Coventry City Council’s Kids follows six young people over three episodes as they prepared to leave care in the city.
The documentary examines challenges faced by children in care and staff at the council – which is rated “good” by Ofsted - including transitioning to independent accommodation, young people becoming parents themselves and the work of family links teams.
Speaking to CYP Now, director of children’s services in Coventry John Gregg, said the local authority held a recruitment evening shortly after the third episode of the show aired which led to the recruitment of six experienced social workers.
“The key point of the documentary was always to give our young people a platform to tell their stories but it led to people seeing that and thinking Coventry is a really great place to work and that’s an added bonus,” he said.
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