told us they often know very little about the online lives of the children in their care and weren’t always sure how to start a conversation about it.
Designed by the UKCIS Vulnerable Users Working Group, the ‘Digital Passport’ will act as a communication tool between foster parents, social workers and their children to help keep them safe and happy in their online world.
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