1. Learn about kinship care. Kinship carers are family and friends who step-in to raise children who aren’t able to live with their parents. It's a complex world, and support is too often determined by the child’s legal order. It’s worth spending time to understand the different orders out there and the specific needs of kinship carers. The Grandparents Plus website features a lot of information, including the experiences of younger kinship carers, as they face different challenges from older generations.
2. Whether you’re a local authority who could include information in all support plans for special guardians, a teacher who could have a chat at the school gates, or a youth worker who works with young people growing up in kinship care, a simple way to support kinship carers is to direct them to a free advice service offered by the charity. It supports all kinship carers regardless of legal order and their relationship to the children.
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